President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of Georgia Salome Zurabichvili on national holiday – State Independence Restoration Day. President Khachaturyan’s message reads: “105 years ago, the people of Georgia decided to create an independent state and presently they continue their unwavering path towards building…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Armenia benefited the most as part of cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and noted that the country has the highest pace of economic growth. Putin made the remarks during the EEU summit, officially known as the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council session, in Moscow. In…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold two bilateral meetings on Thursday, with counterparts from Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan, and then a trilateral meeting is expected, Russian President’ spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, RIA Novosti reports. “Putin will have two bilateral meetings with Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan. After…
Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu has said that Armenia’s participation in the joint tactical and combat training events as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is important. “Armenia is a member of our organization, our ally. We are interested in establishment of peace and we are doing everything possible to stabilize…
The head of the Zafer nationalist party, a member of the ATA bloc of Turkey, announced that he will support the opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the second round of the presidential election. “One of the most pressing problems for Turkey is the deportation of 13 million illegal immigrants and refugees. We spend $11 billion…
Russia views the statement by the prime minister of Armenia as a confirmation of the position adopted by him at the Prague summit on October 7, 2022, with the participation of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, France and the EU, which refers to the Almaty declaration of 1991. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the…
Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Kerim Veliyev and Commander of the Pakistani Ground Forces Asim Munir discussed issues of expanding and strengthening military cooperation on Tuesday. The meeting was held in Islamabad as a part of Veliyev’s official visit to Pakistan. According to the press service of the Ministry…
The Kremlin hopes that the meetings between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow will be productive. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian President, told Report about this, commenting on the planned meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia, and Armenia on Thursday in the Russian capital. “Both [Azerbaijani] President Aliyev…
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Margareta Cederfelt and Roberto Montella were received by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku, discussing the role of the OSCE and the PA in promoting security, dialogue and cooperation, as well as supporting the ongoing peace process in the South Caucasus, the OSCE PA twitted. Aliyev reported on the…
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina will visit the region. According to media reports, Kolomina will arrive in Georgia, then he will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Sinan Ogan, who finished third in last week’s Turkish presidential election, has thrown his support behind the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for the the run-off that takes place on May 28, Al Jazeera reports. Ogan endorsed Erdogan at a news conference in the capital Ankara on Monday and said his campaign made nationalists “key…
Sinan Oğan from Ata Alliance, who received 5 percent of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections, is expected to announce his decision of who he will extend his support to in the upcoming presidential runoff on May 22, hurriyetdailynews reports. Oğan met President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while Ata Alliance leader…
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili announced a boycott of Georgian Airways for resuming flights to Russia. She stated that she would no longer use the services of this airline and called on other citizens to join her. “I’m boycotting Airzena (Georgian Airways)”– Zurabishvili said at a briefing. She noted that the airline is…
During the bilateral meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade once again expressed his gratitude to him for his activities aimed at preventing the long-standing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan from turning into a religious one, as well as for restoring mutual trust in…
Deputy Minister of Economy Narek Teryan has held a meeting with representatives of the Iranian Talashgarane Eghtesade Paydar Holding. The ethnic-Armenian Member of Parliament of Iran Robert Beglaryan also attended the meeting. Teryan presented the state support mechanisms in the economic sector, the legislation, tax and customs regulations, the ministry said in a…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with CNN on Friday that he will not run for a third presidential term if he is re-elected. “According to the current regulations, the President can be elected only twice. My first term has ended, now the elections for the second term are underway. If I…
On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with colleagues from Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ministers of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, in Moscow to discuss repairing relations between Baku and Yerevan, TASS reports. A separate Armenian-Azerbaijani meeting will be conducted to discuss the chances for a peace pact. The ministers will…
The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Russia Jeyhun Bayramov and Sergey Lavrov has started in Moscow. It takes place in the reception house of the Russian Foreign Ministry. A bilateral meeting between Ararat Mirzoyan and Sergey Lavrov will follow this meeting. A trilateral meeting with the participation of the Foreign…
Reuters. Turkish presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday (May 17) accused President Tayyip Erdogan of cooperating with a network Ankara considers terrorists and allowing unchecked migration, marking a sharp turn in his rhetoric ahead of a runoff vote. Kilicdaroglu, who led a more positive campaign in the lead-up to presidential and parliamentary elections on…
A chair was spotted flying off a high rise building in the capital Ankara during a storm on May 17. In the footage showing the moments of chair flying, the furniture hits another building, the Demirören News Agency reported. Due to the wind, which reached 45 kilometers per hour, many trees fell and roofs…
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, does not consider the situation created around the interaction between the Russian Federation and Turkey in the South Caucasus to be homogeneous. In the briefing, the diplomat said that there are points of contact, but there are also points on which the positions of Russia…
The National Security Service has seized over a ton of cocaine smuggled into Armenia from Ecuador. The cocaine with a street value of over €250 million was smuggled into the country in a shipment of goods ordered by an Armenian fruit importing company from a company in Ecuador. The shipment made its way…
The US State Department has warned Georgia about possible “additional measures” due to the resumption of flights with Russia. The corresponding statement was made on Tuesday by Deputy Press Secretary of the US State Department Vedant Patel. “If there are direct flights between Russia and Georgia, this will cause increasing concern not only on…
Sinan Oğan, a minor presidential contender who surprised Turkey with his performance in the country’s groundbreaking elections on Sunday, seeks firm assurances to endorse a candidate in the upcoming run-off vote, Daily Sabah reports. “We have some preconditions,” Oğan told German Press Agency (DPA) at his Ankara office, singling out fighting terrorism and the…
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy referred to his meeting with Azerbaijani foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov. “Good exchange with FM (of Azerbaijan) Jeyhun Bayramov. Welcomed resumption of trilateral meetings hosted by Charles Michel, discussed its outcomes and way forward and exchanged views on EU-Azerbaijan relations. The EU…
Baku has accused the head of the European Union delegation in Armenia, Andrea Wictorin, of interfering in Azerbaijan’s internal affairs. Azerbaijani MFA spokesman Aykhan Hajizada considered unacceptable the statement of the EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wictorin that Azerbaijan should ensure the rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, and an international mechanism…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. Jafar Huseynzada, the representative of Azerbaijan to NATO, wrote about this on Twitter. It is noted that the meeting took place in Brussels.
Javier Colomina, advisor to the NATO Secretary General on North Caucasus and Central Asia, commented on the Pashinyan-Michel-Aliyev tripartite meeting held in Brussels. “Encouraging news from the fifth meeting between Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan hosted today in Brussels by the European Council President, following last week’s talks by foreign ministers in Washington. NATO…
The Turkish foreign minister on Friday called on opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to produce evidence to back his allegations that Russia was interfering in Turkey’s elections. “Kılıçdaroğlu must first say ‘no one should interfere’ (in elections). If there is any information or a document, he needs to say it,” Çavuşoğlu told Anadolu. Çavuşoğlu ‘s…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that he will not allow the opposition to lambast Russia and its President Vladimir Putin. He said it during a speech in Istanbul Friday, addressing opposition leader Kemal Kılıchdaroğlu, who previously claimed that Russia interferes in the Turkish elections. “You [Kılıchdaroğlu] have to excuse me, but I will not…
