The Senate tried and failed again Tuesday to advance a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, in what has become an almost weekly effort to rein in President Donald Trump as the administration floats a new plan to bring an end to the nearly four-month long war, AP reports….
Moscow and Washington are in very intensive contact, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said. According to Sergey Ryabkov, the negotiations are taking place through several channels. He also considered talks between Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio possible, but did not specify a date. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից արհեստական բանականության միջոցով
On July 2, 2025, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan, Mikhail Yevdokimov, was summoned to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, Azerbaijani authorities lodged a formal protest over what they described as Russia’s “unfriendly actions” that have undermined the bilateral relationship. The protest…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus has strongly condemned the military operation of Azerbaijan on September 19 and 20 in Nagorno-Karabakh and the flagrant violation of the Ceasefire Agreement of November 9, 2020. “As a result of Azerbaijan’s aggression, tens of thousands of Armenians have been displaced from their ancestral homes. Undoubtedly, these…
The death toll from the February 6 devastating earthquakes in Turkey has exceeded 46,000, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “We lost 46,104 our countrymates as a result of the earthquake. Since the first quake on February 6, we, the government and all the ministries, have urgently mobilized,” he told journalists after…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, October 5, urged a halt to arms deliveries to Israel, which has been criticized over the conduct of its retaliatory operation in Gaza, Le Monde reports. “I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in…
U.S. President Joe Biden said, that he does not support strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to its missile attack against Israel, Reuters reports. “We’ll be discussing with the Israelis what they’re going to do, but all seven of us (G7 nations) agree that they have a right to respond but they should…
Ilham Aliyev and Hakan Fidan discussed Armenia-Turkey and Armenia-Azerbaijan relations at the meeting held in Shushi. According to the Azerbaijani side, the trilateral meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey and the Prime Minister of Pakistan a few days ago in Astana was noted with satisfaction during the conversation, which “became an example…
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey met within the framework of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Gambia. Jeyhun Bayramov and Hakan Fidan exchanged thoughts about Baku-Ankara alliance relations, which, according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, are dynamically developing and have reached a qualitatively…
A US envoy conducting truce talks between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon said that an agreement to end the war between the pair was “within our grasp” on Tuesday, Euronews reports. Hezbollah’s allies in the Lebanese government reported the militant group responded positively to a proposal that both its fighters and Israel ground forces…
Armenia and Azerbaijan are close to peace, we hope that the still unresolved issues will be resolved in the near future, Elchin Amirbekov, the special representative of the President of Azerbaijan, stated. “Now we are close to peace. We hope that the rest of the issues will be resolved very soon,” the Azerbaijani official…
It sounds good when we talk about connectivity, international trade and transit, deepening cultural and people-to-people communication. From an economic point of view, increased interconnectedness and interdependence will be beneficial. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated at the Diplomacy Forum in Antalya. “My country, Armenia, is a landlocked country, and we understand very well…
Ali Nikzad, Vice-Chairman of the Iranian Parliament, referring to Iran-Azerbaijan relations, stated: “Iran is a great country that has shown special respect to its neighbors throughout history. Iran has a lot in common with its northwestern neighbors, especially Azerbaijan, and we have always respected this country. Azerbaijan should know that after the Islamic Revolution, one…
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Ian Liddell-Granger (United Kingdom, EC/DA) and Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC), and the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), have made the following statement: “We renew our call for the…
Russia is always ready to join the process of unblocking connections between Armenia and Azerbaijan and provide support based on the principles of Armenia’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and jurisdiction, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk has said. Overchuk said that the unblocking is possible within the framework of the 9 November 2020 agreements. “I want…
U.S. President Donald Trump told Axios on Thursday that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran’s next leader. “Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” Axios quoted Trump as saying in an interview. “I have to be involved in the appointment,…
Ten people, including two children, were killed and 52 were injured on Sunday (November 17) night when a Russian missile hit a residential nine-story building in Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy, Ukraine’s emergency services and military said, Reuters reports. Firefighters battled a blaze consuming cars and rescuers carried people out of the building. The…
Today, the legal commission of the Parliament of Georgia will discuss the President’s veto on the law ‘On Transparency of Foreign Influence’ and the changes planned in the Electoral Code. The yellow level of security will be in effect in the Parliament indefinitely. This means access to the building will be restricted to protect…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow is ready to negotiate with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but does not consider him a legitimate President who can sign a final peace deal. “Negotiations can be held with anyone, but because of his illegitimacy, he has no right to sign anything. If he wants to participate…
The meetings and discussions of the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations regarding the peace process are of great importance. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said this within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. According to him, before the February 28-29 meeting in Berlin, there were no negotiations with such a structure for seven months. “After…
Georgia-US relations need to be restarted and improved. We will do everything for this, stated Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at a press briefing. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of recognizing the need to reset and enhance these relations, urging constructive actions, 1tv.ge reports. “We are fully committed to this endeavour. It’s…
Canada supports efforts to establish peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia as soon as possible, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said at a meeting with board members of the Network of Azerbaijani Canadians. The foreign minister noted that Canada hopes for the soonest successful completion of the peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia under the…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia, responded to Aliyev’s aide Hikmet Hajiyev’s statement about the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh on his X (former Twitter) page. “During an interview with Arab News, Aliyev’s assistant Hikmet Hajiyev said that the Lachin corridor is not blocked and there is no blockade in Nagorno Karabakh. By this, Azerbaijan wants to deceive…
Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that there was no consensus for giving Ukraine long-range weapons that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been requesting Western nations for months to conduct deeper strikes into Russia. “Right now, there’s no consensus for long-range weapons,” Biden told reporters in Berlin.
Azerbaijani news media reports that Ilham Aliyev refused to go to Spain, where a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was planned as part of the European Political Community Summit. European Council head Charles Michel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron would also participate in the meeting. According to the…
The heatwave scorching western Europe is the most severe and widespread ever and is only possible due to the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel burning, scientists have said, The Guardian reports. Almost half of Europe’s 850 largest cities are also enduring their worst ever heat stress, a combination of temperature and humidity, they…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan responded to the statement of the US State Department expressing concern over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of the continuous blockade of the supply of food, medicine and other goods necessary for a dignified existence. Azerbaijani MFA spokesman Aykhan Hajizade described…
Western countries are not trying to bring peace and stability to Armenia and the South Caucasus as a whole, their task is to squeeze out Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told TASS in an exclusive interview. “Now Armenia is facing a number of challenges. And it will not be possible to solve them…
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…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte addressed Russian leader Vladimir Putin during the Alliance summit in Ankara, warning the Kremlin leader not to provoke the bloc. “Don’t fool with us. Don’t play with us. We will never attack anyone. We will only defend our way of life, our democracy, and our territory,” Rutte said, addressing…
