In response to the accusations and threats of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev against France and the Armenian-French military cooperation Spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policyof the EU, Peter Stano noted that the history of the EU shows that building trust between countries after a long conflict requires time, forgiveness and patience. Answering a…
Russia calls on the Turkey for restraint to prevent further escalation in Syria, presidential envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev told reporters on Tuesday. “We will call on our Turkish colleagues to show certain restraint in order to prevent an escalation of tension and not only in the northern and northeastern regions of Syria but…
Torrential rains and strong winds have led to widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe since last week, killing 24 people and devastating towns and villages, France 24 reports. As the swollen Danube waters have moved south, Hungarian emergency workers have lugged sandbags to fortify settlements, including Budapest, where the river has flooded the…
Armenian Parliament’s ‘Civil Cantract’ faction deputy Emma Palyan asked Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan whether there was a response to our proposals for a peace treaty by Azerbaijan or the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries. Nikol Pashinyan noted that there is no response as such yet. “When we receive a similar document, it takes a…
Reuters. Protesters gathered outside the Serbian parliament in Belgrade on Monday night (November 3), in a rally against President Aleksandar Vucic’s government. Despite heavy rain, wind and loud music blaring from government-installed speakers, hundreds joined the protest. It is the latest in the now year-long wave of demonstrations in Serbia ignited by the…
The President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda will pay visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan on May 18–20, the President’s Office reports. On May 18, Gitanas Nausėda will meet with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. The Presidents will discuss bilateral co-operation in the fields of energy and economy, the security situation in the Caucasus…
Apart from a number of statements and videos, the fact of the use of phosphorus weapons by Azerbaijan during the 44-day war was also confirmed by an expert examination (Statement of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): https://t.ly/gSTR ). This was stated in the Facebook post of Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham…
Reuters. Israel’s widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to be getting underway early on Tuesday (October 1) as its military said troops had begun “limited” raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area. The military said in a statement that it had begun “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence”…
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 2,295. More than 11,000 people have been injured. According to the President of the National Assembly, Venezuelan and foreign rescue teams, along with volunteers, have pulled nearly 6,500 people alive from the rubble. The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck on June 24,…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Anne Bouillon was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She was handed a note of protest in connection with the visit of French officials to Armenia, the humanitarian aid initiative for the population of…
The European Union of Jewish Students has sent an open letter to the leadership of the European Conference of Rabbis, asking to move the conference of rabbis to be held in Azerbaijan. “We must express our unwavering solidarity with ethnic Armenians who are currently suffering from bombings, forced displacement and the devastating effects of…
The EU’s most senior sanctions envoy is holding talks in Washington with US officials after Donald Trump said he was ready to take further action against Russia over the war in Ukraine, The Guardian reports. David O’Sullivan, the EU sanctions envoy, is meeting US counterparts on Monday, as Europe and the US look for…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she plans to visit Lebanon on Oct. 18, just days after Israeli forces attacked U.N. bases in the country, drawing anger from many EU capitals, including Rome, Reuters reports. The U.N. peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line…
Reuters. Iran’s presidential candidates faced off in a debate on Monday (July 1) clashing over foreign policy and economic reform just days before the two men will face a run-off election on July 5. Saeed Jalili, a zealous ideologue loyal to Iran’s supreme leader went head to head with his more moderate opponent Massoud…
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke separately today with National Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan of Armenia and Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Hikmat Hajiyev, the White House reports. In these calls, they took stock of the progress made in EU and U.S.-facilitated peace talks since their joint September 27 meeting in Washington. …
Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, stated that the so-called “Foreign Agents Law” re-introduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party “is not consistent with Georgia’s EU aspiration and its accession trajectory.” He emphasized that the adoption of this law “will bring Georgia further away” from the EU. “The Georgian people have chosen…
Moscow is ready to hold talks on Ukraine conflict settlement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “As for negotiations, we have always said that we are ready for them,” Putin said. According to him, Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to ban dialogue with Russia makes possible negotiations illegal. Putin noted that the West should force the…
India and the UAE are exploring the creation of a mechanism for carrying out bilateral trade in national currencies, a statement from the Indian Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday. Piyush Goyal, India’s minister of commerce and trade, hopes that the discussions on “mutually beneficial” areas like food security and bilateral trade in national currencies…
The Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan has confirmed the death of 192 soldiers in the recent military actions against Nagorno-Karabakh, 511 were wounded. According to the Ministry, 180 of the dead were servicemen of the Ministry of Defense, 12 – of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. The Ministry of Health…
In Georgia, 15,315 new cases of coronavirus were detected per day. Thus, the total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 1,496,156. The distribution of new cases of Covid-19 by regions of Georgia is as follows: Tbilisi – 7,055; Imereti – 2,233; Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti – 1,131; Kakheti –…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday gave his approval to a proposal for the upcoming trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the president’s main political rival, to be aired live on state broadcaster TRT, following a similar endorsement a day earlier from his far-right ally, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. …
The Russian Ministry of Defense accused the American nuclear submarine of violating the border near the Kuril Islands. It is alleged that the nuclear submarine did not respond to Russian requests and went into hiding after being asked to surface. According to the official report, Marshal Shaposhnikov, a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the proposal to involve volunteers in the fighting in Ukraine. According to him, if there are people who want to help those living in the Donbas, and for free, then the state should help them get to the war zone. “If you see that there are people who want,…
The U.S. government is probing whether China is supporting Russia’s nuclear industry by importing enriched uranium from its neighbor and exporting its own production to the U.S., which recently banned Russian uranium imports, Reuters has learned. U.S. House lawmakers passed the ban on Russian enriched uranium in December 2023 as part of a U.S….
The Samtskhe-Javakhk Media and Analysis Center has issued a statement in which it states the following: “For years, several Armenian non-governmental organizations of Georgia have been demanding that the Georgian government recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide of 1915, which is a crime against not only the Armenian people, but also humanity. Almost all civilized…
The fourth round of the Oman-mediated U.S.-Iran talks scheduled for Saturday in Rome has been postponed for logistical reasons, Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi said on Thursday, Reuters reports. New dates will be announced upon the agreement among all parties, Al Busaidi said on the social media. Iran’s Foreign…
Tens of thousands of people packed central Tbilisi on Monday (June 20) evening in a strong show of support for a path for Georgia towards accession to the European Union and eventual membership of the 27-nation bloc, Reuters reports. Tbilisi’s main central thoroughfare Rustavelli Avenue was closed to traffic as tens of thousands gathered outside…
NATO will soon supply Ukraine with hundreds of pieces of equipment to combat unmanned aerial vehicles. As NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, speaking at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum, these are hundreds of active jamming stations. Earlier, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said that the…
Today, the meeting of EU foreign ministers will be held in Brussels, during which, according to a high-ranking representative, the situation around Armenia will be discussed, it is planned to approve the new EU mission for Armenia, which should contribute to the settlement in the region. According to the diplomat, the EU is concerned about…
Despite increased attacks by the Russian army, Mariupol did not fall, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. “We monitor Russian airstrikes and the movement of artillery in the Donbas and in the south. Especially in Mariupol and its environs, as well as inside the city,” he added. According to Kirby, despite the increase in the aggressive…
