Iran has officially dropped a key “red line” demand that had been a major sticking point in efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, a senior administration official told CNN. In its Monday response to a draft nuclear deal agreement proposed by the European Union — which the EU has described as a “final”…
Toivo Klaar, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia informs that Armenian and Azerbaijani top officials had a meeting in Brussels. Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Security Council of Armenia and Hikmet Hajiyev, Advisor to the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, had a meeting joined by EU representatives. “Good and…
Reuters. Turkey and Ukraine signed a deal on Thursday (August 18) to reconstruct infrastructure damaged in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported as their leaders Tayyip Erdogan and Volodymyr Zelenskiy met in Lviv. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday (August 17), met with Zelenskiy and…
Reuters. Four times the tonnage of the original Open Arms rescue tugboat and with a capacity to carry up to 1,000 people, the shapely Open Arms Uno made its first rescue on Wednesday (August 17) picking up 101 migrants stranded on a wooden boat off the Tunisian coast. “Sit down, if you don’t sit…
France expresses its solidarity with Armenia on this first day of national mourning declared after the August 14th explosion at a shopping mall in Yerevan, the Foreign Ministry of the French Republic website reports. “We offer our condolences to the families of those who died and wish those who were injured a speedy recovery….
An ethnic-Armenian Turkish lawyer is set to become the first ever Armenian to hold the post of district governor in Turkey after his appointment as the District Governor of Babadag, a city and district in the Denizli Province, Agos reports. Berk Acar, born in 1995, will assume the position in the coming days. He…
Spanish firefighters were seen running from a violent blaze as they scrambled to stop a wildfire from reaching a residential area in Bejis in the Spanish region of Valencia, footage released by the Castello firefighters on Wednesday (August 17) showed. Two firefighters were injured in the event which took place on Tuesday (August 16),…
Tehran is ready to reach with Washington an agreement on prisoner swaps that would not be linked to the talks on reviving the nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Wednesday. “Away from the nuclear deal, Iran has repeatedly informed the United States across various channels of its willingness to address…
A contract has been signed to deliver a second regiment of the S-400 missile system to Turkey, with the production of some components to be localized there, the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), Dmitry Shugayev, told TASS on the sidelines of the Army-2022 international forum on Tuesday. “A corresponding agreement…
Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia, offered her condolences over the deadly explosion in a Yerevan market. “Deeply saddened by the shocking explosion in Yerevan. I express my deepest condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones, but also strength and resilience to the emergency workers. I stand with the people of Armenia”, she…
Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, offered his condolences over the deadly blast at a Yerevan market, which left 16 dead, eight missing. “Deeply saddened by the news of the fatal fireworks storage explosion in Armenia’s capital, leaving people missing & injured. My sincere condolences go out to our Armenian friends in this time…
Reuters. The first ship to depart Ukraine under a U.N.-brokered deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago was approaching the Syrian port of Tartous on Sunday (August 14), two shipping sources said. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni set sail from Ukraine’s Odesa port on Aug. 1 under the deal between Moscow…
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) has voted to support President Volodimir Zelensky’s decree extending the martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for 90 more days, till November 21, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Monday. “Parliament has supported bill 7664 on the extension of the martial law for 90 days, till November 21, 2022. The…
The Embassy of Lebanon in Armenia expresses its deepest condolences to all those who lost loved ones in the tragic blast at the Surmalu market on August 14, the embassy said in a Facebook post. “We wish quick recovery for the injured, and our thoughts and prayers remain with the friendly people of Armenia …
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported on Saturday Barbados-flagged Fulmar S cargo ship left the port of Chornomorsk and headed to Turkey. According to the ministry, the ship formed a caravan with Marshall Island-flagged Thoe bulk carrier, bringing the total number of vessels to depart the country under a UN-brokered deal to 16. …
The soaring natural gas prices have driven up the global demand for oil, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. In its monthly report, the IEA said that high temperature and soaring natural gas prices have made power generation switching necessary in some countries, which are now using oil to generate electricity. …
Mélanie Joly, Foreign Minister of Canada met with the members of Armenian Diaspora. “A treat to meet Armenian-Canadians here in Scarborough (no matter how small or tall! We discussed the strong relationship between Canada and Armenia, supporting Armenian democracy, and building a more vibrant community. Thank you Sevag and the ANCC team for hosting…
On August 11, the Australian Liberal Party State Conference, held in the State of New South Wales, adopted a motion recognizing the independence of the Republic of Artsakh and the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides committed by the Ottoman Empire, as well as calling on the Federal Australian Government to recognize the independence of the…
The foreign ministry of Cyprus said Thursday it’s lodging formal protests against a meeting between the leader of the ethnically split island nation’s breakaway Turkish Cypriots and the president of Azerbaijan amid concerns of a stepped-up partition campaign, AP reports. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed “disappointment and regret” over the Tuesday meeting Azerbaijani President…
In a letter to UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, a group British lawmakers have raised concerns regarding the deteriorating security situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. The letter sets out six urgent concerns, all of which should be urgently addressed. The letter reads: Dear Foreign Secretary, The security situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is now critical. We have six urgent…
The situation in the South Caucasus is in the center of Russia’s attention. Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Ivan Nechayev said this during a briefing in response to the question of ‘Lurer’. “On August 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry made a statement regarding the escalation of the…
Beijing and Moscow have entered the most successful period of inter-state relations characterized by the highest level of mutual trust and the greatest strategic significance, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told TASS in a special interview on Wednesday. “Under the strategic direction of [China’s] Chairman Xi Jinping and President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin, the…
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ersin Tatar in Konya. During the meeting, the sides emphasized the importance of holding the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, which serves to strengthen relations between peoples in the Turkic world, in Turkey. They noted that this prestigious…
The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, BBC reports. Ukraine’s president was speaking after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase there, killing one person. Mr Zelensky did not mention Tuesday’s blasts but said: “Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never give it…
Leo Housakos, Canadian Senator condemned Azerbaijani actions against the people of Artsakh. “Azerbaijan’s attack on the people of Artsakh represents the most recent violation of the Nov. 2020 ceasefire agreement. I am disturbed by Azerbaijan’s renewed aggression, and I call on Canada & the international community to condemn it in absolute terms”, he…
The president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Israel for the Gaza attack. Erdogan made a speech at Ambassadors Conference in Ankara Cankaya presidential office. Erdogan said there can not be an excuse for killing children and babies. “We share our sensitivity to Palestine issue, Turkey’s support for the two-state resolution and the importance…
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said his country’s military went out of its way to lessen the impact on civilians. Speaking to reporters at the UN Monday, Erdan said the Israeli Defense Force operation called Operation Breaking Dawn was justified after Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel….
Western capitals are increasingly alarmed at the deepening ties between Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin, raising the prospect of punitive retaliation against the NATO member if it helps Russia avoid sanctions, Financial Times reports. Six western officials told the Financial Times they were concerned about the pledge made by Turkish and Russian…
The protest at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London yesterday, Thursday 4 August 2022, was carried out by supporters of The Mahdi Servants Union in opposition to the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and his government. This was stated in the press release published on the institution’s official website. “This government is responsible for longstanding…
The people of Ukraine’s Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions want referendums, Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky has nothing to ask of Russia and its leadership in this situation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday, commenting on Zelensky’s statements that holding referendums in these territories on joining Russia would mean the end of talks with Moscow,…
