Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) returned from Baku, Azerbaijan, where he participated in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) on UN Climate Action, Pallone’s press office said in a statement. “Azerbaijani government sponsored protests greeted Pallone at both COP 29 and the hotel where he stayed. He avoided physical harm only through the efforts of…
Peace talks have reached a deadlock because of the territorial issue, Ukrainian media writes, citing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s interview with Bloomberg. “The U.S., Russia, and Ukraine have different views, and there is no unified approach regarding Donbas,” Zelensky said. He stated that additional discussions are needed on several “sensitive issues,” including ensuring…
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili was not informed about Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Georgia, the presidential administration reported. “Despite the Georgian President’s willingness and availability, the meeting between the presidents, which is typically held during all heads of state visits, was impossible to take place. The Georgian President expresses her openness and wishes…
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “Whatever sanctions EU member states agree on, we’ll back them,” Hungary Today reports. In an interview with public news channel M1 on Sunday, he stressed that “strategic composure is necessary in time of war.” Orbán reiterated his position that Hungary must “concentrate efforts on staying out of…
Kazakhstan is moving ahead with a $1 billion plan to build NATO-standard artillery ammunition factories to reduce its reliance on Russian models—a shift that has already drawn sharp criticism from Moscow, where officials have labeled the move “unfriendly”, according to reporting by The Moscow Times on December 17. The initiative marks a significant shift…
European Council President Michel called Turkey’s President Erdoğan to congratulate him on his reelection. The call addressed regional issues, Turkish president’s press office reports. President Erdoğan expressed the necessity to increase contacts at all levels with a concrete and positive agenda towards full membership of Turkey, which has a great strategic value for Europe,…
Deciding the date and place of signing the long-awaited peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia is the competence of those states, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “At the same time, of course, we cannot look on indifferently at what is happening in the South Caucasus. Historically, Russia…
On April 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on a working visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was welcomed by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and other officials at Moscow’s ‘Vnukovo-2’ International Airport. As reported by the press service of the Kremlin, during the meeting of…
Reuters. U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic rival Kamala Harris will debate on Sept. 10 on ABC, the network confirmed on Thursday, while Trump said he wants to add two more debates that month on Fox and NBC. In a rambling news conference at his Palm Beach, Florida, residence, Trump said he…
The issue of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations has always been urgent, said the Spokesperson of the US State Department during a briefing with journalists, referring to the American intelligence report, according to which the tension in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations will increase in the absence of a peace treaty. “There’s always been urgency with this, and there’s been urgency…
The Office of the Human Righst Defender of Azerbaijan has released a statement following a meeting with Ruben Vardanyan, the former Minister of State of Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian businessman, and philanthropist, who was arrested by Azerbaijani authorities due to his position in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to reports from the Office of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan, Ruben…
The Black Sea grain shipment deal may be extended if Russia positively responds to the proposals by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on its prolongation laid out in his letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, with other options hardly probable, a diplomatic source in Turkey told TASS on Saturday. “The prolongation is possible but,…
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish leader expressed condolences over the death of former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and noted his significant role in the contemporary history of Russia and the entire world, the Kremlin reports. The leaders discussed further progress of the multifaceted…
The negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov ended in Almaty, the media reports. The meeting lasted more than four hours.
Reuters. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (July 10). The meeting, on the sidelines of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers’ meeting, is the second in-person contact between Rubio and Lavrov. Their meeting comes…
Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative and Acting Chargé d’Affaires delivered a statement regarding the situation in Lachin Corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh during a UNSC meeting commenced by the initiative of Armenia. The statement reads: “The United Arab Emirates is closely following the evolving situation along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and has taken…
From June 23, 2023, Azerbaijan will stop issuing visas to Iranian citizens at the international airports of Azerbaijan, the Embassy of Iran in Azerbaijan reports. According to the information, Iranian citizens who will visit Azerbaijan are requested to obtain “ASAN visa” in advance or obtain a visa from the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in…
On November 24, a protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The protocol was signed in Abu Dhabi by the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the UAE, Karen Grigoryan, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to…
Baku responded to the statements of French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. He called Azerbaijan a dictatorship and noted that Baku interferes in the internal affairs of New Caledonia. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Aykhan Hajizada demanded an apology from France, adding, “otherwise it will have an even greater negative impact on bilateral relations.” According…
There was a need for an urgent UNESCO fact-finding mission, proposed by UNESCO Secretary-General Audrey Azoulay, to protect the Armenian cultural and religious heritage from the imminent threat of extinction in the post-war territories under the control of Azerbaijan. This was stated by the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vahan Hunanyan. The statement…
Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a researcher and political analyst, Bahruz Samadov, on spurious treason charges, in the government’s escalating crackdown against its critics, Human Rights Watch said today. A Ph.D. candidate at Prague’s Charles University, Samadov is the latest scholar targeted ahead of COP29, the global United Nations climate summit, to be hosted by Azerbaijan…
US Embassy in Baku expressed concern about the arrests of journalists in Azerbaijan. “We are deeply concerned by the arrest of Hafiz Babali as well as the recent trend of detaining journalists. We continue to urge the Azerbaijani government to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, including those exercising freedom of expression…
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Kremlin reports. The leaders had an in-depth discussion of the current situation in the South Caucasus and stressed the importance of coordinated efforts to ensure stability and security on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and to establish economic ties and…
Russia is making efforts for the agreements between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to be implemented, the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin said on May 9. Speaking to reporters during the Victory Day celebrations in Yerevan, the ambassador said that Russia is making active efforts to ensure progress in the Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization…
US and European officials have started talking to their Ukrainian counterparts about possible peace talks with Russia and what Kiev might have to give up to reach a deal, NBC television reported, citing US officials, TASS reports. They started “quietly talking to the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail”…
Reuters. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Naser Kanani said on Monday (November 13) that his country was “not looking for the expansion of war in the region.” Kanani made the comments at a press conference in Tehran, where he accused countries that supported the Israeli government in their military campaign against Hamas, the militant group…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at a meeting with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General Zhang Ming ‘noted Iran’s determination’ to join the organization, the country’s Foreign Ministry said. “[Iranian Foreign Minister] Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday during a meeting with [SCO Secretary General] Zhang Ming and his delegation noted Iran’s determination and seriousness [on…
On January 24, the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made a statement at a meeting of the structure: “In the face of current unbearable atmosphere of racism, Azerbaijanophobia and Islamophobia in the PACE, the delegation of Azerbaijan decides to cease its engagement with…
Crimea is Russian territory, and the Russian Constitution excludes the possibility of discussing the fate of any Russian region, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing, Interfax reports. So he answered the question whether there are options for reaching agreements on Crimea, taking into account the position of Ukraine, which was expressed at…
Türkiye on Saturday reaffirmed that it does not recognize the “illegal annexation of Crimea” by Russia in 2014. Stating that the current situation in the peninsula “constitutes a violation of international law,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said it underlined support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. “It has been a decade since the…
