Following a 15-day delay, Mukhtar Mammadov, the first-ever ambassador of Azerbaijan to Israel, on Sunday evening presented his credentials to President Isaac Herzog, The Jerusalem Post reports. Mammadov, along with the ambassadors of Guatemala, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, Suriname and Malawi, had originally been scheduled to present his credentials on March 9, which was a…
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation recorded the violation of the contact line and the positional advance by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on March 25, 2023. The daily bulletin of the Russian Peacekeepers in Artsakh reads: “On March 25, 2023, a unit of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, violating…
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Khoy City in northwestern Iran on Friday morning, IRNA reports. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of the University of Tehran, the quake occurred at 06:46 a.m. local time at a depth of 8 kilometers. The latitude of the 5.6-magnitude quake was 38.412 degrees north and its…
Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday (March 24) that China has not provided significant weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. “I’ve been hearing now for the past three months about China’s going to provide significant weapons to Russia,” Biden said at a news conference alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau….
Turkey to remove 101 million tons of garbage and rubble from February earthquakes This was reported on March 24 by the Hürriyet newspaper. The Ministry of the Environment of the country said that the volume of debris and debris left after the earthquakes is approximately 46 million cubic meters. More than 16 million tons of…
US State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel commented on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s post on Twitter. “Secretary Blinken is very engaged in facilitating peace discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and we are encouraged by the progress made toward lasting and sustainable peace in the South Caucasus. We very much appreciate Nikol Pashinyan’s message on…
Toivo Klaar, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Georgia Crisis, referred to the normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations at the 2nd anniversary event of the RA-EU Comprehensive and Extended Partnership Agreement organized at Armenia’s Embassy to Belgium. “Thank you Ambassador Anna Aghajanyan for hosting celebration of the second anniversary of Armenia – EU CEPA….
The Russian peacekeeping force recorded one violation of the ceasefire regime in the Shushi region, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) during the previous day, according to the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. There are no casualties. The fact is being investigated by the forces of the Russian peacekeeping force.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Twitter that a peace treaty will be signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “There will be a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and it will be based on the joint official statements adopted at the highest level. There won’t be а new escalation! The international community…
Turkey has launched an investigation into 1,364 people who may be responsible for the destruction of buildings as a result of the earthquakes that occurred in the country in February. This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with Turkish media, which was broadcast on his Twitter page. “Investigative actions have…
At the initiative of the Turkish side, the Defense Ministers of Russia and Turkey, Sergey Shoigu and Hulusi Akar, held talks on March 22. During the negotiations, among other issues, the parties also discussed the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
EU Foreign Policy Spokesperson Peter Stano issued a statement on the new law on parties in Azerbaijan. “The European Union is concerned about the restrictions introduced by the new law on political parties. It risks having a chilling effect on political pluralism and on the fundamental rights and freedoms such as freedom of association,…
The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party will not nominate its own candidate for the President of Turkey in the elections to be held on May 14. Party co-chairman Pervin Buldan informed journalists about this, TASS reports. Earlier, the leadership of the party made it clear that it is possible to support the opposition candidate, leader of…
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a statement regarding the unlawful blockade of Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan, Armenian delegate to PACE Vladimir Vardanyan said on March 22. Vardanyan said he will present details soon.
US State Secretary Antony Blinken had a phone call with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev. “I spoke with Azerbaijani President Aliyev today to convey my support for a sustainable peace with Armenia and our willingness to facilitate these efforts. Direct talks are the only way to achieve an enduring and lasting peace”, Blinken twitted.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially filed an application to the Supreme Election Council to register as a presidential candidate for the upcoming May 14 elections. According to local TV, representatives of Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party arrived in the Council Tuesday to file registration papers. Currently, 18 politicians stated their intention to run…
Artsakh Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 100th day of the blockade by Azerbaijan. The ministry press office readout is as follows: For 100 days now, Azerbaijan has been subjecting Artsakh to an illegal blockade, the ultimate goal of which is to destroy the Artsakh people as such by expelling them from their…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia referred to the threats by an “eco-activist” to kill Armenians and drink their blood. “It’s never enough for a bloodthirsty regime and its puppets to starve 120000 people of Nagorno Karabakh. Now their pseudo-eco-activist threatens to kill all Armenians and literally drink their blood. Are we truly in the…
Geostat, the national statistical service of Georgia, has released a report on the country’s foreign trade, revealing an increase in exports in the first two months of 2023. According to the report, goods worth $915 million were exported from Georgia abroad during this period, an increase of 20.3% from the previous year. The export geography…
The State Border Service of Azerbaijan spread a disinformation claiming that units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire towards the Azerbaijani combat positions located in the Southeastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border zone on March 20, at around 2:50 a.m. Armenia’s Defense Ministry reports this.
Armenia is “working” in the direction of raising the issue of Azerbaijan’s non-compliance with the world court order on unblocking the Lachin Corridor at the UN Security Council, the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan told lawmakers Monday. The United Nations’ highest court – the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – ordered…
An Iranian court sentenced two people to death over an October attack on a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz that cost over a dozen lives, the judiciary said Saturday, The New Arab reports. The pair were convicted of assisting in “corruption on earth, armed rebellion and acting against national security,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported, citing…
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday approved Finland’s accession to NATO after months of talks, but added that discussions with Sweden will continue, CNBC reports. “We have decided to initiate the ratification of Finland’s accession process to NATO in our parliament,” Erdogan said in Ankara, according to a Reuters translation, as he met his…
An official report released on Friday estimated that the twin earthquakes that hit southern Turkey on Feb. 6 cost approximately 2 trillion Turkish liras (about 105.2 billion U.S. dollars) for the country. The report, announced by Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Ministry and prepared by the presidency’s department of strategy and budget, predicted that the financial…
During the previous day, the Russian peacekeeping troops recorded two violations of the ceasefire regime in Martuni and Shushi regions, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). There were no casualties. This is stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “According to these facts, the command of the Russian peacekeeping force is conducting a joint…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a phone call with the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the relations between Tehran and the IAEA are on the right track, Mehr reports. Amir-Abdollahian in his Thursday night phone conversation with Josep Borrell discussed the nuclear talks to remove sanctions, the Ukraine war, and the…
The U.S. is troubled by Azerbaijan’s recent political party law, Ned Price, official representative of the US State Department, wrote about this on his Twitter. “We urge the authorities to incorporate Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR recommendations and to respect fundamental freedoms, including of association,” Price wrote.
Lasting peace deal cannot be achieved without international guarantees. Interview of Petros Ghazaryan with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Founding Chairman of Rasmussen Global, NATO Secretary General (2009-2014).
Azerbaijan is doing everything it can to derail direct dialogue with Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday during the government sitting. “Despite the international-level agreements, after only two meetings Azerbaijan announced that it will discuss with Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh the topic of integration, whereas the international agreement was about…
Dear Ambassadors, Nagorno-Karabakh has been under siege by Azerbaijan for more than three months, the Lachin corridor connecting Armenia is closed. It is the only way for the 120,000 Armenian population to communicate with the outside world. For more than three months, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh have been facing inhuman torture, with a serious lack…
