U.S. District Attorney Pam Bondi posted on X on Saturday (January 3) announcing that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been indicted in the Southern District of New York on charges including narco‑terrorism conspiracy, Reuters reports. The U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed of Maduro on Saturday, President Donald Trump said,…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday (August 24) that the perpetrator of a stabbing rampage in the western town of Solingen must be punished to fullest extent of the law, Reuters reports. “One thing is very clear: such acts must be harshly punished,” Scholz said. “We must never accept this in our society…
Armenia will reach out to partners as needed to join efforts and mitigate the impact of the disaster. It is mentioned in the note of the spokesperson of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry. “We highly appreciate the solidarity expressed by our international partners, countries and organizations following heavy floods in Tavush and Lori regions of Armenia…
Yerevan’s possible withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) should be based on the real needs of the country; this decision does not correspond to the original national interests of Armenia and was prepared somewhere in the European Union. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. …
Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the suitable places to hold a meeting with United States President Donald Trump. Putin said that he was not ‘on the whole’ against meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, adding that ‘certain conditions should be created’ for such a…
The Russian peacekeeping force recorded one violation of the ceasefire regime in Askeran region, Nagorno-Karabakh, there were no casualties. This was stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “The command of the Russian peacekeeping troops, together with the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides, is conducting an investigation into the fact,”…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced France’s support to Armenia upon his arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels this morning. “I call on the European Union to develop its relations with that country, with which France is very connected. We must again provide Armenia with all the support it has the…
Turkey’s Minister of National Defense has stated that Ankara and Washington are working to lift part of the U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey. “We are aware that President Trump is trying to advance this initiative in the Senate. We are also making efforts in this direction. We have established separate working groups. Turkey and…
Recep Erdogan announced that he is considering the option of inviting Russian and Syrian presidents Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad to Turkey to discuss the settlement of relations between Ankara and Damascus and the Syrian settlement. “We can start a new settlement process with Syria. If Mr. Putin can visit Turkey, it can be…
Within the framework of the UN General Assembly 79, the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Germany and Turkey, Annalena Baerbock and Hakan Fidan, was held, during which the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations were discussed. “Turkey is an important mediator for peace in our neighborhood. Turkey can contribute to a historic peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan….
Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani media reports. Starlink is the world’s first and largest satellite constellation using low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet, supporting streaming, online gaming, video calls, and more. The network consists of thousands of satellites orbiting much closer to Earth – around 550 km…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday the schedule of future high-level and summit meetings, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, TASS reports. “The ministers synchronized their schedules of future high-level and summit meeting,” the ministry said. The Foreign Ministry added that…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received in Baku the American Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the senior adviser of the US State Department on Caucasus negotiations, Louis Bono. The parties discussed the developments in the South Caucasus, the prospects of the process of normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku, the negotiation process for…
Anahit Manasyan, Ombudsperson of Armenia, referred to the Baku court decision to sentence Vagif KHachatryan, an elderly ill man, abducted in Lachin Corridor from ICRC, to 15 years in prison, based on fake accusations. “Vagif Khachatryan, abducted by Azerbaijani forces in the Lachin Corridor ,was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Baku ,…
The expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance did not trigger the Ukraine conflict, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, TASS reports. “I respectfully disagree with your point that the expansion of NATO caused the Ukraine crisis,” he said answering questions at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, which was broadcast on the Pentagon…
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili announced a boycott of Georgian Airways for resuming flights to Russia. She stated that she would no longer use the services of this airline and called on other citizens to join her. “I’m boycotting Airzena (Georgian Airways)”– Zurabishvili said at a briefing. She noted that the airline is…
Davit Muradyan and Assita Kanko, Member of the European Parliament, discussed her support to the recognition process of the Armenian Genocide, approach by the European parliament to the issue, Azerbaijan’s approach to the EP resolutions, and Turkey’s destructive stance in several regions.
Nobody is privatizing Armenia, French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decottignies wrote in his X microblog. “No flag planting here. Armenia is nobody’s backyard, but a friendly country and democratic nation whose sovereignty and territorial integrity France supports,” Decottignies wrote in X (former Twitter) commenting on the article of the Politico periodical, in which it was mentioned…
The United States decided against licensing localized production of interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems in European countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy made the remark in his evening video address, summarizing his meeting with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov on ensuring consistent supply of anti-air missiles from abroad. Ukraine plans a series…
Reuters. Several explosions were seen and loud blasts heard over northern Gaza in the early morning on Friday (July 18). The blasts came after Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. presented Israel and Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas with an updated Gaza ceasefire proposal, Axios reported on Thursday (July 17), citing sources. Israeli and…
Journalist Hafiz Babaly was detained as part of a criminal case against employees of the publication Abzas Media, Ibrahim Amiraslanli, a representative of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Turan. Employees of the main police department of the city of Baku detained Babali, editor of the economic department of the…
European Union foreign ministers reached an agreement on Monday (May 11) on new sanctions targeting violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as well as leading Hamas figures, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, Reuters reports. The sanctions package, which targets three settlers and four settler organisations whose identities have yet…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday (June 8) that an extraordinary meeting of D-8 countries, an economic cooperation group of developing nations, convened to voice support for Palestinians, adding that the war in Gaza has become “a challenge to global democracy,” Reuters reports. The D-8 includes Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Indonesia,…
Israeli strikes on Monday killed more than 270 Lebanese in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war as the Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate their homes ahead of a widening air campaign against Hezbollah, AP reports. Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of…
Moldova and Georgia may not join the European Union with their entire territory; Brussels allows the admission of these countries to the EU “partially.” This was stated by the representative of the European Foreign Service Peter Stano. According to the European diplomat, the EU is considering the issue of admitting Moldova and Georgia without…
US President Joe Biden called on Americans in Ukraine to immediately leave the country, where the situation could quickly turn out of order. “American citizens must immediately leave Ukraine. It doesn’t look like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We are dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. This is a different…
Eighty years to the day after his execution by the Nazis at Mont-Valérien Fort (near Paris), Armenian resistance fighter Missak Manouchian will enter the Panthéon on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, accompanied by his wife Mélinée, France Television reports. Missak Manouchian is the first foreign and Communist resistance fighter to be buried at the Panthéon. …
The latest Azeri attack in Nagorno-Karabakh is the continuation of the Armenian Genocide, Member of the European Parliament Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus) has said. “Everything began as genocide in 1915 perpetrated by the Turks, and continues today as genocide and ethnic cleansing by Mr. Aliyev, who is a close ally of Mr. Erdogan,” the MEP…
According to information published on Stopcov.ge, 35,583 tests have been performed in the last 24 hours as part of intensive testing, of which 21,538 for antigens and 14,045 PCRs. As a result of testing, over the past 24 hours, 7,482 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection have been identified. From the first case of infection…
The Georgian government is preparing to join Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), allowing customers make cashless euro payments – via credit transfer and direct debit – to anywhere in the European Union, as well as a number of non-EU countries, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced on Monday, 1tv.ge reports. Today, three draft laws will…
