Kazakhstan ramped up oil exports bypassing Russia in the first quarter of 2023 as it seeks to reduce its dependency on its vast neighbour, data from industry sources and Refinitiv showed, Reuters reports. While Kazakh oil exports through the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus are relatively small, they have risen sharply since Moscow began…
In the near future, one of Israel’s defense industry enterprises will supply Azerbaijan with two satellites worth $120 million, Israeli media reports, citing the Israeli Foreign Minister’s office and law enforcement agencies. Earlier this week, after his visit to Azerbaijan, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced that the two countries are expanding cooperation in the…
During the briefing of US Deputy Spokesperson of the US Secretary of State Vedant Patel, the journalist tried to find out what US officials are doing regarding the South Caucasus. Ambassador Bono was in the region, conducting negotiations in Baku and Yerevan, Assistant Deputy Secretary of State Erika Olson has just finished her meetings in…
The Azerbaijani satellite “Azersky” has failed after colliding with space debris or a small meteorite, the country’s space agency “Azerkosmos” announced on April 20. The attempts of “Azerkosmos” to restore communication with the satellite failed, the report says. As for the lost “Azersky” satellite, it was manufactured and transferred to Azerbaijan by the French…
United States Congresswoman Katie Porter has said that Azerbaijan’s goal in blocking the Lachin Corridor is to force the ethnic Armenians of Artsakh from their homeland by imposing conditions that make life impossible. She made the remarks at the Congressional Armenian Genocide Observance – 2023. “Our response must also be clear. We must…
United States Senator Robert Menendez has said that US aid to Azerbaijan not only damages U.S. national security interests but also “flies in the face of our duty to honor the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide.” “And our duty to ensure that history does not repeat itself again”, he added. Menendez, the…
Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said America was hated by the whole world. The world has no lost love for America, and the West’s efforts to impose its culture and values on the planet are doomed to fail because its hegemony no longer exists, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has said. America is…
Turkey’s president has hailed his government’s achievements with regards to post-quake rebuilding efforts, energy sector and foreign policy, while listing future goals as the country prepares for May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also expressed his concern over developments in Tunisia and Sudan during a wide-ranging interview with state broadcaster…
The trilateral agreements of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh are the only real basis for the settlement of the situation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters today, adding that “their implementation is necessary, TASS reports. “We are ready to welcome any steps of the parties that can lead to the ease…
Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia held and led the 66th Meeting of an EU Integration Commission of Georgia today, Georgian Government press office reports. Participants of the meeting discussed the Report to be submitted to the European Commission, which was developed for the first time in line with the Copenhagen Criteria within the…
US Congressman Frank Pallone referred to the upcoming national elections in Turkey. “With Erdogan in power, Turkey continues to slide toward autocracy and away from the values that hold NATO together. Next month’s election will be critical for Turkish democracy and the alliance, Pallone twitted.
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…
The official visit of Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to Azerbaijan is planned for April 18-19. This is reported by the Israeli media. The Foreign Minister of Israel will participate in the session of the Azerbaijan-Israel intergovernmental commission in Baku. The Israeli media also informs about the expected visit of President Isaac Herzog to Azerbaijan in…
There are problematic factors in the relations between Iran and Azerbaijan, one of which is Israel. Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani announced this during the briefing. According to him, Israel is trying to create division and instability not only in two countries, but also in the Islamic world as a whole. Evaluating the last…
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian and his counterpart from the Republic of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, held a third round of phone conversations on the latest developments in bilateral ties on Friday night, Foreign Ministry of Iran reports. During the talks, the two sides stressed pursuit of the agreements reached between the two countries….
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu informed that the events taking place in Ukraine and the South Caucasus were discussed at the meeting held in Vienna with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid. “We discussed regional developments in Ukraine and the South Caucasus with Helga Schmid,” Çavuşoğlu wrote on his Twitter microblog.
Arif Yunus, an Azerbaijani conflict analyst living in the Netherlands, has published interesting details about another failure of Azerbaijan in Holland on his Facebook page. According to him, on April 13, Aliyev’s special envoy, special assistant to the first vice president, Elchin Amirbayov, arrived in that country to meet with parliamentarians. On April 4, before…
Ali Nikzad, Vice-Chairman of the Iranian Parliament, referring to Iran-Azerbaijan relations, stated: “Iran is a great country that has shown special respect to its neighbors throughout history. Iran has a lot in common with its northwestern neighbors, especially Azerbaijan, and we have always respected this country. Azerbaijan should know that after the Islamic Revolution, one…
Turkey and Egypt have agreed to improve bilateral ties, the two nations’ foreign ministers announced at a joint press conference on Thursday, Reuters reports. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the two countries agreed to take concrete measures to restore diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level as soon as possible. He revealed that he…
Bujar Osmani, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, twitted about his meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. “Comprehensive discussion with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Overcoming humanitarian and security challenges is a clear priority. OSCE stands ready to step up support to implementing crucial reforms & projects to bring…
Some 90,000 have been pardoned following a landmark mass amnesty decree issued by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Press TV reports. This was announced by Sadeq Rahimi, deputy head of the Judiciary, the branch’s Mizan news agency reported…
Bujar Osmani, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, twitted about his meetings in Armenia during his visit. “Pleased to have a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. I reiterated the OSCE’s continued commitment to supporting comprehensive and sustainable peace throughout the region, especially for those most affected by…
Canada supports efforts to establish peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia as soon as possible, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said at a meeting with board members of the Network of Azerbaijani Canadians. The foreign minister noted that Canada hopes for the soonest successful completion of the peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia under the…
Certainly, the EU observation mission was informed about the provocation that happened yesterday and the fire fired by the Azerbaijani side in the direction of the servicemen and positions of the Armenian Armed Forces with various weapons, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated during the Parliament-Government question-and-answer session. “Today, the EU press service has already…
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, addressed the situation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in his Twitter. “Armenia’s MoD published a video showing how the servicemen of Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces, with the purpose of provocation, drive by the servicemen of Armenia’s Armed Forces carrying out engineering works, and open fire in the direction of the servicemen of Armenia’s…
Russian peacekeepers promptly took measures to defuse tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, where a fire exchange took place on Tuesday, April 11, near the village of Tegh, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Wednesday, TASS reports. “On April 11, there was an armed incident at the line of disengagement on…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia reacted on the aggression by Azerbaijan against Armenia on April 11. “Azerbaijan continues unprovoked unjustified aggression against Armenia, because as an aggressor state Azerbaijan was not sanctioned and properly condemned by international community”, Marukyan twitted.
Moscow will not keep its attitude to the West’s attempts to undermine its relations with its allies a secret, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. “If we are really talking about equal, mutually beneficial, transparent cooperation based on international law, no one should have any worries,” he told a news conference after…
Revealing photographs of journalists and activists are proliferating on social media. Many Azerbaijanis, and the women themselves, suspect they were planted by the country’s authoritarian government as revenge against speaking out, OCCRP recent report shows. The government denies the claims. In mid-February, Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev escalated a month-long hunger strike to protest his…
Azerbaijan has always been interested in developing good neighborly relations with all neighboring countries, including Iran, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizade said. Hajizade noted that during the recent telephone conversations between the foreign ministers, a detailed exchange of views took place on the current situation between the two countries. The Azerbaijani side positively…
