Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the €2.95 billion fine was “unfair” and “discriminatory” and later told reporters he will “be speaking to the European Union.” US President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation after the European Commission fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising technology industry,…
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, condemned the fake trials against Armenians in Azerbaijan in his X microblog (former Twitter). “As I stated earlier all ongoing proceedings in Azerbaijan, including the trial of Vagif Khachatryan are from a genre of farce and a mockery of the European Convention on Human Rights and a violation of all…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday said support of Kyiv’s militarism by West is unacceptable, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, TASS reports. Lavrov made the comments as he met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Indonesia. “A thorough exchange of views…
The US State Department has made adjustments to the transcript of its briefing regarding the statements of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This was found out by RIA Novosti on February 13. It is clarified that Rubio’s statement about a potential trip to Russia, which could take place as part of his European tour,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Armenia benefited the most as part of cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and noted that the country has the highest pace of economic growth. Putin made the remarks during the EEU summit, officially known as the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council session, in Moscow. In…
Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan welcomed the statement made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the press conference with Armenia’s Prime Minister yesterday. The chancellor noted that the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) issue should be resolved on the basis of the territorial integrity of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as “the principle of the right to self-determination of…
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan congratulated Andrii Sybiha on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. “Congratulating Andrii Sybiha on appointment as the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, I look forward to our engagement and cooperation in further developing relations between Armenia and Ukraine. I also thank Dmytro Kuleba for years of constructive cooperation and…
The intensive exchange of fire that started as a result of large-scale provocation by the Azerbaijan’i side continues, the Defence Ministry of Armenia reports. “The ArmedForces of Armenia are responding adequately. The Ministry of Defence will provide regular updates on the development of the situation” said the ministry in a statement.
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were flown from a Brooklyn jail to Manhattan, New York, in the U.S., on Monday (January 5) to face drug charges at a federal courthouse, Reuters reports. Maduro was ousted in the biggest U.S. intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to award President of the Republic of Belarus, Chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State Aleksandr Lukashenko the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, reads the official website of the Kremlin, BelTA reports. “The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the…
US President Joe Biden visited the Armenian Church of the Nativity of Bethlehem and met with Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Amen. T. Nurhan Archbishop Manukyan. This was reported by Koryoun (Hovnan) Baghdasaryan, Chancellor of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem/Dean of the Armenian Theological Seminary of Jerusalem.
Russian tennis player of Armenian descent Karen Khachanov (20th in the world) qualified for the round of 16 of the Australian Open by beating American Frances Tiafoe (17th), semi-finalist of the last US Open, 6-3, 6-4 , 3-6, 7-6 (11/9) Friday in Melbourne. Traditionally, players sign the camera lens after the match. Khachanov wrote “Artsakh,…
The United States welcomes the first joint meeting of the Armenia-Azerbaijan bilateral Border Commissions, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Twitter post. “The U.S. supports the EU-brokered conversations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and encourages continued positive momentum and bilateral dialogue in support of regional peace,” Blinken added. The commissions led by Deputy…
US President Donald Trump’s administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not, Reuters reports. If the court does not act on this…
The European Union does not have evidence of Chinese weapons supplies to Russia, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a forum in Singapore, TASS reports. “China has committed not to supply arms [to Russia] and we don’t have evidence that this is happening,” he said, taking questions from participants in the…
The United States is prepared to make a deal with Iran when Tehran is ready, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a speech to the Israeli parliament on Monday, Reuters reports. Tehran and Washington held five rounds of nuclear talks, prior to a 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June, which Washington joined…
Six people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooter opened fire from an apartment balcony and then killed themselves in a Georgian city on Friday, officials said, Global News reports. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement that the suspect fired several rounds into the yard of the building in Sagarejo, killing four…
Canada opened its first diplomatic outpost in Greenland in a significant show of solidarity following US President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the territory, BBC reports. A delegation of senior Canadian officials, including Governor General Mary Simon, and foreign minister Anita Anand, travelled to Nuuk on Friday to formally open Canada’s consulate,…
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, responding to the possibility of escalation of Iran-Azerbaijan relations and military conflict in an interview with Public Television, noted that Iran and Azerbaijan are friendly countries connected by deep cultural and economic ties. “If there is an issue, a debate, there are those in the relations of many countries, let’s…
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan referred to the process of normalization of Yerevan-Baku relations. According to the Azerbaijani media, Jeyhun Bayramov noted that despite the certain dynamics of bilateral contacts, the progress registered in various fields, particularly regarding the draft of a possible peace treaty, still does not meet the expectations of the Azerbaijani side….
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for three hours in Moscow on Friday (April 25) to discuss the U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine, and Trump said the two sides were “very close to a deal,” despite apparent differences in their positions, Reuters reports. Trump said…
US State Secretary Antony Blinken congratulated the people of Azerbaijan on National Day “On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the people of Azerbaijan a happy Independence Day. We value our relationship with Azerbaijan, having built a partnership over the last 32 years on mutual interests relating to security and…
A protest has begun in the Georgian capital against local elections. Protesters have completely blocked Rustaveli Avenue. Tbilisi’s Freedom Square has also been closed. The opposition had earlier announced that it would organize a “peaceful revolution” on election day. In order to ensure order, security forces from different parts of the Georgian capital…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus has strongly condemned the military operation of Azerbaijan on September 19 and 20 in Nagorno-Karabakh and the flagrant violation of the Ceasefire Agreement of November 9, 2020. “As a result of Azerbaijan’s aggression, tens of thousands of Armenians have been displaced from their ancestral homes. Undoubtedly, these…
OSCE FRANCE REPRESENTATION CONGRATULATED REEKER France congratulated Philip Reeker on his appointment as the new United States Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. “Congratulations to Philip Reeker on his appointment as Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations and as Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group for the United States,” the French Mission to the OSCE said…
Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan reminded on her Twitter microblog that today, at 11:00 p.m. Yerevan time, it is possible to follow the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council online. It is held at the request of Armenia in connection with the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of…
Reuters. Large plumes of smoke were rising in Gaza on Tuesday (September 16) morning, amid reports from Axios citing Israeli officials said that the Israeli military had launched a ground offensive a day earlier to seize Gaza City, the enclave’s largest urban centre. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to request for comment…
Turkish Foreign Ministry said Gaza school attack by Israel is a crime against humanity. “Israel has committed a new crime against humanity by massacring more than a hundred civilians who had taken refuge in a school building in the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City. This attack demonstrated once again that the Netanyahu Government…
Nagorno-Karabakh peacekeeping troops have completely left Nagorno-Karabakh. The process ended on June 12, reports the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. The department announced that the personnel, weapons and equipment of the peacekeepers were completely withdrawn.
The CSTO mission in Armenia is trying to be as objective as possible, it is too early to talk about the conclusions, stated head of the mission, colonel-general Anatoly Sidorov. “Developments on the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, have created an unpleasant situation for CSTO. However, the organization does…
