No one can give a clear answer as to when the blockade will be lifted. There will be a time when we will agree and when the relevant document will be signed. At that time, it will be possible to talk about the restoration of the railway, which existed in Soviet times and was operated…
A fire erupted in the construction of a hotel in the southern Antalya province’s Alanya district, Turkey, on Jan. 27. The fire erupted in the construction of a 12-storey hotel while the workers were at the site around 4.30 p.m. local time. Alanya Mayor Osman Tarık Özçelik said the firefighters rescued four workers…
Reuters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (September 25) he would condemn recent recognitions by some nations of a Palestinian state in his upcoming address at the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking ahead of his flight to the U.S. where he is scheduled to address the General Assembly in New York on…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said lower energy prices would prompt Russian President Vladimir to “stop killing people” in Ukraine. “If energy goes down enough, Putin is going to stop killing people,” Trump said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “If you get energy down, another USD10 a barrel, he’s going…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke today with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, Pentagon press service reports. Austin reiterated “ironclad U.S. support for Israel’s security and right to self-defense against threats from Iran, Lebanese Hizballah, Houthis, and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups, the press handout said. They discussed U.S. force posture…
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…
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…
Reuters. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday (May 7), at a time of increasing tension following President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio’s meeting with Leo was a sign of a “strong” relationship between the Vatican and the…
The United States has started withdrawing from a key military base in northeastern Syria and redeploying its forces to northern Iraq, marking the first phase of a pullout expected to last several weeks, Al Jazeera reports. Heavy machinery, personnel and trucks carrying armoured vehicles could be seen moving on Monday in the northwestern city…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson referred to the latest arrests in Azerbaijan. Leading opposition figure, Tofig Yagublu, got arrested over the weekend in light of ongoing crackdown against critics ahead of the election. Miller was asked to provide State Department’s reaction, and any position on the snap elections in Aszerbajan. “The recent trend…
EU Delegation in Georgia issued a statement on the latest developments in the country. “We welcome announcement by the ruling party to withdraw draft legislation on “foreign influence”. We encourage all political leaders in Georgia to resume pro-EU reforms, in an inclusive and constructive way and in line with the 12 priorities for Georgia…
Turkey and Russia held political consultations in Istanbul on Thursday and Friday, and addressed regional issues as Ankara reiterated its expectation from Moscow on its pledges regarding the withdrawal of PKK/YPG terrorists from Syria, an official statement said on Saturday. Delegations headed by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal and his Russian counterpart Sergey Vershinin…
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,”…
The Collective Security Treaty Organization issued a statement regarding the results of the extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, which was chaired by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. The statement notes that during the session CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas presented information about the work of the mission of the Organization sent…
Gegham Stepanyan, Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson, presented current situation at the site. “The humanitarian access ban by Azerbaijan since June 15, 2023 has further deepened the deprivations and sufferings of Artsakh people under the seven-month-long blockade. The absolute absence of the most essential foodstuffs and vitally important products dramatically decreases the quality of people’s life, leading…
The U.S. State Department on Monday reacted to the detention of Anar Mammadli, the head of the Election Monitoring Center in Azerbaijan. “We are deeply troubled by the continuing arrests of members of Azerbaijani civil society – most recently, Anar Mammadli,” a State Department spokesperson told TURAN’s Washington correspondent. Mammadli’s detention on Monday…
You clearly worded that proposal which was addressed by Yerevan directly to the Azerbaijani side. It seems to me it should be asked to the Azerbaijani side as well. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Maria Zakharova, answering a reporter’s question as to how Russia assesses…
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations says all of the country’s nuclear materials and activities have been fully declared to and verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), adding the agency’s claim over undeclared materials is solely based on false and fabricated information of the Zionist regime, Iran Front Page reports. The…
At least 28 people were killed in the Gaza Strip in Israeli airstrikes. According to media reports, four children and two women were among at least 13 people killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, late yesterday. Another four people were killed in strikes near a fuel station, and 15 others died in Israeli airstrikes…
Katherine Clark, a member of the US House of Representatives, referred to the closing of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan in her Twitter microblog. “Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh is a humanitarian crisis in the making. Thousands of Armenian lives — particularly the elderly and children — are at risk if access to food, medicine and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in St. Petersburg on Monday (April 27) and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a “difficult period” and that peace would soon prevail, Reuters reports. Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore…
Negotiations between Iran and the secretariat of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on a free trade zone agreement have been completed, the document will be submitted to the parliaments of EAEU countries and Iran, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali told a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday, TASS reports. “I would like to announce…
The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Shahin Mustafayev, referred to the work of the border delimitation commissions with Armenia, stating that “the ownership of four non-exclave villages of Azerbaijan to Azerbaijan is indisputable, and they are subject to immediate liberation.” It was noted that the issue of four exclave villages will…
Reuters/CCTV. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday stressed that arctic security remains a key priority for the European Union (EU) after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his call to take over Greenland, provoking strong reactions from Denmark and the EU. Following disputes earlier this year over Greenland, which is an autonomous…
Wildfires continue to wreak havoc in the US state of California. According to CNN, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office reported that it had received a report of 10 deaths from the fires on Thursday evening. Tens of thousands of Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate. The situation is being exacerbated…
Turkey is discussing re-opening a border crossing into Syrian government territory, a Turkish official said on Friday, enabling earthquake aid to be sent directly to areas under President Bashar al-Assad’s control after a decade of enmity, Reuters reports. It is also looking at opening another crossing into Syria’s opposition-held Idlib region, the official said. Turkey…
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…
Reuters. U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday (May 6). The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is hoping to bolster his agency’s oversight of Tehran’s atomic activities after various setbacks. Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami, speaking…
Eight civilians died and another 23 people were injured in a Turkish attack on Iraq’s northern province of Dohuk, Iraq’s state media said on Wednesday (July 20), Reuters reports. The “fierce artillery bombing” hit a resort in Zakho, a city on the border between Iraq’s Kurdistan region and Turkey, state TV said. All killed were…
On 22 November, in Geneva, Switzerland, during the ongoing 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, Armenia was elected as the host country of the 12th…
