Azerbaijan is explicitly preparing to commit genocide in Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on March 30, during the government sitting.   Speaking at the Cabinet meeting, PM Pashinyan once again responded to the false claims by Azerbaijan. He said that Armenia has never shipped arms to Nagorno Karabakh and does not maintain…

Nuclear fuel will be loaded into the first power unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant on April 27, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, TASS reports.   “After fuel is loaded at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant on April 27, this facility will officially be considered nuclear”, he said during his speech in…

“Azerbaijan is a strategic partner of Israel”, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced during the joint press conference after the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov, Azerbaijani media report. The Minister noted that the decision to open the Azerbaijani embassy in Israel shows the depth of strategic relations between the two countries. “For 30…

Azerbaijan is always ready to contribute to peace at regional and global levels, said Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov during the joint press conference after the meeting with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, Azerbaijani media report.   According to the minister, Azerbaijan is always ready to contribute to peace, stability, and dialogue at the…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov left for Israel and Palestine on an official visit. As part of the visit, meetings with high-ranking representatives of Israel and Palestine are planned for March 29-30. Bayramov will also participate in the opening ceremony of the Azerbaijani Embassy to Israel.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Masim Mammedov, who was appointed as the special representative of the President of Azerbaijan in Lachin region. During the meeting, Aliyev referred to the previous negotiation process of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, emphasized that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs showed a special approach to Lachin region. “Armenia has always considered…

On March 28 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received Marcos Gómez Martínez, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Armenia (residence in Moscow). The interlocutors commended the positive dynamic of the development of relations between Armenia and Spain and exchanged views…

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation informed about the activities of the Russian peacekeeping troops in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone as of March 26, 2023. The Ministry informs that the Russian peacekeeping troops continue to carry out tasks in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. At the same time, it is noted that one violation…

On March 27, around 9 AM, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces tried to advance in the direction of one of the heights adjacent to the Stepanakert-Lisagor soil road. Due to the preventive actions of the servicemen of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh) Armed Forces on combat duty in the mentioned area, the advance attempt of the Azerbaijani…

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…