Azerbaijan again blocked the entrance of the Red Cross to the Lachin Corridor. This time, Baku accused the international humanitarian organization of smuggling. According to the border guard service of Azerbaijan, cigarettes and mobile phones in cars belonging to the Red Cross are a manifestation of smuggling. Azerbaijan has initiated a criminal case. “The…
Toivo Klaar, EU special representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, arrived in Baku. “Glad to be back in Azerbaijan. Interesting meetings today and looking forward to good discussions tomorrow,” Klaar wrote on his Twitter.
The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Russia Jeyhun Bayramov and Sergey Lavrov has started in Moscow. It takes place in the reception house of the Russian Foreign Ministry. A bilateral meeting between Ararat Mirzoyan and Sergey Lavrov will follow this meeting. A trilateral meeting with the participation of the Foreign…
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), General Ali-Akbar Ahmadian, at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Armen Grigoryan, emphasized the need for efforts by all parties to establish peace and security in the Caucasus region, warning against changes in the geography of the region, Mehr reports. During his visit to Tehran, Secretary…
The masks are torn, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) no longer has a place in Azerbaijan, that’s how the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, responded to the continued support of the agency’s head, Samantha Power, to Armenia. Hajiyev blamed the United States for standing by Armenia and not supporting…
Reuters/CCTV. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is closing in on a deal with Iran, expressing optimism about reaching it to end the war next week. “I think it’s got a very good chance of ending, and if it doesn’t end, we have to go back to bombing the hell…
China’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan would visit the country on June 3-5. He will be the guest of top diplomat Wang Yi who met Fidan in the capital of Ankara in July 2023, their first meeting in Türkiye after Fidan took office, Turkish media reports. Türkiye and China…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke with his US counterpart Marco Rubio by phone on Monday and discussed the latest developments in Syria and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, diplomatic sources said, Anadolu reports. Fidan and Rubio discussed efforts to establish a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, the sources added. Fidan and Rubio…
France is concerned about the armed incidents that have occurred over the past 48 hours at several areas on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including shots that have hit civilian personnel in Yeraskh on Armenian territory. It calls for restraint, de-escalation and the protection of civilian populations. It also reaffirms its support for the full…
“The decision of the European Council should be viewed as an unequivocally anti-Georgian move that undermines the credibility of the European structures in the perception of Georgian society,” said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze during the briefing at the Government Administration, 1tv.ge reports. According to the PM, such decisions lead to the devaluation of…
Sona Ghazaryan, Armenian Parliament member, delivered speech at PACE autumn session on the issues of women with disabilities. In particular, Ghazaryan said: On behalf of ALDE let me first of all congratulate Madame Reporter for her strong commitment to women’s rights and for the report. I would like to start on a positive note…
Europe will have to rethink its relations with Russia after a full-scale war in Ukraine. The new reality requires the construction of a new international order, French President Emmanuel Macron says, RBC-Ukraine reports. “We will have to think about a new form of organization of Europe and rethink our relations with Russia after the…
The EU will send 40 monitoring experts to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Vice President of the European Commission, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell informed this. “The EU is fully committed to contribute to sustainable peace in the South Caucasus. We are setting up a monitoring capacity along…
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….
Russia and Ukraine blamed each other on Sunday for breaking a one-day Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin, with each side accusing the other of hundreds of attacks and the Kremlin saying there was no order for a ceasefire extension, NBC News reports. Putin, who sent thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in…
Ani Badalyan, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, on her Twitter, referred to Aliyev’s anti-Armenian speeches during the ministerial meeting of the coordinating bureau of the “Non-Aligned” movement. “Once again we see Azerbaijan using platform of Non-Aligned Movement and its Chairmanship for aggressive and anti-Armenian narratives,including distorting causes and essence of Nagorno-Karabakh…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he was naming Ukraine’s former ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, as his new adviser on reconstruction and investment. “Starting today, Oksana Markarova will continue supporting our state as my Advisor on Rebuilding and Investments,” he wrote on X. “Beyond the fundamental goal of defending…
Armenia is concerned that thus far the international mechanism envisaged under clause 7 of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement hasn’t been initiated, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet sitting. Clause 7 of the agreement provides for the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to Nagorno Karabakh and adjacent regions…
US Cordinator on Global Anti-Corruption Richard Nephew will travel to Armenia and Georgia from January 15-18, the State Department reports. In both countries, he will discuss the current efforts and challenges to combatting corruption and identify areas for further cooperation. In Armenia, Coordinator Nephew will meet with government officials, including justice sector and…
Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has denied reports claiming that the plane with Vladimir Putin headed for St. Petersburg. The information was disseminated through Telegram channels. “Putin works in the Kremlin,” Peskov told TASS. Earlier today Vladimir Putin vowed to punish the Wagner group for “betrayal” and “treason.” Putin addressed…
Iran’s state news agency Fars has reported that gas facilities of the Islamic Republic, including those in the Persian Gulf, have once again been targeted by Israeli and U.S. attacks. According to those reports, a series of explosions occurred in the Asaluyeh industrial area, near a refinery located at the center of Iran’s gas industry….
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea has blown up part of the inter-Korean roads on the Gyeongui and Donghae lines on its side of the heavily militarised border. In a text message sent to the Defense Ministry press team on Tuesday, the JCS said the North blew up a section of…
On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will leave for Baku on a working visit, where he will take part in the XI Russia-Azerbaijan Interregional Forum. According to the press service of the Russian government, Mishustin will meet with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will hold talks with the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Wednesday that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weekend, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. Raisi spoke at an annual army parade that was relocated to a barracks north of the capital,…
The chief adviser of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mehmet Uçum, stated that the authorities do not plan to hold snap presidential elections until the end of Erdoğan’s term of office in 2028. “Turkey will carry out reforms in all areas for four years without snap elections until 2028. Under his leadership, President Erdogan…
The foreign ministry of Cyprus said Thursday it’s lodging formal protests against a meeting between the leader of the ethnically split island nation’s breakaway Turkish Cypriots and the president of Azerbaijan amid concerns of a stepped-up partition campaign, AP reports. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed “disappointment and regret” over the Tuesday meeting Azerbaijani President…
The latest events on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border have nothing to do with Karabakh, according to President of Russia Vladimir Putin. “The latest event has nothing to do with Karabakh, that’s an entirely different area on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. We really regret the loss of life,” Putin told reporters at the end of the Shanghai Cooperation…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at Katholikentag, a gathering of German Catholics on Friday (May 31), Reuters reports. The most prevalent topics of discussion were the rise of far-right violence in Germany as well as the country’s support for Ukraine in its war effort. Scholz reiterated that his approach to the Ukraine crisis remains…
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Monday that Iran will not negotiate under pressure and threats over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, Xinhua reports. Iran still adheres to the negotiation process and aims to complete the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said Kanaani during his…
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities strongly condemns the military operation carried out by Azerbaijan in Karabakh on 19-20 September and adopted the following declaration. The humanitarian situation in Karabakh and neighbouring cities and regions. 1. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities strongly condemns the military operation carried out by…
