French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna highlighted the necessity to extend the EU monitoring mission’s mandate deployed in Armenia since October 20, 2022. “Through the border monitoring, this mission has really restricted the danger of escalation”, the Colonna said during a Q&A session in the National Assembly. She stated that the…
George Simion, the leader of the far-right Romanian party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) who won the first round of the Romanian presidential elections, has demanded that Ukraine compensate his country for its assistance, Digi24 reports. Simion stated that his position on Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine is “neutrality, no escalation, no supplying…
Turkey welcomed the establishment of a ceasefire in Gaza and expressed hope that this ceasefire would bring an end to the “genocide that has continued for the past two years. We expect the ceasefire agreement to be fully implemented”. The statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry reads: “With the ceasefire in place, it…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky honored Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan with the Order of Merit, 2nd degree, thanking him for his work toward peace efforts. The two met on Thursday to discuss the current state of diplomacy, as well as future steps that could help accelerate efforts to reach peace and improve the situation…
Lasha Darsalia, Georgia’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated at the “Yerevan Dialogue” conference that the significance of the South Caucasus as a crossroads between East and West is growing in the changing world. According to him, the “Middle Corridor,” as a crucial link for trade between East and West, is now one of…
Israeli strikes on Monday killed more than 270 Lebanese in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war as the Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate their homes ahead of a widening air campaign against Hezbollah, AP reports. Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of…
The Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Georgia discussed the draft law On Transparency of Foreign Influence today and approved it in the second reading, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. The committee rejected an alternative proposal regarding specific provisions of the bill proposed by opposition MP Teona Akubardia. As per the rapporteur on the…
An ethnic-Armenian Turkish lawyer is set to become the first ever Armenian to hold the post of district governor in Turkey after his appointment as the District Governor of Babadag, a city and district in the Denizli Province, Agos reports. Berk Acar, born in 1995, will assume the position in the coming days. He…
Rapid response collective forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold military exercises in Kazakhstan from September 26 to October 8, Interfax reports citing the Kazakh defense ministry’s press statement. The drills called “Mutual Impact-2022”, “Search-2022”, “Echelon-2022” will take place in Kazakhstan’s Jambyl and Almaty regions. It was reported that the new joint…
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he hopes his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan will soon pay a visit to Russia. “Our dialogue continues. Ararat Mirzoyan has been invited to Russia. He has accepted the invitation. We are expecting him, I hope the visit takes place soon”, Lavrov said at a press conference.
A joint urgent debate on the political consequences of war in Ukraine and on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Paris 2024 Olympics, will be a highlight of the Summer plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg on 19-23 June 2023, PACE press office reports….
Hailing longstanding bilateral ties, the Turkish President said his country is also rapidly developing its trilateral cooperation with Pakistan and Azerbaijan, Turkish media reports. “In addition to our bilateral cooperation, we also exchanged views on important regional and international issues on our common agenda,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a joint news conference with Pakistan’s…
Iran’s Intelligence Minister, Esmail Khatib, on Sunday (June 8) said sensitive Israeli nuclear documents obtained by Tehran would be released soon, Reuters reports. Iranian state media reported on Saturday that Iranian intelligence agencies had obtained a large trove of sensitive Israeli documents. Khatib said these were related to Israel’s nuclear facilities and its relations…
“Our country plays a significant role in strengthening regional peace. Despite conflicts between our neighbouring countries, Georgia has always managed to maintain a correct, balanced policy, which has helped maximize peace in our region,” stated Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze during his appearance on the GPB First Channel’s program Actual Topic with Maka Tsintsadze….
Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of votes and drew huge applause from the audience at the firm’s annual general meeting on Thursday. Musk, who is already the world’s richest man, must drastically…
The United States State Department has once again urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach “difficult compromises” to be able to reach a peace agreement. “As we have said consistently, we do believe that a peace agreement is within reach,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press briefing on August 1. “It’s…
US President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, according to two people familiar with the matter, AP reports. The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly about the yet to be formally announced decision, said…
More than 50 children were killed in a devastating weekend of violence in northern Gaza that left many humanitarian workers at risk, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “This has already been a deadly weekend of attacks in north Gaza. In the past 48 hours alone, over 50 children have reportedly been…
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi has said that a deal with the United States to avert conflict is “within reach”, in advance of talks between the two countries in Geneva, Switzerland, Al Jazeera reports. Araghchi said that the “historic opportunity to strike an unprecedented agreement” would depend on whether “diplomacy is given…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy tasked with ending the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, are expected to travel to Paris later this week, according to two people familiar with preparations for the trip, Politico reports. Witkoff is set to meet French President Emmanuel Macron while…
In Europe, the most welcoming country is Armenia, according to the Euronews.travel. The country extends relaxed visa rules to travellers from 135 countries, placing it in 26th place in the overall leaderboard. Kosovo offers this welcome to 109 countries, while Moldova does to 103. Most European countries are a little stricter, offering visa-free…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upped his rhetoric against Greece on Saturday, threatening to “come down suddenly one night,” AP reports. Erdogan has previously used that phrase to hint at looming military operations into Syria and Iraq against Kurdish militants that Turkey deems existential threats. He made good on that threat several times. Speaking at…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened retaliation for Western seizures of its commercial vessels, describing them as “piracy.” Speaking on a visit to a Russian warship that was taking part in a naval exercise in the Pacific, Putin described the Western moves to detain vessels linked to Russia as a breach of international…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lent his country’s strong endorsement to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the opening of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), calling for expanded cooperation across the vast Eurasian landmass, Reuters reports. Noting that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative dovetails with Russia’s…
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…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are signaling they’ve stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, AP reports. In an undated letter to Hamas’ Qassam Brigades published online by the group, the Houthis offered their clearest signal that their attacks have halted. “We…
As a result of joint inspections conducted on May 21–27, 2026, at four Armenian fish farming enterprises by the Food Safety Inspectorate of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation (Rosselkhoznadzor), the import of products from two Armenian companies — MF Export LLC and Invest…
Ukraine managed to return 1,625 children from Russia. This was made possible thanks to the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a speech at a meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Children in New York. “Each return is a success – a child saved. But also a…
Russia supports the idea of reforming the United Nations Security Council and adjusting it to new realities, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to a TASS reporter’s question. “Indeed, we have consistently supported the idea of reforming the UN Security Council and adjusting the Security Council to the reality of fast-changing times,” Peskov…
Russian airline Azimut canceled flights to Azerbaijan from the airports of Mineralnye Vody and Sochi, the company’s press service reports. “Azimut announces the cancellation of flights from Mineralnye Vody to Baku and Ganja, as well as from Sochi to Baku due to the withdrawal of slots by Baku and Ganja airports following the revocation…
