The special representative of Turkey in the Armenia-Turkey settlement process, Serdar Kılıç, accompanied by some officials, visited Kars on July 24. This is reported by the Turkish media. He visited the Akyaka Doğu Kapı Border Gate in Kars checkpoint, and then visited the ruins of Ani. Kılıç left the city after some meetings in Kars….
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) expects that Armenia will officially clarify its status in the organization. CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov told this to reporters within the framework of the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states, reports RIA Novosti. “I believe that the political leadership…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today in Munich. The US State Department reported this. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is participating in the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
Turkey and Egypt have agreed to improve bilateral ties, the two nations’ foreign ministers announced at a joint press conference on Thursday, Reuters reports. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the two countries agreed to take concrete measures to restore diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level as soon as possible. He revealed that he…
Chair of the Security and Defense Subcommittee of the European Parliament, Nathalie Loiseau, who visited Armenia, arrived in Sisia to participate in the planned patrol of the EU mission to the Lachin Corridor. “Head of EU Mission in Armenia Markus Ritter and Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin welcomed Member of…
Today, the legal commission of the Parliament of Georgia will discuss the President’s veto on the law ‘On Transparency of Foreign Influence’ and the changes planned in the Electoral Code. The yellow level of security will be in effect in the Parliament indefinitely. This means access to the building will be restricted to protect…
Russia has not reached any agreements with Ukraine on establishing an air ceasefire, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, TASS reports. “No agreements have been reached on this matter. I repeat: everything that can be discussed in the search for ways to reach a settlement must be discussed discreetly,” the spokesman said. Earlier,…
Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar vowed on Sunday to unlock billions of euros of suspended European Union funding to revive the economy if elected next year, and to hold a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the 27-member bloc, Reuters reports. Standard & Poor’s cut Hungary’s credit rating outlook to negative from stable late…
The US State Department referred to the adoption of the controversial law ‘On transparency of foreign influence’ in Georgia, which caused mass demonstrations. “The United States remains deeply concerned with the Georgia Dream party’s anti-democratic actions as well as its recent statements and rhetoric. These actions risk derailing Georgia’s European future and run counter…
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….
The European Union is openly abusing the relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan, including by promoting a “mission of serious doubts from the legitimacy point of view” in the territory of Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during the press conference held after negotiations with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. According to him, the…
Russia’s exclusion from the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is theoretically possible, but it cannot be excluded from the Security Council. This was stated by the permanent representative of Russia to the world organization Vasily Nebenzya on the air of Channel One, TASS reports. “The talk that someone can expel us from the Security Council…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu informed that the events taking place in Ukraine and the South Caucasus were discussed at the meeting held in Vienna with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid. “We discussed regional developments in Ukraine and the South Caucasus with Helga Schmid,” Çavuşoğlu wrote on his Twitter microblog.
Aykhan Hajizada, head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, responded to the statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Hanke Bruins Slot. Earlier, the latter mentioned at the session of the foreign relations committee of the Dutch Parliament that Azerbaijan’s latest statements regarding Armenia are…
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov has held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The ministers discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation agenda, as well as the current situation in the region. The sides stressed the importance of activities within the regional formats, and enhancing efforts in this…
If Georgia receives the EU candidate status with the same unjust obligations as the unjust accusations were reflected in the recent European Parliament resolution, then the country should give a fair refusal in return, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party MP Dimitri Khundadze said on Friday. The EP resolution on Thursday on Georgia’s media freedom…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia, referred to the death in Nagorno-Karabakh from starvation. “We were warning about this on daily basis for already eight months. Please take action to stop ethnic cleansing and the genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh…”, Marukyan tweeted and tagged US President Joe Biden, US State Secretary Antony Blinken, European Council President Charles…
The Kremlin said on Monday, July 21, that Russia-Azerbaijan relations are currently going through a challenging phase, but Moscow remains hopeful for improvement as the two countries share common interests. “Sometimes it happens that difficult periods occur in relations between two countries. Now is one of those periods. We hope that this period will…
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…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, during which they announced the launch of joint weapons production between Ukraine and Denmark. Zelenskyy shared this information on his social media platforms. “Denmark will be the first country with which we launch joint defense production. Every country that sincerely…
Newly appointed US ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mark Libby, handed over a copy of his credentials to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. The agenda of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between the two countries, the current situation in the region, as well as the prospects of the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan…
The procedure for considering Ukraine’s application for membership in the European Union has begun. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Vsevolod Chentsov wrote about this on Twitter, UNIAN reports. “I handed Ukraine’s application for membership in the European Union, signed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, to Philippe…
The trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu on sexual assault charges opened on Monday in the absence of the celebrity, who had declared himself to be ill, RTE reports. His lawyer, Jeremie Assous, had said earlier that Depardieu, 75, was “extremely affected” by ill health, and that he had asked for proceedings to be…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Shushi to participate in the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States to be held there. Orbani was welcomed by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Aliyev’s special representative, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and other officials.
Residential buildings in a neighbourhood of southern Israel appeared to have sustained heavy damage following a reported Iranian missile strike on Friday (June 20) morning, eyewitness footage showed, Reuters reports. According to Israel’s paramedic agency Magen David Adom (MDA), at least six people were injured in an Iranian missile strike on Friday morning in…
The comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between Iran and Russia provides for the strengthening of cooperation in the field of security and defense. The third article of the document states that if one side is subjected to aggression, the other side should not provide any assistance to the aggressor. Russia and Iran also…
During the government session, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan emphasized that it was the president of Azerbaijan who broke the agreement reached in Brussels on December 14, 2021 in the presence of EU Council President Charles Michel, about which there was also a public statement. According to that, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan…
In a phone call, Turkish President Erdogan praises the US presidential candidate’s “brave stance” following the attack. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, describing it as an attack on democracy. Erdogan expressed his sorrow for the incident and wished Trump, the 45th President of the United…
Member of Armenian Parliament Arusyak Julhakyan gave a Speech at PACE Session in Strasbourg, the Parliament Press office reports. She particularly said: “Thank you, Chair, Dear colleagues, First of all let me mention that we can have only facepalm and nothing more while hearing appraisal of democracy from a representative of one…
SANA. An earthquake of 6 magnitude on Richter scale hit Liwa Iskandarun area distancing 52 km to the west of Idleb at 8.4 p.m. local time. National Earthquake Center told SANA that the quake is one of the aftershocks of the main earthquake that hit the area on February 6th, 2023. The center…
