US President Trump declared defiantly Wednesday that Iran is not charging fees for transiting the Strait of Hormuz. He did not mention, however, Iran’s plans to manage traffic through the vital shipping route in conjunction with Oman in the future – which Tehran and Muscat have said could involve “costs” for shippers. “Iran has…
In response to the “Voice of America” inquiry about US-France cooperation and possible perspectives in the South Caucasus, the United States Department of State stated: “The United States, together with our EU partners, is committed to promoting a peaceful and prosperous future for the South Caucasus region. We are committed to support Armenia-Azerbaijan peace negotiations….
Sources told CNN that senior Hezbollah military figure Ibrahim Aqil was the target of Israel’s strike on southern Beirut that leveled a building, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others. Last year, to mark the 40th anniversary of Hezbollah’s bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut in 1983, the US State…
EU foreign ministers failed to reach an agreement on the 20th sanctions package against the aggressor state during today’s meeting of the Council of the European Union. This was announced at a press conference in Brussels following the meeting by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, according to…
The Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan is on a working visit to Turkey. During the visit, Zakir Hasanov met with Ertan Uzun, commander of the 1st Airbase in Eskishehir. The parties exchanged ideas on bilateral cooperation in the military and military-educational spheres and other issues of mutual interest. Hasanov also met with Turkish…
In an interview with the Georgian Public TV channel, Special representative of the NATO Secretary General Javier Colomina spoke about the possible signing of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty and regional developments. “We are quite optimistic about the joint declaration that was signed by Prime Minister Pashinyan and President Aliyev. I’ve met with the ministers recently…
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.
Georgia welcomes the agreement reached by the Azerbaijan-Armenia Border Delimitation Commission on launching Border Delimitation process. This was stated in the statement of the Foreign Ministry of Georgia. “Georgia is interested in securing lasting peace in the region and reaffirms a strong commitment to contribute to a peace and trust building process between the two neighbors,”…
The IDF launched a wide scale wave of strikes against Iranian terror regime infrastructure across Tehran early Tuesday morning, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced. Additionally, according to the statement, the IDF began an additional wave of strikes on Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Beirut. Footage from Lebanon showed extensive destruction following what appears to…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska has given new momentum to efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Writing on X, Erdogan stated that Ankara welcomes the efforts of Moscow and Washington in this direction. He expressed hope that further…
Reuters. Russian missile and drone attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed six people, officials said on Wednesday (October 22). Two people were killed in Kyiv, while four, including two children, died in the aftermath of Russian strikes on the surrounding region, Ukraine’s emergency service said on Wednesday. Handout video released…
The so-called Zangezur corridor has never been discussed within the framework of the trilateral agreements between Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “The Zangezur Corridor has never been discussed as part of the agreements that were made by President Putin, President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan on November 9…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said time to return to the table. “Today I hosted direct talks between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. As I conveyed during the meeting, it is time for troops to disengage and diplomats to return to the table” US top diplomat said…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has published the answers of Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to the written questions of one of the deputies, in which an attempt is still made to avoid pointing out Azerbaijan as an aggressor state under the guise of promoting peace, but a number of important points are…
At the Hilton hotel in Batumi, there is a physical confrontation between representatives of the United National Movement and law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers detained several persons from the National Movement. They were taken to the police station. Members of the National Movement say that the government of the Georgian Dream is a “rapist…
Member of the European Parliament Nathalie Loiseau informed that on her initiative the European Parliament can hold a debate on the issue of COP29 to be held in Azerbaijan. “The protection of the planet is, of course, important, but the holding of the conference in Baku raises serious questions,” Loiseau said. She reminded that…
Reuters. Military police officers appeared on stage outside Antananarivo’s city hall on Tuesday (October 14), as youth-led protests against President Andry Rajoelina continued to swell. One officer stood guard inside a military vehicle, rifle in hand, while others drove through crowds of demonstrators gathered in the square. Their presence, and public remarks, have fuelled…
The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran and Baku are capable of resolving the existing problems in their relations without intervention of third parties, Pars Today reports. According to Press TV, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an early Monday phone call with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov. During the conversation, Iran’s top diplomat said,…
The leaders of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan have called for Armenia to hold a nationwide referendum on its future relationship with the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), according to a joint statement published by the Kremlin following a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian…
Congresswoman Lori Trahan, representing Massachusetts’ Third District expressed her concerns about latest aggression by Azerbaijan in Artsakh in a tweet. “I’ve heard from many Armenian Americans in Massachusetts who are rightly outraged by Azerbaijan’s latest violent attack that has led to tragic and unnecessary loss of life. The U.S. and our allies must condemn…
On February 17, Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan received the delegation of the Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden), co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Armenia and the Committee’s Secretary Matthew Monin, who arrived in the Republic of Armenia on a fact-finding…
China and the League of Arab States have reached consensus on solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict during a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, Reuters reports. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, held…
The Israeli army said Friday that its preparing to take offensive actions inside the Lebanese territories. “The IDF (army) is very focused on combat with Hezbollah, and preparing for offensive moves within the arena (Lebanon),” Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said during a situational assessment and tour in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights….
Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after seven years of closure, nearly three months after the two countries agreed to restore bilateral ties under a Chinese-brokered deal, Reuters reports. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Bigdeli and Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Consular Affairs Ali Al-Yousef cut the ribbon at…
The German Die Zeit newspaper referred to Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh and noted that Baku is making starve the local population. The article says that Nagorno-Karabakh is cut off from the world, food and medicine do not reach here, patients walk to the hospital because there are no more ambulances due to lack of fuel….
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the promises made to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan regarding the capacity of the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border have been strictly fulfilled. “Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asked for it, you and I in Sochi gave him promises, which were strictly fulfilled. Here I would…
Canada’s deputy prime minister and minister of finance has resigned amid growing tensions with the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, over the looming threat posed by Donald Trump’s “America First” economic nationalism, The Guardian reports. Chrystia Freeland stood down on Monday, just hours before she was due to release the country’s first economic plan ahead…
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…
Suren Papikyan, Armenia’s Defence Minister congratulated Sébastien Lecornu on his reappointment ad French Minister of Armed Forces. “Dear Sébastien Lecornu, my warmest congratulations on your reappointment as head of Ministry of Armed Forces of France. I am convinced that during your renewed mandate, we will continue to work together to strengthen and further develop…
Ankara is waiting for a response from Moscow to a proposal to hold a meeting between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. This was stated on Saturday by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu at a press conference following talks with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavský, TASS reports. “We held…
