The West seeks to make transporting goods to the westernmost Kaliningrad Region from other Russian regions as troublesome as possible in order to isolate the exclave, Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev said at a meeting in the Kaliningrad Region, TASS reports. “In order to isolate the Kaliningrad Region and…
Reuters. Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday (July 16) to appoint energy executive Sergii Koretskyi as prime minister, the third since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022. Koretskyi, previously CEO of the state energy giant Naftogaz, was praised by lawmakers as a capable and efficient manager. He received 289 votes in favour. Addressing…
Ilham Aliyev and Hakan Fidan discussed Armenia-Turkey and Armenia-Azerbaijan relations at the meeting held in Shushi. According to the Azerbaijani side, the trilateral meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey and the Prime Minister of Pakistan a few days ago in Astana was noted with satisfaction during the conversation, which “became an example…
Foreign ministers of the 27 European Union (EU) member states are meeting in Brussels on Monday to discuss the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as the forthcoming election in Venezuela and Georgia’s new “foreign agents law.” Ministers will discuss the European Union’s support for Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself against the…
US Congressman Frank Pallone spoke about yesterday’s aggression of Azerbaijan towards Armenia. “The deadly attacks by Azeri forces today and the brutalization of innocent Armenian students earlier this week are further proof that Aliyev is using the Lachin blockade to intimidate and target Armenians in Artsakh. He is deepening his campaign of ethnic cleansing against…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced on Friday during a parliamentary address on the Gaza crisis that Ankara has closed its airspace to Israeli official and military aircraft, Middle East Eye reports. “We have completely cut off our trade with Israel. We have closed our ports to Israeli ships and are not allowing Turkish…
“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…
Reuters. Iran accused the United States on Monday (August 22) of procrastinating in efforts to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal – a charge denied by Washington, which said a deal was closer than two weeks ago because of apparent Iranian flexibility. U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said talks regarding the deal had ‘languished,’…
Reuters. Libyan tanks and armoured vehicles were seen in the city of Tripoli on Tuesday (May 13) after armed clashes erupted following reports that an armed group leader was killed, three residents told Reuters by phone. Clashes erupted on Monday (May 12) evening and gunfire echoed in the city center and other parts of…
The Russian Ministry of Defense accused the American nuclear submarine of violating the border near the Kuril Islands. It is alleged that the nuclear submarine did not respond to Russian requests and went into hiding after being asked to surface. According to the official report, Marshal Shaposhnikov, a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet,…
As Azerbaijan prepares to host the next UN climate change conference, COP29, a group of Azerbaijani human rights defenders has launched a joint campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan, the “Progress & Change Action Laboratory”, a Geneva-based non-profit advisory group, said in a statement. “By joining forces under the name of Anar Mammadli, the…
On October 28, Security Council Secretary of Armenia Armen Grigoryan held a meeting with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar. Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin was also present at the meeting, the Office of the Security Council said in a press release. The…
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has received Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniya in Istanbul to discuss Israel’s attacks on Palestinian lands, especially besieged Gaza, Turkish media reports. During the meeting on Saturday, the leaders discussed measures for ensuring adequate and uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and how to achieve a fair…
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months, Reuters reports. The resolution received 124 votes in favor, while 43 countries abstained and Israel, the United States and 12 others voted no. The action isolates Israel…
Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he will to cut off his country’s emergency electricity supply to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes pumping Russian oil to Slovakia, Euronews reports. Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico has threatened to withdraw Ukraine’s emergency electricity supply unless Russia’s oil supply is restored to his country by Monday. On…
State Development Corporation VEB.RF made the transition to rubles and does not make transactions in dollars and euro anymore, its CEO Igor Shuvalov said at the meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Kremlin website reports. “We shifted to ruble transactions exclusively. We also use other currencies of friendly states but we do not…
This is another manifestation of the attempt to pull the countries of the South Caucasus into the zone of the Euro-Atlantic alliance. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated this in a press briefing Wednesday and commenting on NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visits to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia….
The Turkish forces and the Turkish-backed armed Syrian factions (also known as the Syrian National Army, SNA) targeted on Friday the center of the town of Zarkan (Abu Rasin) north of Hasakah, northeast Syria with heavy weapons. A local source told North Press that the Turkish forces and the affiliated factions targeted the center of…
Ahead of the COP29 climate summit, Azerbaijan has banned several dozen PACE deputies from entering the country. Baku explained that those deputies voted in favor of limiting the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announced that 76 politicians from…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said during a phone talk with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov that Iran considers the right way to resolve the Caucasus dispute as 3+3 meetings and the regional mechanism, Mehr reported. During the phone conversation Amir Abdollahian assured Bayramov that the Islamic Republic of Iran is directing its efforts to…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on the results of the work of Ukrainian military experts who have been in Saudi Arabia for more than a week. According to him, the specialists have already presented their first findings and conclusions at both the operational and broader strategic levels. The main task of the Ukrainian team is…
Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament, published a video and wrote: “Shoulder-to-shoulder with the AFAD crew, the Armenian relief team rescued an eight-year-old girl alive in Adıyaman. Solidarity saves lives!”
Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a phone conversation with the Foreign Minister of France Catherine Colonna, Armenia’s MFA Press Office informs. Minister Mirzoyan expressed his condolences to the French side on the human casualties caused by the storm in Corsica on August 18. Minister Colonna, on her part, expressed condolences to the…
France is adhering to its promise to help Armenia and the Armenian people by voting in Parliament on November 30 for 15 million euros in emergency aid for Armenia and refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, the French Foreign Ministry said. “This additional mobilization will support the actions of NGOs, the ICRC, the Armenian Red Cross Society…
Latvian Defence Minister Andris Spruds resigned on Sunday following a recent incursion by two Ukrainian drones into the Baltic country’s territory, Euronews reports. Latvia’s Prime Minister, Evika Silina, had called for Spruds’s resignation, writing on X that he had “lost (her) trust and that of the public.” Silina said anti-drone systems had not been…
Israel’s air force pounded Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight, destroying dozens of buildings in several neighborhoods, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Friday, The Washington Post reports. There was no immediate word on casualties. Recently, Israel has intensified its airstrikes on the northeastern city of Baalbek and nearby villages, as well as…
A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, composed of rapporteurs Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE) and Bryony Rudkin (United Kingdom, SOC/G/PD), will carry out a study visit to Yerevan and the municipality of Masis on 19 December 2023 to follow up on Declaration 7 (2023) on “The humanitarian situation in Karabakh and neighbouring…
The US administration will paint sections of its border wall with Mexico black in an effort to deter illegal crossings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem announced the measure during a visit to Santa Teresa on New Mexico’s southern border, stressing that the order came directly from President Donald Trump. “That is…
Moscow and Washington are in very intensive contact, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said. According to Sergey Ryabkov, the negotiations are taking place through several channels. He also considered talks between Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio possible, but did not specify a date. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից արհեստական բանականության միջոցով
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…
