Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Europe’s need for Turkey now exceeds Turkey’s need for Europe, criticising what he described as “strategic blindness” among some European leaders toward Ankara. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan said recent remarks targeting Turkey reflected a persistent misreading within parts of the European Union. Erdogan reiterated that…
The Russian side intends to fully implement all agreements reached by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev regarding the investigation of the aviation accident involving an AZAL aircraft. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin. “As noted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, everything required in such tragic cases…
Pope Francis on Sunday (1 October) urged dialogue on both sides of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia to end the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. ”I renew my call for dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia, hoping that talks between the parties, with the support of the international community, will foster a lasting agreement that…
“I welcome Levan Khabeishvili’s decision to care about his health state deteriorated due to politically motivated retribution,” said jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. According to Saakashvili, he supports Tina Bokuchava’s candidacy for the post of the UNM Char. As the ex-president said, he also supports Khabeishvili’s decision to take up the…
Slovenia is allocating €120,000 to Armenia through the ICRC to support the forcibly displaced persons of Nagorno-Karabakh. The aid was announced by the Slovenian Foreign Ministry on social media. “In the face of multiple humanitarian crises, we haven’t forgotten refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia extended its support to Slovenia during last August’s floods, now…
Turkey’s worst earthquake in almost a century has left a trail of destruction that could cost Ankara up to $84.1 billion, a business group said, while a government official put the figure at more than $50 billion, Reuters reports. The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria from last Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake approached 36,000…
The United States has received a list of conditions from Ukraine for a possible peace agreement, and is now waiting to receive proposals from the Russian side, U.S. President’s Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg said. “When President Trump spoke with President Putin a little over a week ago, the Russians said they were…
A Sukhoi Superjet passenger plane crashed in the Moscow region on Friday (July 12) and three crew members were presumed killed, the Russian emergencies ministry said, Reuters reports. It said the plane had crashed in woodland near the city of Kolomna and there had been no casualties apart from those on board. The cause…
French nationals, including dual citizens, are now advised against traveling to Azerbaijan unless for imperative reasons, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. According to the Ministry, French nationals, including dual citizens, whether residents or visitors, are at risk of arrest, arbitrary detention, and unfair trial in Azerbaijan. “This risk can affect…
EU Foreign Affairs Council chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will discuss Turkey, Middle East, Ukraine crisis today in Brussells. Among those issues, the “Ministers will also briefly touch upon efforts towards the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the work of the President of…
Baku recognizes Syunik as a sovereign territory of Armenia, Elchin Amirbekov, the representative of the President of Azerbaijan, said in an interview with the Russian service of the BBC, answering the question about Armenia’s concerns regarding possible threats from Azerbaijan. “We accept that it is the sovereign territory of Armenia. It is important to…
Foreign Minister Jin Park had a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Korean Foreign Ministry reports. The two Ministers said that they were glad to have a phone call after the meeting on the occasion of the 77th UN General Assembly in September last year, and suggested further expanding the friendly relationship between…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday that Germany has recently lost its impartiality in its role as mediator between Turkey and Greece and Cyprus, Reuters reports. “We want Germany to maintain its balanced stance in the issue of east Mediterranean and the Aegean,” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said. “Third countries, including Germany, should not be…
It is important not to avoid but address all the problems together no matter how hard they can be, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the ministers of foreign affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Minsk on 20 June, BelTA has learned, Belta reports. …
His Majesty King Charles III of Great Britain has sent a congratulatory message to the President of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturian, on the occasion of Armenia’s Independence Day. The British Embassy in Armenia published the congratulatory message of the King of the United Kingdom.The message states: “Happy Independence Day Armenia!As you and the people of Armenia…
Georgia’s parliament passed a law on Friday forbidding protesters to cover their faces and banning fireworks and lasers from demonstrations following clashes between police and civilians at pro-EU protests, Reuters reports. The law, which imposes a fine of 2,000 lari ($720) for offenders, was passed unanimously, the Interpress news agency said. Lawmakers also…
Reuters. Turkey and Ukraine signed a deal on Thursday (August 18) to reconstruct infrastructure damaged in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported as their leaders Tayyip Erdogan and Volodymyr Zelenskiy met in Lviv. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday (August 17), met with Zelenskiy and…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he predicted a crisis in the opposition alliance. “Let them do what they want, it doesn’t matter, we will continue on our way. We think about us and you, and they think about property,” Erdogan said. Oppositionist Meral Aksener announced yesterday that the “six alliance” no longer reflects…
Two men killed in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester have been named by police as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, BBC reports. Three others are in hospital with serious injuries after a man drove a car at members of the public before stabbing people on Thursday. The attack came…
Russia summoned its ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin for a ‘consultation’ in Moscow, the Spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced on Friday. No further details were provided.
Hungary and Romania count on natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, wrote on Facebook, as he met with Romania’s Minister of Energy Virgil-Daniel Popescu. “On the one hand, both Romania and Hungary count on gas from Azerbaijan and on the other hand, are expecting to start gas…
The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, expressed her alarm over the recent military escalation by Azerbaijan, noted the reported ceasefire announced on 20 September and emphasized the importance of preventing further violence and of ensuring a durable peace in the region that protects the rights of all…
The meetings and discussions of the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations regarding the peace process are of great importance. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said this within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. According to him, before the February 28-29 meeting in Berlin, there were no negotiations with such a structure for seven months. “After…
Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (September 3) that Russia and Mongolia have potential of gas and energy cooperation. Putin, who is conducting a two-day state visit to Mongolia, said that Russia is considering supplying Mongolian consumers with gas as part of Souyz Vostok pipeline construction. Souyz Vostok is part of the…
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were flown from a Brooklyn jail to Manhattan, New York, in the U.S., on Monday (January 5) to face drug charges at a federal courthouse, Reuters reports. Maduro was ousted in the biggest U.S. intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama,…
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 Hungarian government has ordered heightened security measures along the TurkStream gas pipeline infrastructure following indications of a planned sabotage attempt on its Serbian section, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday. “Based on the information available to us, a sabotage action was being prepared on the Serbian section of the TurkStream pipeline supplying…
At least 247 suspects have been arrested in investigations into building collapses in southern Turkey in connection with the Feb. 6 earthquakes, according to judicial sources, Anadolu reports. They include 93 contractors, 123 building supervisors and 13 owners, the sources said. However, 322 suspects are being monitored under judicial control, including 78 contractors, 177 building…
Reuters/CCTV. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday that China’s position on the Ukraine crisis has been consistent and clear, and that China supports all efforts for peace. Noting that recently, a door for dialogue has finally opened in the Ukraine crisis with all parties maintaining the momentum of negotiation, the spokeswoman…
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey met within the framework of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Gambia. Jeyhun Bayramov and Hakan Fidan exchanged thoughts about Baku-Ankara alliance relations, which, according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, are dynamically developing and have reached a qualitatively…
