Local news sources on Wednesday reported that a blast occurred in the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Turkey’s Istanbul. The blast occurred due to the explosion of a gas pipe in the airport, according to the news. Following the explosion, the flights were suspended and the planes that were going to land at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport…
Reuters. Turkey will deliver the first natural gas from its Black Sea field to the national grid by end-March, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday (December 27), after President Tayyip Erdogan announced an increase in the volume of gas found. Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting on Monday (December 26) that the total…
Turkey summoned France’s ambassador over what it called “black propaganda” by Kurdish activists during a march to mourn three people killed in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris. French Ambassador Herve Magro was summoned on Monday so Ankara could relay unease after some marched in Paris with flags of the banned…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the resolution of the situation in the South Caucasus, the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and everything pertaining to Karabakh will be discussed at the meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which is…
Seven people with links to Britain have been arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards over anti-government protests that have snowballed across the country in recent months, according to reports, The Guardian reports. The people arrested, some of whom are dual nationals, were detained while trying to leave Iran, according to Reuters, citing a statement published by…
The escalation around the Lachin Corridor complicates the work of concluding a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said this in an interview with TASS and assured that the Russian side is making vigorous efforts to settle the situation on the ground. “We are waiting for the early resumption…
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for the first time publicly spoke about the developments around the Lachin Corridor and again blamed Armenia, the international community, and, as he said, “Armenia’s patrons”. According to Aliyev, the created situation “caused anti-Azerbaijani hysteria not only in Armenia, but also among Armenia’s foreign patrons, who started a slanderous…
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, on his Twitter microblog, referred to the post of Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, in which the latter stated that the Stepanakert-Goris road is open for civilians and for humanitarian purposes. “Hikmet Hajiyev shows the ICRC vehicles passing through the Lachin Corridor. Azerbaijani leadership by drumming it up…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has stated that his country is ready to restore Iran’s nuclear program for the time being, but such an opportunity will not always be there. He informed that they recently agreed with the High Representative of EU Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in Jordan about the final steps towards the…
Armenia occupies the second place in foreign trips of Russian tourists, Moscow and Yerevan will continue to strengthen tourist ties. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk informed journalists about this on Friday, TASS reports. In addition, the deputy prime minister noted that the increase in trade between the two countries is largely due to the…
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke separately today with National Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan of Armenia and Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Hikmat Hajiyev, the White House reports. In these calls, they took stock of the progress made in EU and U.S.-facilitated peace talks since their joint September 27 meeting in Washington. …
Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan referred to the closure of the Lachin Corridor and its consequences. “Coordinated character of Azerbaijani actions, including preceding incidents targeting civilian population and critical infrastructure, are yet another evidence that the blockade of Lachin Corridor is pre-planned operation by Azerbaijan with the intention to inflict harm upon the civilian…
On December 22, under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan, an extended session of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia was held, during which the military-political situation created in the country as a result of the blocking of the only road connecting the Republic of Artsakh to…
Armenia conveyed to Azerbaijan its proposals around a peace treaty and is ready to sign it with that content, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting. “The Republic of Armenia conveyed to Azerbaijan its proposals on a peace treaty and we are ready to sign the treaty with that content. I hope that…
Congresswoman Lori Trahan referred to the closure of Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijani “eco-activists” and the humanitarian crisis caused by it. “Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor is causing a humanitarian crisis. Thousands of families are in danger because of this unwarranted aggression. Once again, I’m calling on the State Department to help find a…
At the briefing with US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price a journalist asked him about leading activist and U.S.-educated Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, who he is on hunger strike in jail. It’s been six days now, and today the court refused to release him. There are reports that he is – actually is a subject to torture….
UN Security Council’s discussion clearly indicates the strong and unequivocal international consensus on immediate and unconditional opening of Lachin Corridor blocked by Azerbaijan, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararаt Mirzoyan said in a Twitter post. “Safe and secure connection between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh must be restored,” he stressed. The Foreign Minister expressed Armenia’s appreciation of the “fair…
The sole road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia has been blocked since December 12, 2022, disrupting access to essential goods and services for tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians living there, Human Rights Watch said today. The blocked road also prevents Nagorno-Karabakh residents from leaving the region; over a thousand people reported to be stranded…
Since December 12, Azerbaijan has been blocking the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia and the outside world, thereby putting Artsakh under illegal siege and deliberately creating unbearable living conditions for the 120,000 people of Artsakh. Due to the blockade, the fundamental rights of the people of Artsakh have been violated. People are deprived…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia, referred to the closure of Lachin corridor and setting up illegal customs by Azerbaijani “eco-activitst”. “”Environmental activists” of Azerbaijan have taken responsibility for checking humanitarian cargo and are preventing the unhindered passage of cargo through the Lachin Corridor. Basically, they have illegally reserved customs duties. This nonsense has to…
A group of human rights organizations issued a collective Genocide Warning for the indigenous Armenian population of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh). “All 14 risk factors for atrocity crimes identified by the UN Secretary-General’s Office on Genocide Prevention are now present,” the groups wrote. John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), commented on…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran is ready to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia and reopen the embassies whenever Riyadh is ready, Mehr reports. Saying that Iran has always welcomed dialogue and cooperation with the countries of the region, the Iranian top diplomat cited, “Our talks with Saudi Arabia will continue on its previous…
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan is chairing a Security Council meeting. In addition to members of the Security Council, the meeting is attended by President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister’s Office Arayik Harutyunyan, Vice Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan, Finance Minister Tigran Khachatryan, High Technological…
Eight days Lachin corridor is closed by Azerbaijan, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Twitter. “People of Nagorno-Karabakh are stuck on the roads in the cold, families are finding themselves in different sides of the blockade. Citizens with serious health problems are deprived of medicine and health service,” Pashinyan tweeted.
Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium has more than doubled, the country’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami told lawmakers in Tehran on Saturday, Iran International reports. Eslami referred to a parliament bill passed in December 2020 that required the government to increase high-level enrichment of uranium, demanding that the United States lift all sanctions. Praising the…
Katherine Clark, a member of the US House of Representatives, referred to the closing of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan in her Twitter microblog. “Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh is a humanitarian crisis in the making. Thousands of Armenian lives — particularly the elderly and children — are at risk if access to food, medicine and…
A powerfully worded U.S. Congressional letter to President Joe Biden, spearheaded by Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), called for decisive U.S. action in response to Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), a bipartisan reaffirmation of demands to stop U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan and restart humanitarian assistance to the Armenians of Artsakh, the Armenian National Committee of…
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Richard Moore, the head of the secret intelligence service of Great Britain. The interlocutors discussed issues related to the processes taking place in the South Caucasus region. Topics related to regional and international security were also touched upon.
In a telephone conversation, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held talks over the latest developments in bilateral ties and important regional issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran reports. Amirabdollahian referred to the good opportunities of ties between Iran and Turkey and welcomed further deepening of relations, especially in…
We are deeply concerned by the interruption of freedom of movement in the Lachin corridor, causing considerable hardship to the population, the four co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan and Armenia have declared in a joint statement. “Freedom and security of movement of persons and goods must…
