Bulgaria has charged five people with helping one of the suspects in last weekend’s bombing in central Istanbul which killed six people and wounded 81, prosecutors said, RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service reports. Five people have been charged with assisting the suspect and giving him “logistical” help to flee, Siyka Mileva, a spokeswoman for the Sofia prosecutor’s office, said on…
A Swedish investigation into ruptures of the subsea Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines has detected residue of explosives and concluded that “grievous sabotage” caused the breakage, Bloomberg reports. The pipeline, which crosses the Baltic Sea to Germany from Russia, has been the focus of a probe by authorities in a number of…
Report informs that Azerbaijan is opening an Embassy in Israel, and the issue is included in the agenda of today’s session of the country’s Parliament. At the meeting, the deputies will discuss the draft law ‘On establishing an embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the State of Israel (Tel Aviv city)’.
A citizen working in the field near Artsakh’s Hatsi village came under Azerbaijani fire shortly after midday today, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) police inform. The 43-year-old resident of the village of Hatsi reported the incident to the Martuni regional department of the Police. Firing from the Azerbaijani positions forced the agricultural works to stop. The tire and…
Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for US State Department, referred to the latest efforts by US Secretary Antony Blinken with Armenia and Azerbaijan, on peace efforts. “Secretary’s continued engagement on this is a direct result of the United States commitment to promoting a peaceful future for the South Caucasus region. I don’t think I…
On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will leave for Baku on a working visit, where he will take part in the XI Russia-Azerbaijan Interregional Forum. According to the press service of the Russian government, Mishustin will meet with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will hold talks with the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan…
The US administration claims the mechanism of the OSCE Minsk Group no longer works, and Washington deals with the peaceful settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan only in the direct interaction format with Yerevan and Baku. “I believe we have reached the point where we can put an end to that mandate through consensus: it…
On November 16, at 2:30 p.m., a 36-year-old resident of Sarushen village, Askeran district, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) reported to the Karmir Shuka Department of the Martuni district police department that at around 11:40 a.m. in the agricultural lands belonging to the Sarushen community of Askeran district, in the Amaras valley while carrying out works, the Azerbaijani…
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, US State Department’s Spokesperson Ned Price said. “The Secretary welcomed efforts by both Armenia and Azerbaijan to support bilateral peace discussions following talks on November 7. He underscored the need for both sides to maintain momentum for the negotiations and…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian described developing relations with the neighbors, including the Republic of Azerbaijan, as the priority of Iran’s foreign policy, Government of Iran reports. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov. Expressing dissatisfaction with some unrealistic remarks made in recent days, he described…
Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden met with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Indonesia’s Bali island on Tuesday (November 15). Agenda items for the NATO members could include extending a deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports to continue; Ankara’s request for F-16 jets; NATO enlargement; and the weekend Istanbul…
Russian-US talks did take place in Ankara on Monday at the initiative of the United States, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS. “Such negotiations did, indeed, take place. They were initiated by the US side,” the Kremlin spokesman said. Peskov avoided disclosing the subject matter of the conversations. Earlier, Reuters, citing a…
Following the statements by the German chancellor Olaf Scholz towards the Islamic Republic, Hans-Udo Muzel the German ambassador to Tehran was summoned to the foreign ministry on Monday, the ministry reports, describing the chancellor’s statements as meddlesome and irresponsible. During the session, the director general of the west European affairs of the foreign ministry…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree defining the procedure for accepting foreign citizens to serve in the Russian Armed Forces. It is published on the portal of legal acts. Now Russians with a second citizenship will be drafted into the army for military service and under a contract. In accordance with the decree, military service…
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan made a note regarding the explosion that took place on İstiklal Avenue in Istanbul. “I express my sincere condolences to the families of victims of the deadly explosion in Istanbul and wish a speedy recovery to the injured,” Mirzoyan wrote on his Twitter and also mentioned his Turkish colleague Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in…
The Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan has spread disinformation, claiming that units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire in the direction of the Azerbaijani positions on the November 13 evening, Armenia’s Defense Ministry reports.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan signed a decree appointing Sakir Ozkan Torunlar as Turkey’s ambassador to Israel. The decision was made after the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The respective document was published in the Turkish official bulletin, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had announced that Turkey has decided…
Events since the signing of the November 9, 2020 statement show that it is very important to have a guarantor or guarantors of the agreement in addition to the contracting parties. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this while answering the questions of the Public Television Company. “We keep saying peace treaty. If there are…
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, responding to the possibility of escalation of Iran-Azerbaijan relations and military conflict in an interview with Public Television, noted that Iran and Azerbaijan are friendly countries connected by deep cultural and economic ties. “If there is an issue, a debate, there are those in the relations of many countries, let’s…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reiterates he is ready to sign a document extending the mandate of the Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). “I said this at the meeting with Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Sochi, but there was no consensus,” the Prime Minister said in an interview with Public TV. He noted that theoretically…
It was the first meeting with Erdoğan, I got a generally positive impression. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this in an interview to the Public Television Company, referring to the Armenian-Turkish relations. According to the Prime Minister, he had a telephone conversation with the President of Turkey earlier and he evaluates the telephone conversation…
Aliyev violated the agreement to refrain from the threat of force, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this. “In his latest speech, president Aliyev flagrantly violated the agreement on refraining from the threat or use of force, stipulated in Sochi trilateral statement. Oddly enough, he accuses Armenia of violating mutually agreed statements!” Pashinyan tweeted.
“Finally he confessed. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a “glorious” speech admitted that his country started the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, despite previously insisting the opposite. Well documented,” Armenia’s Ambassador-at-large Edmon Marukyan wrote on his Twitter. The diplomat also noted. “Azerbaijan has been constantly violating and deluding the trilateral ceasefire agreement. They are unable to stick…
Against the background of the continuation of anti-Iranian propaganda by Azerbaijani media and officials against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Azerbaijani ambassador to Tehran was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran on Thursday, ParsToday reports. Iran’s displeasure and strong protest against the unfriendly statements of the high-ranking officials of Azerbaijan…
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in his speech during the Government sitting that the Point 9 of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, is about unblocking transport and economic communications in the region. Only in that context is the transport communication between the western regions of Azerbaijan and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhijevan…
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…
Chair of Standing Delegation for Relations with the South Caucasus in the European Parliament, Marina Kalyurand, wrote on her Twitter: “Two years ago, the 2nd Nagorno-Karabakh war ended with a ceasefire agreement. It hasn’t solved the conflict – only negotiations can. The EU and US mediation is becoming more and more important. Fair peace agreement…
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said Tehran’s close relations with a specific neighbor are never to the detriment of another neighboring state, Tasnim News Agency reports. In a statement on Tuesday, Nasser Kanaani responded to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s recent comments, made in Shushi, that have reflected a sense of unease about the relations…
On November 7, the City Council of Strasbourg adopted a Motion of support for Armenia in the face of the aggression by Azerbaijan, Armenia’s Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe informs on Twitter. As a sign of solidarity, the city of Strasbourg will hoist the flag of Armenia in front of the City Hall…
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan once again openly threatened Armenia, as well as Iran, the international community and the parties making efforts to establish peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. During his speech in occupied Shushi, Aliyev, once again distorting the reality, stated that Armenia had committed to “provide the Zangezur Corridor and withdraw all its…
