U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday in St Petersburg about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine as Trump told Russia to “get moving”, Reuters reports. Putin was shown on state TV greeting Witkoff in St Petersburg’s presidential library at the start of…
Reuters. Firefighters battled yet another fire in Los Angeles that broke out late Wednesday night (January 22). The Sepulveda brush fire was burning near the city’s affluent Bel-Air neighborhood near the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass. Aerial images showed multiple fire engines on scene as firefighters attempted to hose down the fire….
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reacted aggressively on the appointment of Philip Reeker as US OSCE Minsk Group. US State Secretary Antony J. Blinken announced about his new position on August 24. “The statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the appointment of Philip Reeker as the chief negotiating adviser in the Caucasus is…
Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev discussed the current state and future prospects of the Azerbaijan-NATO partnership during a political dialogue in the NATO+Azerbaijan format with allied states at NATO headquarters as a part of his visit to Belgium on June 12–13,…
Kazakhstan transferred the decrypted data from the black boxes of the Azerbaijani AZAL airline to Russia and Azerbaijan, announced Kanat Bozumbayev, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and head of the air crash investigation commission. “They were decrypted in Brazil, returned to Kazakhstan, and are with the investigative group operating under the Prosecutor General’s Office….
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Yasin Huseynzadeh, who was found guilty of the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, Iranian judicial spokesman Asghar Jahangir said at a press conference. According to him, the sentence has been sent to the Tehran court for execution. According to the information,…
Michael Roth, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Bundestag, the German parliament, has arrived in Armenia. “Raise the flag for young democracy, for peace and territorial integrity,” Roth wrote in this regard on X (former Twitter). The German lawmaker informed that he is in Armenia’s Yerevan and will have meetings…
On July 8, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia Riina Kaljurand. At the meeting the priorities of cooperation of the parliaments of the two countries and the continuity of cooperation within the framework of the parliamentary diplomacy…
The information of the State Security Service is disturbing, concerning a terrorist act. Some individuals dislike the standpoint of the Georgian government about the war. In these conditions, there are threats, said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at the briefing echoing the statement of the State Security Service of Georgia (SSG), Georgian Public Broadcaster reports….
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the Karabakh region, from 16 to 23 October 2023 with a focus on the human rights situation of people affected by the conflict. The Commissioner will hold meetings with State officials, representatives of international organisations and civil society….
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on the international community to respond to the attack of the Azerbaijani Air Force on Nagorno-Karabakh in his Twitter. “Urging international community to take practical steps to ensure rights and security of Nagorno-Karabakh people. Meanwhile Lachin Corridor remains illegally blocked, tonight as result of Azerbaijani attack with use of…
Two people died in Rostov region of Russia, when a drone fell on their car, Russian media report. Air defenses shot down 54 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions last night, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. “On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 54 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles last night. Twenty-four drones…
The air force of the Iranian Army unveiled an underground facility called “Oqab 44” (Eagle 44) on Tuesday, IRNA news agency reports. The unveiling ceremony was attended by Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Army Commander Major General Abrolrahim Mousavi, and a number of other senior Iranian Army commanders….
Kazakhstan’s incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won Sunday’s presidential election, gaining 81.31% of the vote, Chairman of the country’s Central Election Commission Nurlan Abdirov said at a briefing on Monday, citing preliminary data, TASS reports. “Kassym-Jomart Tokayev gained 81.31% of the vote, or 6,456,392 votes,” he specified. Abdirov added that the data had been provided by…
Gas flows from Azerbaijan to Serbia have been halted and it is unclear when they will resume, news agency Tanjug quoted Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic as saying, Reuters reports. “I got information from our Azerbaijan brothers and friends that because of force majeure, and problems they have, we as of today cannot count on…
The United States is prepared to let Turkey back into its F-35 fighter jet program as long as the issue of its acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defense system is resolved, Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has told CNN Turk. “We were in the process of negotiating the Patriot sale, and…
Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, stated that Baku has a positive assessment of the Aliyev-Putin meeting held yesterday in Moscow. “The negotiations took place in the spirit of strategic partnership and alliance relations. Issues of bilateral cooperation were on the agenda: politics, economy, trade, investments, humanitarian and other issues,” the official…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Baku on a working visit, met today with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, TASS reports. Lavrov’s meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeihun Bayramov will also take place in Baku. “The visit of the Russian Foreign Minister coincides with the first anniversary of the bilateral declaration on allied cooperation…
The most important message was the following – negotiations will not open for Georgia in December if this draft law becomes a law, – one of the leaders of EuroOptimists Khatia Dekanoidze said after meeting with the chairmen of the foreign affairs committees of several EU member states, ipn reports. As Dekanoidze points out,…
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will attend Akkuyu nuclear power plant’s inauguration ceremony via live videoconference, Turkey’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun announced on April 26, Turkish media reports. “We categorically reject such baseless claims regarding President @RTErdogan’s health. The President will attend tomorrow’s nuclear power plant opening via videoconference,” Altun, said on Twitter….
Anne-Laurence Petel, member of French National Assembly, Chair of France-Armenia parliamentarian friendship group, referred to the vote in Armenian Parliament on Rome Statute. “The Armenian Parliament today ratified the Rome Statute and membership in the International Criminal Court. Bravo to the deputies of Armenia for this courageous vote. No offense to Moscow, this is…
The Kremlin has confirmed that talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will take place in Sochi on August 5. “Yes,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to a question by TASS as to whether such a meeting is planned. Earlier on Tuesday, the administration of the Turkish…
Russia is firm about its righteousness and feasibility of steps taken in regard to the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR respectively) as well the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday, TASS reports. “We are absolutely sure in the rightful cause and the steps that we take,”…
The Passport Index is a classification of countries according to the principle of free movement of their citizens, whether visa-free or visa-on-arrival. According to the 2024 ranking, Georgia is in 34th place in our region. Citizens of the Republic can visit 80 countries without a visa, 51 countries with a visa upon arrival, and…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially filed an application to the Supreme Election Council to register as a presidential candidate for the upcoming May 14 elections. According to local TV, representatives of Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party arrived in the Council Tuesday to file registration papers. Currently, 18 politicians stated their intention to run…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson referred to latest development in South Caucasus and possible upcoming meetings between Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations. “We have made very clear that the path forward for resolving this conflict is ultimately at the bargaining table. I don’t want to speak to any upcoming meetings, but we have always…
The explosive device that went off in a residential neighborhood in southeastern Moscow where a senior general in charge of Russia’s NBC protection troops was killed this morning had a capacity of some 300 grams in TNT equivalent, a law enforcement official told TASS. “The improvised explosive device had a capacity of some 300…
“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…
Ahead of Friday’s new tariff package, Trump announced that a 25% tariff would be imposed on India along with another unspecified penalty for importing Russian oil and weapons despite US sanctions, Euronews reports. US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday in a post on Truth Social that he plans to impose a 25% tariff…
Russian and Ukrainian commissioners held talks on the humanitarian issues on the sidelines of an international ombudsman conference in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Thursday, Reuters reports. This is the third meeting between the two sides on the sidelines of the conference. Two meetings have been held on Tuesday evening and Wednesday noon. This was a…
