Within the framework of the 54th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, held in Geneva on October 11, 34 countries made a joint statement in which they expressed deep concern regarding the severe humanitarian and human rights crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. The joint statement was read by Christine Toudic, Deputy Permanent Representative…
The White House said on Wednesday (July 31) it does not see an escalation of conflict as inevitable following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, and the U.S. is still working to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Speaking at a daily briefing, White House national security spokesperson John…
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Galuzin today received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Armenia to Russia Vagharshak Harutyunyan, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed. “During the detailed conversation, topical issues of the bilateral agenda were discussed, as well as the problems of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement based on the trilateral agreements…
The first supermoon of 2024 was visible over Germanan city of Dortmund on Monday (August 19), Reuters reports. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the time of year when the Moon is closest to the Earth. A blue moon happens once every two or three years on average, according to…
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the next College of Commissioners today, the Commission press office reports. In her speech, von der Leyen particularly said: Six Executive Vice-Presidents: four women, two men. Three from Member States that joined before the fall of the Iron Curtain. And three from Member States that…
The Georgian Dream Government announced it had filed a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court regarding the separation of powers with President Salome Zurabishvili over the ambassadorial (non)appointments, civil.ge reports. “The Government of Georgia considers that the rejection of the nominations by the President of Georgia for the appointment and dismissal of ambassadors does not constitute its…
Iran is ready to hand over its enriched uranium to Russia instead of the United States, according to Tehran’s updated draft conflict settlement agreement with Washington, quoted by the Al Hadath television. The document, revised by Iran, says that the Islamic Republic is ready “to transfer the enriched uranium to Russia instead of the…
An Iranian man who had carried out a deadly armed attack on the Republic of Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran in January 2023 was executed on Wednesday morning, Tasnim reports. The assailant was hanged after an Iranian court found him guilty of first-degree murder of an Azeri national at the embassy with a firearm, illegal…
The Iranian army is on high alert in response to a possible confrontation with the United States, Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami said. “We are on high alert and are closely monitoring the enemy’s movements in the region. Iran is not a country that can be destroyed,” Khatami said, warning that an attempt to…
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…
In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia sincerely and honestly and unconditionally respects Iran’s territorial integrity, and this is Moscow’s unchangeable position, IRNA reports. During the telephone talk on Tuesday night, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian Lavrov discussed the developments in the South Caucasus,…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced France’s support to Armenia upon his arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels this morning. “I call on the European Union to develop its relations with that country, with which France is very connected. We must again provide Armenia with all the support it has the…
Syria has welcomed the initialing of the “historic” Armenian-Azerbaijani peace agreement in Washington, the Syrian foreign ministry has said, lauding the US for making it possible. In a statement, the Syrian foreign ministry said the accords will contribute to the establishment of peace and security in the South Caucasus and strengthen the principle of…
Despite publicly pledging his support for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has largely avoided sending Chechens to the front en masse, The Economist reported on Aug. 11, citing a source close to the republic’s leadership. Kadyrov does not want to sacrifice Chechnya’s population for the “Russian world,” the…
The Turkish parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee will resume debating Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday after delaying a vote on it last month. The committee’s Tuesday agenda includes Sweden’s NATO accession protocols, Al-Monitor has learned. If the committee approves the text, then it will be voted on by the full parliament, where Turkish…
The issue of the return of Armenian captives, who are illegally held in Azerbaijan, has been raised last year at different international platforms, various international organizations made statements calling for the release of the captives, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said during the joint session of parliamentary standing committees, while presenting the ministry’s 2021…
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…
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid of the Iranian Red Crescent have crossed the Armenian-Iranian border. This was reported by the Armenian Red Cross Society. “The Red Crescent of the Islamic Republic of Iran has sent humanitarian aid to flood victims in northern Armenia. Humanitarian aid will be transferred as assistance to flood victims in Lori…
A protest rally against the bill On Transparency of Foreign Influence continues on Rustaveli Avenue at the Georgian parliament, 1tv.ge reports. The participants claim that, if passed, the law will obstruct Georgia’s EU integration process and keep rallying at all entrances of the parliament hitting their hands on the iron fences. Some protesters arrived…
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President delivered written answer to the members of European Parliament, on behalf of the European Commission. The questions concerned the EU position and current activities towards Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization process. The EP press handout reads: Josep Borrell: The EU continues to support…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili departed for Baku, Azerbaijan, at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. On November 24, the Georgian PM will attend the Baku Economic Forum of the United Nations Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) as an Honourable Guest. The PM will deliver…
Moscow communicates almost every day with Baku and Yerevan regarding the unblocking of transportation links between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk told RIA Novosti. “Russia participates in the [respective] negotiations, offers solutions, provides communication between the deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, a platform for dialogue. I never answer…
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…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara early on Thursday. He expressed his condolences for the victims of the earthquake and gave brief information about NATO engagement and the relief efforts. Answering a question about the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden, he said that the…
Indeed, our partners in the EAEU and the CSTO are under tremendous pressure from unfriendly states. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this in an interview with the International Affairs journal. “High-ranking officials from Western capitals have become regular visitors, holding “consultations” on ways to preclude “the circumvention” of the illegitimate anti-Russia sanctions. If we…
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, does not consider the situation created around the interaction between the Russian Federation and Turkey in the South Caucasus to be homogeneous. In the briefing, the diplomat said that there are points of contact, but there are also points on which the positions of Russia…
Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, said on Thursday that he had held a “working-level meeting” with CIA director John Ratcliffe in Moscow earlier this week and that they had discussed unspecified and sensitive matters falling within the remit of their respective intelligence services, Reuters reports. Naryshkin said the fact…
USAID issued a statement by Administrator Samantha Power. The statement reads: “This week, I traveled to Armenia to hear directly from the people fleeing their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in the wake of Azerbaijan’s September 19-20 attacks. The United States is deeply concerned about the safety of vulnerable populations in Nagorno-Karabakh and the more than…
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from prison after a judge ruled he could serve the rest of his sentence outside jail under strict judicial supervision, The Guardian reports. Sarkozy, 70, was driven by car from La Santé prison in Paris accompanied by his wife, the singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, and arrived…
Today marks the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As we honor the 1.5 million Armenians murdered by the Ottoman Empire across modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Armenia, we must refuse to let history repeat itself, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in his address on April 24. “In 2020, the military forces of Azerbaijan…
