The Russian peacekeeping force recorded one violation of the ceasefire regime in Askeran region, Nagorno-Karabakh, there were no casualties. This was stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “The command of the Russian peacekeeping troops, together with the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides, is conducting an investigation into the fact,”…
British newspaper The Telegraph referred to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and noted that the almost unnoticed humanitarian crisis on the threshold of Europe is constantly intensifying. The author recalled the warning of Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, that Azerbaijan is preparing a genocide against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh….
EU Mission in Armenia said it eye witnessed with concern the increased tensions and crossfire at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. “Last several days, EU Mission in Armenia eye witnessed with concern the increased tensions and crossfire at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border areas. We reported on the situation to Brussels. Our patrols cover Armenia-Azerbaijan border areas and…
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…
Energy cooperation is the basis of relations between Azerbaijan and Hungary, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said during a joint press conference with Hungarian Foreign MinisterSzijjártó Péter in Budapest. “We continue to develop our strategic partnership through the Southern Gas Corridor, the largest energy infrastructure project in Europe. Hungary is a participant of the…
We support agreements and dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan and we will never accept any geopolitical changes in the region and restrictions on existing historical transit routes in the region. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian announced during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Tehran. “The time has come to leave…
The EBRD’s First Vice President and Head of Client Services Group, Jürgen Rigterink, will visit Armenia as part of a regional trip, the EBRD said in a press release. The trip starts 4 September in Armenia, and will continue in Georgia and finish in Azerbaijan. First Vice President Rigterink, accompanied by Matteo Patrone,…
Congressman Adam Schiff, co-chairman of the Armenian Affairs Committee of the US Congress, sent a message on the occasion of the adoption of the Nagorno-Karabakh Declaration of Independence. “On Artsakh’s Independence Day, I am thinking of the people in Artsakh who are being forced to bear a months-long, and deadly blockade. The United…
The Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan is on a working visit to Turkey. During the visit, Zakir Hasanov met with Ertan Uzun, commander of the 1st Airbase in Eskishehir. The parties exchanged ideas on bilateral cooperation in the military and military-educational spheres and other issues of mutual interest. Hasanov also met with Turkish…
US Congressman Frank Pallone spoke about yesterday’s aggression of Azerbaijan towards Armenia. “The deadly attacks by Azeri forces today and the brutalization of innocent Armenian students earlier this week are further proof that Aliyev is using the Lachin blockade to intimidate and target Armenians in Artsakh. He is deepening his campaign of ethnic cleansing against…
Today Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces, using UAV’s and mortars attacked positions towards the Armenian combat outposts nearby Sotk and Norabak, leaving 3 servicemen dead and 2 wounded, Prime Minsiter of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated in his X microblog (former Twitter). “Encroachments on the territorial integrity of Armenia, combined with warmongering rhetoric, are a continuation of Azerbaijan’s…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan responded to the statement of the US State Department expressing concern over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of the continuous blockade of the supply of food, medicine and other goods necessary for a dignified existence. Azerbaijani MFA spokesman Aykhan Hajizade described…
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress will hold a special hearing on the ongoing blockade of the Lachin Corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh. The commission informed about it in a statement. Special guests at the hearing are former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo and David Phillips. “Luis Moreno Ocampo,…
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…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Anne Bouillon was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She was handed a note of protest in connection with the visit of French officials to Armenia, the humanitarian aid initiative for the population of…
Today, representatives of diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan and military attachés paid a familiarization visit to Aghdam. The media reports that the participants of the visit were in the section of the Aghdam-Askeran-Stepanakert road where the trucks of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society are located. 60 people from more than 50 countries and…
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during the weekly briefing, commenting on the French President’s statement on intensifying mediation efforts and intensifying pressure on Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, noted that Moscow welcomes any initiative that does not contradict Russia’s efforts to normalize relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which do not…
Member of the European Parliament Nathalie Loiseau has called for sanctions against the Government of Azerbaijan for its actions in Nagorno-Karabakh. “There’s a humanitarian disaster in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Nathalie Loiseau, Chair of the European Parliament’s Security and Defence Subcommittee said in a post on X. “It is time to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan and Aliyev”…
The Russian peacekeeping contingent recorded one violation of the cease-fire regime by Azerbaijan in Shushi region, there were no casualties. This is stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “The command of the Russian peacekeeping troops is conducting a joint investigation on the fact with the Azerbaijani and Armenian…
Armenia is one of Russia’s closest allies and a strategic partner in the South Caucasus. This is noted in a statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on the 26th anniversary of the signing of the bilateral Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance. “On this day in 1997, a Treaty of…
The strategy of suffocation which aims to provoke a mass exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh is illegal, as the ICJ has established, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colomna said at a meeting with Ambassadors in Paris. “It is also amoral,” she added. “We are thus mobilizing to enable the emergence of the conditions for…
The President of France announced at the annual conference of ambassadors of the republic that this week he will hold talks with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan and come up with a diplomatic international initiative to settle the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. “We will demand that the agreements reached around the Lachin humanitarian corridor…
A section of cliff has collapsed near the vicinity of the Shiomghvime Monastery complex. Video footage of the incident has been circulating on social media platforms, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. Reports from individuals present at the scene indicate that no injuries occurred due to the collapse. The First Channel of the Georgian Public…
Mudslides triggered by heavy rains killed 13 people in Tajikistan on Sunday (August 27), the Central Asian nation’s government said on Monday (August 28), warning that many of its mountainous areas remained dangerous, Reuters reports. Footage posted on social media and by the country’s emergency situations committee from sites in the town of Vakhdat…
The delegation led by Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler arrived in Azerbaijan for negotiations on military cooperation. He was welcomed by the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir Hasanov. Within the framework of the visit, it is planned to discuss various aspects of military cooperation between the two countries, regional security and other issues of…
American Senator Bill Cassidy described Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh as a crime against humanity. “The humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is growing more and more dire by the day. If Azerbaijan doesn’t lift the blockade people will starve. Weaponizing food constitutes an Article 7 Violation of the Rome Statutes, a ‘Crime against Humanity’,” Cassidy tweeted.
Armenia’s Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan participated in the exhibition of investment packages and export opportunities of free and special economic zones of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the Minister, the main goal of the exhibition was to develop the trade and economic relations between the two countries, to reveal the opportunities…
US congressman Brad Sherman called to stop US military aid to Azerbaijan. “We are watching a humanitarian catastrophe unfold in Artsakh. Yesterday, I joined my colleague Adam Schiff and the Armenian community at a press conference in my district. We must hold the Aliyev regime accountable and end U.S. military assistance to Azerbaijan,” Sherman…
Azerbaijan has refused to receive Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office who planned to visit the country after his trip to Armenia. According to the Azerbaijani APA news agency, “official Baku did not see the need for his visit, considered it a waste of time and did not agree.” Kasprzyk…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in Kyiv on Aug. 25 to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, The Kyiv Independent reports. They discussed the Ukrainian peace formula, the preparation for the Global Peace Summit, and the risks posed by Russia blocking the Black Sea grain corridor, according to Zelensky. On Aug. 18, the…
