Russian peacekeepers promptly took measures to defuse tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, where a fire exchange took place on Tuesday, April 11, near the village of Tegh, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Wednesday, TASS reports. “On April 11, there was an armed incident at the line of disengagement on…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia reacted on the aggression by Azerbaijan against Armenia on April 11. “Azerbaijan continues unprovoked unjustified aggression against Armenia, because as an aggressor state Azerbaijan was not sanctioned and properly condemned by international community”, Marukyan twitted.
Moscow will not keep its attitude to the West’s attempts to undermine its relations with its allies a secret, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. “If we are really talking about equal, mutually beneficial, transparent cooperation based on international law, no one should have any worries,” he told a news conference after…
Revealing photographs of journalists and activists are proliferating on social media. Many Azerbaijanis, and the women themselves, suspect they were planted by the country’s authoritarian government as revenge against speaking out, OCCRP recent report shows. The government denies the claims. In mid-February, Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev escalated a month-long hunger strike to protest his…
Azerbaijan has always been interested in developing good neighborly relations with all neighboring countries, including Iran, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizade said. Hajizade noted that during the recent telephone conversations between the foreign ministers, a detailed exchange of views took place on the current situation between the two countries. The Azerbaijani side positively…
“I informed my colleague, the president of Kazakhstan, about the current status of the negotiation process with Armenia. We are disposed to normalization of relations. The work on the peace treaty with Armenia has almost started, but it is not going as smoothly as we would like,” Aliyev said during the press conference organized as…
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday night that tension in Caucasus region will not be in interest of anyone, IRNA reports. Shamkhani made the remarks in a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Armen Gregorian in which the two sides spoke about bilateral relations and most important regional issues….
The long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has created partnerships in the South Caucasus that cut across religious, ethnic, and geopolitical lines in surprising ways, Foreign Affairs reports. Iran, which is ruled by Shiite clerics, has provided an economic lifeline to Christian-majority Armenia, whose primary backer has long been…
The reportage called ‘Azerbaijan: Time to return to Karabakh’ aired on March 9 by French-German ‘Arte’ TV Company, has raised dissatisfaction in the French domain of social networks, both among French-Armenian and French users. Along with the letters of protest addressed to the management of the TV channel, Armenian organizations, French-Armenian and French figures expressed…
The foreign ministers of Iran and Azerbaijan discussed “problems and misunderstandings” between the two countries in two phone calls, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, days after Baku expelled four Iranian diplomats over “provocative actions”, Reuters reports. The expulsions came amid a deterioration of ties, partly due to Baku’s improving relations with Tehran’s arch-enemy…
Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, said in an interview: CNN TurkThe republic, together with Azerbaijan, expects to supply gas to European countries. The Minister stated that Azerbaijan has invested heavily in Turkey. In particular, the Azerbaijan state oil company SOCAR is one of the biggest investors in the Republic of Turkey. According to…
Iranian MFA Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani’s comment of April 7 regarding the declaration of 4 employees of the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan as personae non gratae due to their actions incompatible with diplomatic status and contradicting the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, is biased and emotional, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizade said. “Regarding the…
The House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus adopted a resolution on the humanitarian consequences of the blockade of the Armenian civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), Armenia’s Embassy to Greece reports. “Recalling the previous resolutions on October 9, 2020 and December 3, 2021 regarding Azerbaijan’s attack on Armenia in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh),…
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for talks in the capital Ankara, the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications announced Friday. Erdoğan and Lavrov held a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Complex and no further information was released about the meeting but Lavrov met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu…
The Ministry of Defense of Armenia plans to participate in two other military exercises organized by the US Ground Forces Command in Europe this year: ‘Kosovo Forces’ and ‘Merged Sword’, said the Spokesperson of the Defense Minister Aram Torosyan, answering the question of ‘Lurer’ whether Armenia will participate in the Defender 2023 multinational military exercise….
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday left for a visit of Azerbaijan where he will hold a meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, agenda.ge reports. Following the meeting of the leaders of the neighbouring countries, they will make joint comments to the media, the Georgian Government Administration said. The delegation headed by the…
Reuters. Chinese President Xi Jinping held a trilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday (April 6), during which the leaders discussed a range of issues. In the closely-watched talks, Macron urged Xi to use his influence with close ally Russia to help end the…
Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Seyid Abbas Mousavi was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on April 6. A strong protest was expressed to him “in connection with Iran’s provocative activities recently against Azerbaijan”, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said. Mousavi was informed that four embassy employees are declared persona non grata…
The Council of Europe has published a report for 2022 on the implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The document reads that in 2022, the Committee of Ministers received from the European Court 49 cases against Azerbaijan for supervision of their execution (compared to 46 in 2021 and 51…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov begins a two-day visit to Turkey on Thursday at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu. He is expected to hold talks on a wide range of issues, including energy matters, the situation in Ukraine, the implementation of the grain deal, as well as measures to normalize the…
Reuters. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu handed Finland’s NATO ratification document to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (April 4) on the sidelines of the Brussels summit. Turkey’s parliament approved the bill for Finland’s accession to NATO last week, clearing the way for the country to become part of the Western defence…
Stratfor published an analysis reassessing the risks of escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh. “As peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan stall, violent flare-ups either in Nagorno-Karabakh or on their common border are increasingly likely, even if a large-scale Azerbaijani military operation or direct Iranian involvement in the conflict remains unlikely”, said the article. The authors say,…
After 8 years of having no ambassador to UAE, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran introduced Reza Ameri as Islamic Republic of Iran’s new ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), IRNA reports. Ameri’s former position in the Foreign Ministry was the director general of Iranian expatriates office. His diplomatic posts before that…
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca received on Tuesday, at the Victoria Palace of Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is on an official visit to Romania. Ciuca and Mirzoyan discussed the security situation in the Extended Black Sea Region – generated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – which Moscow calls a…
Hungary and Romania count on natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, wrote on Facebook, as he met with Romania’s Minister of Energy Virgil-Daniel Popescu. “On the one hand, both Romania and Hungary count on gas from Azerbaijan and on the other hand, are expecting to start gas…
Romanian Senator Alina Gorghiu met with Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and shared her impression on her Twitter microblog. “Meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. Romania and Armenia should strengthen the parliamentary dialogue. We discussed means to do so. Glad to know that gender quotas work in Armenia. I am happy to learn…
On April 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Bogdan Aurescu. The meeting started with tête-à-tête, then continued in an expanded format with the participation of two delegations. After the meeting the Ministers signed the “Joint Action Plan between the…
On April 3, the members of the Armenia-Poland Friendship Group met with the delegation led by the Head of the Poland-Armenia Friendship Group Radoslaw Fogiel. Welcoming the colleagues, the Head of the Armenia-Poland Friendship Group Arusyak Julhakyan highlighted the closer cooperation between the two countries, underscoring the cooperation and meetings formed between the Committees on…
Ambassador-at-Large Edmon Marukyan had meetings at the British foreign ministry and parliament where he presented information on the Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin Corridor, its non-compliance with the International Court of Justice ruling and Baku’s latest actions. In a statement posted on social media, Marukyan said he also presented the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty negotiations process….
The Russian peacekeeping contingent recorded a violation of the ceasefire regime in Shushi region, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). This is stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “Regarding the fact, the command of the Russian peacekeeping troops is conducting an investigation,” the message reads.
