Azerbaijan’s lack of actions to open the Lachin corridor will lead to international consequences, Pashinyan

Azerbaijan’s lack of actions to open the Lachin corridor will lead to international consequences, Pashinyan

Azerbaijan must make visible efforts to take measures to open the Lachin corridor. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during the government sitting, referring to the decision of the International Court of Justice on opening the corridor.   “At the beginning, the most primitive step can be, for example, calling the “eco-activists” to open the…

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Court of Justice rejected Azerbaijan’s request regarding applying temporary measures against Armenia

Court of Justice rejected Azerbaijan’s request regarding applying temporary measures against Armenia

The International Court of Justice unanimously rejected Azerbaijan’s request to apply temporary measures against Armenia. Azerbaijan demanded to apply intermediate measures and to oblige Armenia to “end the laying of mines and the transportation of mines through the Lachin Corridor.” The court noted that Azerbaijan did not provide evidence that Armenia took steps that impede…

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Member of European Parliament called to support Armenian people

Member of European Parliament called to support Armenian people

Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Free Alliance François Alfonsi visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, after which he made the following post on his Twitter.   “Armenian Genocide Memorial Yerevan: a century later, Azerbaijan and Turkey ready for ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh: blockade of the Lachin corridor, vital for the…

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Protesters rally at U.S. embassy in Athens against Blinken’s visit to Greece

Protesters rally at U.S. embassy in Athens against Blinken’s visit to Greece

A group of protesters on Tuesday gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Athens to express opposition against U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Greece, Reuters reports. Holding banners with slogans calling for the closure of foreign military bases in Greece and an end of Greece’s participation in the Ukraine conflict, the protesters accused…

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Iran ready to host a meeting of foreign ministers of countries of the “3+3” format, Amirabdollahian

Iran ready to host a meeting of foreign ministers of countries of the “3+3” format, Amirabdollahian

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stressed the importance of promoting cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Russia, IRNA reports.   The top Iranian diplomat on Monday met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko in Tehran.   Amirabdollahian also emphasized the importance of regional cooperation and announced Iran’s readiness to host a meeting of foreign…

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Moscow views EU’s monitoring mission in Armenia as attempt to push Russia out of region: Russian Foreign Ministry

Moscow views EU’s monitoring mission in Armenia as attempt to push Russia out of region: Russian Foreign Ministry

Moscow views the EU’s monitoring mission in Armenia as an attempt to push Russia out of the region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Earlier, we reported that the General Staff of the EU Monitoring Mission was opened in Yeghegnadzor, Vayots Dzor province. We have already commented on the decision of the EU Council on the…

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Blinken, in Turkey, backs speedy Nordics accession to NATO, pledges long-term quake aid

Blinken, in Turkey, backs speedy Nordics accession to NATO, pledges long-term quake aid

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in capital Ankara on Monday (February 20) to discuss how Washington can further assist Ankara as it grapples with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people, Reuters reports.   A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey’s southeast and…

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Azerbaijan wants to add a religious context to conflict: Pashinyan’s response to Aliyev’s statements

Azerbaijan wants to add a religious context to conflict: Pashinyan’s response to Aliyev’s statements

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan referred to the statements of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev within the framework of the Munich Security Conference. “The President of Azerbaijan mentioned November 9, 2020 trilateral statement stating that the Lachin Corridor should be open under Russian control. A few children tried to ride through Lachin’s corridor. Masked citizens of Azerbaijan…

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Deputy Minister of Defense presented situation at border to PACE co-rapporteurs

Deputy Minister of Defense presented situation at border to PACE co-rapporteurs

On February 17, Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan received the delegation of the Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden), co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Armenia and the Committee’s Secretary Matthew Monin, who arrived in the Republic of Armenia on a fact-finding…

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Number of victims of earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceeded 47 thousand

Number of victims of earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceeded 47 thousand

The number of victims of earthquakes in Turkey has exceeded 38,044, in Syria – 9,000, the total number exceeds 47,000, TASS reports. The Turkish Government’s emergency department says that casualties from the earthquakes were reported in Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Adana, Adıyaman, Malatya and Elazig. On Friday night in the south of…

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Time was now to ratify NATO membership both for Finland and Sweden, Stoltenberg says in Turkey

Time was now to ratify NATO membership both for Finland and Sweden, Stoltenberg says in Turkey

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…

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Private sector’s trade capacities between Armenia and Iran were neglected, Head of the Tabriz Chamber of Commerce

Private sector’s trade capacities between Armenia and Iran were neglected, Head of the Tabriz Chamber of Commerce

The head of the Tabriz Chamber of Commerce praised Armenia’s trade capacities and criticized the neglect of the private sector’s trade capacities with Armenia, tahlilbazaar.com reports.   According to the Bazar reporter, Yunus Jaele, in a meeting with the Consul General of Iran in Kapan, Syunik, Armenia, at the Chamber of Commerce of Tabriz, this…

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Zelensky expressed gratitude to Aliyev for supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine

Zelensky expressed gratitude to Aliyev for supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine

On February 15, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky called Ilham Aliyev, the press service of the President of Azerbaijan reported.   The report says that “Zelensky expressed gratitude to Aliyev for supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and the humanitarian assistance provided. During the conversation, the parties discussed issues of cooperation within the…

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Press Statement of Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan following meeting with Foreign Minister of Türkiye Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Press Statement of Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan following meeting with Foreign Minister of Türkiye Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

On February 15, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Foreign Minister of Türkiye Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Ankara, followed by the press statement of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Türkiye. In his remarks, Foreign Minister Mirzoyan particularly noted: “Dear Mr. Çavuşoğlu, Dear attendees, First of all, on behalf of the Republic…

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Normalization of Armenia’s relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan should help establish stability in South Caucasus: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Normalization of Armenia’s relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan should help establish stability in South Caucasus: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Armenia extended humanitarian help and showed solidarity and cooperation at the difficult time for Turkey.   “Unfortunately Armenia is located in a seismic zone. We all remember the devastating Spitak earthquake of 1988, when Turkey had also sent aid to Armenia. Years later, aid reached Turkey through the same…

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On February 15, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will visit Türkiye

On February 15, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will visit Türkiye

On February 15, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will visit Türkiye.   Minister Mirzoyan will meet the Armenian rescue team that carries out search and rescue operations in the earthquake-affected city of Adiyaman.   During the visit, a meeting between the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and the Foreign Minister of…

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China to unswervingly maintain its friendship with Iran, Xi Jinping

China to unswervingly maintain its friendship with Iran, Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday said that no matter how the international and regional situation changes, China will unswervingly maintain its friendship and cooperation with Iran and advance China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership, IRNA reports.   In a meeting with President Raisi, Xi Jinping stressed that China…

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Aliyev meets Russian envoy for normalization of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations in Baku

Aliyev meets Russian envoy for normalization of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations in Baku

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for the normalization of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations Igor Khovayev.   The discussions at the meeting also focused on the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the process of negotiation toward a peace treaty.   Igor Khovayev highlighted his visit to the region…

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