Gegham Stepanyan, Ombudsman of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) issued a statement on the recent development in Artsakh) and the closure of Berdzor (Lachin) corridor by Azerbaijani “eco-activists”. “The people of Artsakh have been under blockade for 24 hours now, cut off from communication with the outside world. The Azerbaijanis closed the Stepanakert-Goris road, which is…
On December 3 and 12, a group of Azerbaijanis closed the humanitarian corridor connecting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Armenia for ‘environmental’ reasons. The operation of the corridor is defined by the clause 6 of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020. Artsakh’s Human Rights Defender warns of a possible humanitarian crisis. ‘Lurer’ tried to find out…
The consistent actions by Azerbaijan make the concerns more and more materialized that Baku is organizing, preparing genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in his remarks during the 4th Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide in Yerevan. “In 2021 we witnessed situations when in Nagorno-Karabakh civilians conducting agricultural works were…
The most important tool of the prevention of genocide is dialogue and cooperation, including between Baku and Stepanakert, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in his remarks during the 4th Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide in Yerevan. “I don’t want us to consider and perceive genocide as something that cannot be avoided…
Turkey and Russia held political consultations in Istanbul on Thursday and Friday, and addressed regional issues as Ankara reiterated its expectation from Moscow on its pledges regarding the withdrawal of PKK/YPG terrorists from Syria, an official statement said on Saturday. Delegations headed by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal and his Russian counterpart Sergey Vershinin…
The next meeting of the 3+3 regional cooperation platform involving Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia as well as Russia, Turkey and Iran may be held in the next few months, a senior Russian diplomat told TASS. “Work is currently underway to arrange a second 3+3 format meeting. We expect that it will take place in coming…
Apart from a number of statements and videos, the fact of the use of phosphorus weapons by Azerbaijan during the 44-day war was also confirmed by an expert examination (Statement of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): https://t.ly/gSTR ). This was stated in the Facebook post of Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham…
At the extraordinary session of the Parliament, Armenia’s Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan answered the question whether there is a clause in the text of the peace treaty that is agreed upon bilaterally. “I have to say something sad, but there is one clause on which there is an agreement: to establish diplomatic relations within…
Turkey will continue to block oil tankers without appropriate insurance letters from its waters and has said it needs time to make checks, Reuters reports. The country’s maritime authority on Thursday dismissed pressure from abroad over a growing queue of vessels. The number of tankers waiting in the Black Sea — to cross…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried discussed prospects for the peace process between Yerevan and Baku. According to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Bayramov briefed Donfried on the current state of negotiations on the peace agreement, work on opening communications and delimitation issues. “Donfried…
Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalın, in a phone call on Wednesday with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan, underlined that Turkey targets PKK/PYD/YPG groups, which poses threat to the country’s national security, in its operation in Syria and Iraq. He reiterated that his country has the right to self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of…
Toivo Klaar, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia announced he is traveling to Armenia. “Good morning! Trying out the direct Vienna-Yerevan flight today. Looking forward to substantive meetings in the afternoon” Klaar Tweeted.
After an EU delegation of elected parliamentarians went on a trip to Azerbaijan, their criticism was exchanged for praise for the dictatorship, Blankspot investigative portal reports. Although the trip was paid for by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the parliamentarians never declared a transparency report. Blankspot’s investigation shows how the Azerbaijan lobby uses “smart…
Armenia does not have any armed formation in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh, the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said. Yeghoyan asked the Foreign Minister to comment on Azerbaijan’s accusations that the 9 November 2020 statement’s terms aren’t fully implemented. Azerbaijan pointed out the issue of re-opening of regional connections and accused…
Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan trilateral working group co-chaired by Deputy Prime Ministers Mher Grigoryan, Alexei Overchuk and Shahin Mustafayev, held its 11th meeting in Moscow on December 6, the Armenian Government’s Press office reports. The parties highlighted the Russia’s positive role in the settlement of the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as in the efforts…
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna highlighted the necessity to extend the EU monitoring mission’s mandate deployed in Armenia since October 20, 2022. “Through the border monitoring, this mission has really restricted the danger of escalation”, the Colonna said during a Q&A session in the National Assembly. She stated that the…
Georgia can’t and won’t provide military assistance to Ukraine, Mamuka Mdinaradze, chairman of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Tuesday, TASS reports. Ukraine’s temporary charge d’affaires to Georgia, Andrey Kasyanov, said earlier on Tuesday that Kiev had asked Tbilisi multiple times to provide military or dual-purpose equipment, but the requests…
On December 6, the Human Rights Defender Ms. Kristinne Grigoryan met Ms. Erica Olson, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State overseeing policy for Southern Europe and the Caucasus, in Washington. The Defender expressed her gratitude for the efforts made by the State Department toward the repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war. She also presented the…
Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey Zakir Hasanov and Hulusi Akar discussed cooperation in the military sphere and regional security during the talks held in Baku. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, Hasanov emphasized the importance of expanding the work carried out in the direction of further development of…
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Monday that Iran will not negotiate under pressure and threats over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, Xinhua reports. Iran still adheres to the negotiation process and aims to complete the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said Kanaani during his…
On December 1, the Armenian side transferred the bones of presumably 10 victims of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, as well as 2 maps showing the possible location of 4 bodies to the Azerbaijani side, the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia reports. Since November 9, 2020 the Armenian side handed over to Azerbaijan the bones…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has rejected claims that the country sometimes faces constitutional impasses, saying, however, that measures can be adopted to change the way the document is implemented. There is no impasse in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Constitution, Raisi said on Saturday, adding that it has been compiled, written, and finalized in a…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a telephone conversation on Friday evening over issues of mutual interest, Iran’s Foreign Ministry reports. In the telephone conversation, Amirabdollahian outlined Iran’s principled view about the developments in the Ukraine conflict and noted that the root-cause of the conflict lies in NATO’s flawed…
A while ago, a group of Azerbaijanis in civilian clothes closed the Stepanakert-Goris highway for environmental reasons at the intersection of Shushi-Karin Tak, Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabakh) InfoCenter reports. “It is obvious that by this step Azerbaijan is resorting to a provocation aimed at terminating the terrestrial connection between Armenia and Artsakh and subjecting the civilian population…
On a visit to Sotk, Armenia, member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies Jon Inarritu issued a call to the international community, urging them to force Azerbaijan to respect the peace agenda and to leave Armenian lands. “We are in Sotk (Armenia), all this area was bombed by Azerbaijan in September, leading to civilian casualties and…
Philip Reeker, Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations of the US State Department, released a video message from Yerevan. “It’s a pleasure being in Yerevan again. My second visit and my current capacity as the Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations at the US Department of State. As in my previous visits, I remain inspired by Armenians’…
On December 1, on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Tanja Fajon, the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia. The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Slovenia discussed a number of…
On December 1, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Poland to participate in the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council, met with Helga Schmid, the OSCE Secretary General. Minister Mirzoyan briefed his interlocutor on the fragile security situation in the region, pointing out that Azerbaijan’s continuous aggressions and warmongering rhetoric grossly violate the fundamental…
On December 1, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan met with US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations Phillip Reeker, the Office of the Security Council said in a statement.
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin’s statement that in early November technical delegations of the Armenian and Turkish governments met at the border. Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan told ARMENPRESS that Armenian Vice Speaker of Parliament and Special Representative for Normalization…
