Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Philip Reeker, Senior Advisor of the US Department of State for Caucasus Negotiations and the Geneva International Discussions, in a working dinner format, 1tv.ge reports. At the meeting, Irakli Garibashvili and Philip Reeker discussed the importance of Georgia’s strategic partnership with the United States. The positive dynamic…
The legal formalities for the organization of a free trade zone with the EEU are expected to be settled within a month, Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran, the head of the Trade Development Organization of Iran Alireza Peyman Pak, RIA Novosti reported. Peyman Pak and Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian…
Washington is interested in Armenia and Azerbaijan signing a peace agreement, US permanent representative to the OSCE Michael Carpenter said, answering the question whether the meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place, given that Baku refuses to hold peace talks if the French president Emmanuel Macron participates in them. “As…
“Azerbaijani side shelled the position of Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations in the Shushi region, as a result of which two people were injured,” the daily official bulletin of the Russian Ministry of Defense stated about the activities of the Russian peacekeeping troops in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. According to the report of the Russian peacekeeping force,…
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large referred to the refusal by Baku to participate in quadrilateral format meeting in Brussels on December 7. “Azerbaijan agreed in Prague to continue the meetings in a quadrilateral format. It’s logical that the format of the meeting and composition of participants must be the same. Therefore we hope that the…
Bilateral and regional cooperation was the focus of telephone talks between the Azerbaijani and Turkish foreign ministers, Jeyhun Bayramov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish foreign ministry said. “The ministers exchanged views on the current issues on the agenda of bilateral and regional cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey,” it said. Apart from that, the…
Israel is increasingly concerned that Iran will gain knowhow and experience from its cooperation with Russia in the military operation on Ukraine that will improve its abilities to attack targets in the Middle East, Haaretz reports. Israeli officials are concerned by Iran’s supply of drones to Russia and the countries’ subsequent cooperation on this issue….
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense requests Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) not to use the name ‘Nagorno-Karabakh’, Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a Twitter post. “Azerbaijan must remember that two years ago President Aliyev signed a trilateral ceasefire agreement where “Nagorno-Karabakh” is mentioned five times. That’s the legal ground…
On November 28, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Philip Reeker, the Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations of the US State Department. At the meeting, the parties exchanged ideas on the settlement of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the meeting at the level of foreign ministers on the negotiation of a peace treaty in Washington….
Gen. Mazloum Abdi, top military commander for the Kurdish-led, U.S.-allied Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), said on Wednesday his alliance must suspend operations against the resurgent Islamic State in order to prepare for a potentially massive Turkish invasion that could put hundreds of American troops in Syria at risk. “We did not freeze the joint…
Incumbent Kazakh president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, was sworn in for a second term in office on Saturday (November 26), Reuters reports. Tokayev’s inauguration came after a snap election on November 20 which saw him garner 81.31% of the vote, according to Kazakstan’s electoral commission. He had been widely expected to extend his rule over the oil-rich nation…
Hailing longstanding bilateral ties, the Turkish President said his country is also rapidly developing its trilateral cooperation with Pakistan and Azerbaijan, Turkish media reports. “In addition to our bilateral cooperation, we also exchanged views on important regional and international issues on our common agenda,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a joint news conference with Pakistan’s…
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, considered unacceptable the fact that there are Armenian schools in Iran, but there are no Azerbaijani schools. “There are 340 schools in Azerbaijan where teaching is carried out in Russian. There are also 10 Georgian schools in the republic. There are 116 Azerbaijani schools in Georgia. In Iran, there…
“Azerbaijan took control over Saribaba in August but only in November claimed about new mines there. Why? Because in September they invaded Jermuk area, Armenia’s sovereign territory, got access to mines, transferred to Saribaba to falsely accuse Armenia for using Lachin corridor to transfer ammunitions,” Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia Edmon Marukyan tweeted.
The US Department of Defense has voiced its concerns about Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria as part of a newly launched military operation, warning that the strikes put the safety of US personnel in the region at risk as well as the years-long fight against the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)….
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large referred to the false claims by Azerbaijan on Armenia-transferring ammunition through Berdzor (Lachin) corridor. “Azerbaijan claims Armenia used Lachin corridor to transfer landmines to their territory. This is a total lie. Azerbaijan took landmines from occupied Armenian territories, moved to Azerbaijan controlled territory in Nagorno Karabakh to show the international…
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig Gen Patrick Ryder issued a statement on Turkey’s military actions in Syria and Iraq. “The Department of Defense is deeply concerned by escalating actions in northern Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. This escalation threatens the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS’s years-long progress to degrade and defeat ISIS. Recent air strikes in…
The BBC has been accused of ‘whitewashing’ the Azerbaijani dictatorship after broadcasting a film made with the support of the country’s controversial ruling family – and sponsored by UK oil and gas giant BP, opendemocracy.net reports. Audiences tuning into BBC World News in August were promised that they would discover “how Azerbaijan’s oil wealth enabled…
During the joint session of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas presented the project of the Collective Security Council (CSC). “One of the important tasks of the organization remains to face the security challenges and threats…
The CSTO Collective Security Council session, chaired by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, started in Yerevan. The leaders of all the member countries of the organization have already arrived at the meeting place. The Prime Minister of Armenia welcomed them. International and regional security issues and the main results of CSTO activities will be…
Prsident of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, The Kremlin reports. The two leaders discussed the issues pertaining to practical implementation of the agreements that the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia reached in Sochi on October 31, 2022, as well as the previous top-level…
Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Levan Davitashvili, announced at a briefing the government is working on a project to supply gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe through Georgia, civil.ge reports. Per Minister Davitashvili, the project – in which Azerbaijan, Romania, and Hungary are also taking part – started in 2015…
Ned Price, US State Department Spokesperson said Washington opposes actions violating Iraq’s sovereignty in a statement. “The United States expresses its sincere condolences for the loss of civilian life in Syria and Turkey. We urge de-escalation in Syria to protect civilian life and support the common goal of defeating ISIS. We continue to oppose…
Russia calls on the Turkey for restraint to prevent further escalation in Syria, presidential envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev told reporters on Tuesday. “We will call on our Turkish colleagues to show certain restraint in order to prevent an escalation of tension and not only in the northern and northeastern regions of Syria but…
Iran will review its agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency, announced the official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Iran Nasser Kanaani. “During the visit of the high-ranking delegation of Iran to Vienna, agreements on constructive cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency were reached. However, the latest resolution of the agency’s board of…
Kazakhstan’s incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won Sunday’s presidential election, gaining 81.31% of the vote, Chairman of the country’s Central Election Commission Nurlan Abdirov said at a briefing on Monday, citing preliminary data, TASS reports. “Kassym-Jomart Tokayev gained 81.31% of the vote, or 6,456,392 votes,” he specified. Abdirov added that the data had been provided by…
At least 31 people were killed and dozens injured following Turkey’s deadly airstrikes over northern regions of Syria and Iraq on Sunday, republicworld.com reports. According to the Turkish Defense Ministry, it has targeted Kurdish groups which it alleged were responsible for a bomb attack in Istanbul. In a statement released following the airstrikes, the defence…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a post on his Twitter after the meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan within the Francophonie Summit. “We’re committed to strengthening democracy, growing our economies, and advancing peace and security in the Caucasus. That’s what Armenia’s Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and I discussed when we sat down today…
Armenia has become the main beneficiary of Russians’ relocation due to the conflict in Ukraine, Renaissance Capital said in a report on the Armenian economy. Analysts of the investment company forecast the growth of GDP in the country this year to 14%, although at the beginning of the year they predicted the growth of the…
Bulgaria has charged five people with helping one of the suspects in last weekend’s bombing in central Istanbul which killed six people and wounded 81, prosecutors said, RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service reports. Five people have been charged with assisting the suspect and giving him “logistical” help to flee, Siyka Mileva, a spokeswoman for the Sofia prosecutor’s office, said on…
