Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh reiterated New Delhi’s position on the need to build dialogue to resolve the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, as Singh himself wrote on Twitter. “Had a telephonic conversation with the Defense Minister of Russia, Mr Sergey Shoigu today. We discussed bilateral cooperation,…
Ned Price, US State Department Spokesperson referred to the Washington’s efforts on the direct talks between Yerevan and Baku during his press briefing. He also referred to the accusations from Moscow that US id self-promoting in the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. “There is nothing self-promotional about seeking to put an end to…
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says several institutions and individuals from the European Union will be included in the Islamic Republic’s blacklist of sanctions, days after some European countries imposed a set of bans on the country under false pretexts, ParsToday reports. “In the coming days, the names of several institutions and individuals from the…
Reuters. Snow and hail brought delight to the residents of an eastern Cairo suburb on Tuesday (October 25), as authorities issue warning of unstable weather in upcoming days. The city had also witnessed heavy rain and thunderstorms earlier in the day. According to weather forecast posted by the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA), some…
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili was not informed about Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Georgia, the presidential administration reported. “Despite the Georgian President’s willingness and availability, the meeting between the presidents, which is typically held during all heads of state visits, was impossible to take place. The Georgian President expresses her openness and wishes…
Armenia’s Prime Minister referred to the obstacles created by Azerbaijan for search of killed Armenian solders’ bodies. “Since September 14, Azerbaijan has been creating different obstacles for search operations of bodies of Armenian soldiers in the zone of the latest Azerbaijani occupation. This is anti-humanistic and unacceptable behavior”, Pashinyan Tweeted.
Reuters. Clean-up operations start on Monday (October 24) in the northern French village of Bihucourt, a day after a mini tornado hit the region. The tornado, a very rare event in France, formed in a matter of minutes on Sunday (October 23) night with winds of above 200 km/h (124 mph), taking residents and…
Congressman Mike Garcia referred to the latest aggression by Azerbaijan. “As Armenia continues to face a humanitarian crisis due to unprovoked Azeri attacks, I stand with the Armenian people. We must support the Armenian people in the face of these ongoing atrocities”, Garcia Tweeted.
Ambassador-at-Large Edmon Marukyan referred to the latest harsh response from the Azerbaijani expert society and the officials on the arrival of EU and OSCE observation missions to Armenia to monitor Armenia-Azerbaijan border. “Azerbaijani media is full of “expert” discussions against the arrival of EU and OSCE observers to Armenia. Ilham Aliyev, if you haven’t…
The Eternity-2022 command and staff exercises have started in Turkey, in which the servicemen of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey participate. According to the media, the international exercises to strengthen the cooperation between the armed forces of the three countries will continue until October 28.
The right to self-determination of the people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is not subject to discussion, and the efforts for the country’s independence must be continued. President Araik Harutyunyan announced this in an interview with Artsakh Public Television. Arayik Harutyunyan (President of Artsakh) – We will fight within the framework of the important norm of…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held out hope on Friday for a diplomatic resolution to restore the landmark 2015 nuclear deal world power struck with Tehran, but offered a grim assessment on the current situation. Blinken maintained that the US has an abiding interest in Iran’s nuclear program returning to the constraints imposed by…
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Beijing is opposed to the imposition of unilateral sanctions in circumvention of the UN and international law. Thus, the diplomat commented on the imposition of sanctions by the European Union (EU) against Iran, TASS reports. Wenbin stressed that the PRC calls on all parties to contribute to the diplomatic…
Turkey can buy and transport Russian oil without Western financing or insurance, Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said, Tasnim News Agency reports. If necessary, Turkey can buy and transport Russian oil without Western financing or insurance, Nebati in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, adding that “in case of any sanctions, Turkey has all…
On October 21, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on Armenia Andrey Kovatchev. The NA President, in the person of the guest, expressed his gratitude to the European Parliament for adopting relevant resolutions and reports in favour of Armenia. At the meeting, the issues of the anti-Armenian rhetoric consistently…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was asked a question regarding the nuclear program at the press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan, on what stage are the negotiations with the West. “During the last days and weeks, we exchanged messages with the American side, we also received messages, we also had…
Following the decision by the European Union to deploy monitoring experts along the Armenian side of the international border with Azerbaijan, on 20 October, the EU Monitoring Capacity in Armenia became operational. Here are some facts about the mission. Why is the EU sending a Monitoring Capacity to Armenia? The EU Monitoring Capacity…
On October 20, Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay an official visit to Armenia, Armenian Foreign Minisrty reports. On the same day, the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Iran will take place at the Foreign Ministry of Armenia. During the visit, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of…
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev criticized comments made by French president Emmanuel Macron during an interview with the channel France 2. According to Aliyev, the French government has erased Paris’s history of having a friendly and balanced attitude toward Baku. The French Foreign ministry was asked what is their reaction? “These comments in no way…
According to a statement released by the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Upper Paleolithic humans processed at least 43 species of plants in a cave in southern Armenia between 40,000 and 25,000 years ago, Archaeology reports. Andrew Kandel of the University of Tübingen said that an international team of researchers extracted plant…
NATO will soon supply Ukraine with hundreds of pieces of equipment to combat unmanned aerial vehicles. As NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, speaking at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum, these are hundreds of active jamming stations. Earlier, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said that the…
Turkey will create an international hub from which Russian gas can be supplied to Europe, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, TASS reports. Erdogan was speaking in parliament at a meeting of the faction of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headed by him. “In Europe they are now dealing with the…
47 PACE deputies issued a written statement condemning the Azerbaijani aggression against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, calling on Azerbaijan to immediately withdraw its troops from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia and release all prisoners of war (POWs). Ruben Rubinyan, head of Armenia’s National Assembly (Parliament) delegation to the…
Does Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan consider meeting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu? A question was asked to the Armenian Foreign Minister during the press conference with Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huifeldt. At the press conference following the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States, Cavusoglu expressed his willingness to…
Armenian Prime Minister took Twitter to refer to the manipulations by Turkey and Azerbaijan on the term “corridor”. “Can anyone find any mention of a “corridor” referring to the territory of Armenia in the November 9 Trilateral statement? Of course no! Is there any mention of a “corridor” in the November 9 Trilateral statement?…
Seyed Abbas Mousavi, Ambassador of IRAN to Azerbaijan referred to the latest drills by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps near the Azerbaijani border. “The clear message of the drills by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the neighboring countries is peace, friendship and the consolidation of stable security and for the enemies, the declaration of…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has published the answers of Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to the written questions of one of the deputies, in which an attempt is still made to avoid pointing out Azerbaijan as an aggressor state under the guise of promoting peace, but a number of important points are…
The EU will send 40 monitoring experts to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Vice President of the European Commission, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell informed this. “The EU is fully committed to contribute to sustainable peace in the South Caucasus. We are setting up a monitoring capacity along…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has launched a large-scale military drill in the northwestern region of Aras along the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Iran International reports. The IRGC on Monday kicked off its three-day military exercise — codenamed “IRGC Ground Force’s Might” — in areas striding the northern sectors of East Azarbaijan and Ardabil provinces….
Ukrainian and Turkish foreign ministers in a phone call on Saturday discussed the latest developments about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. Dmytro Kuleba also conveyed condolences to Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu over a blast at a coal mine in Turkey’s northern Bartin province that killed at least 40 miners, according to Turkish diplomatic…
