The United States threatens to impose unilateral sanctions on Turkey, but is in no hurry to do so, as it avoids further straining relations with a key NATO ally, and given that Ankara warns that such sanctions will not go unanswered.
A special Russian medical unit in the Artsakh capital of Stepanakert has begun to treat patients, this according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
BICC experts note that the 2019 data testify to the continuing trends of militarization in the world, especially in the Middle East.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reported today that Russia will contribute €2 million to support the work of the ICRC in Nagorno-Karabkh.
İbrahim Kalın, spokesperson for the President of Turkey, in an interview yesterday with Turkish NTV, said that NATO The European Union (EU) did not make any concrete proposals to end hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, while Russia and Turkey managed to
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during an interview yesterday evening on Russia 24 TV, stated that the issue of the status of Nagorno Karabakh will be decided in the future and that the current status quo is maintained.
Russia says it’s ready to explain Turkey’s role in the Karabakh settlement process to the United States and France if necessary, this according to a Russian Interfax news agency article today citing remarks by Dmitry Peskov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressing a BRICS summit today by video-conference call, said that the Karabakh ceasefire agreement is being respected and the situation in the area is stabilizing.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Ali, according to a TASS report, has ruled out any special status for Nagorno Karabakh.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its aircraft have already shipped 58 units of equipment (armored personnel carriers, tankers, bulldozers, etc.) to Armenia.
The Russian Ministry of Defense will form an Interdepartmental Humanitarian Response Center in Stepanakert.
Russia and Turkey completed technical negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh on November 14 and are planning to continue them in the coming days, this according to the TASS Russian news agency citing the Turkish Defense Ministry.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at a press briefing today in Moscow, said that no Turkish peacekeepers would be dispatched to Nagorno Karabakh.
UN human rights experts* noted the agreement reached on 9 November to put an end to hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and hope that it will lead to sustained peace in the region.
IL-76 planes of the Russian Armed Forces have already transported more than 400 Russian peacekeepers to Armenia, this according to a Russian Defense Ministry statement.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, according to a TASS article today, has called of the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to show “restraint and take the lead towards de-escalation in the region.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated today that Russia is doing and will continue to do everything in its power to end the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based human rights organization, reported yesterday that it has documented that at least 217 Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries have been killed in the fighting in Karabakh.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during an interview with the Macedonian News Agency in Athens, said that Russia does not support a military settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia may, in the very near future, agree on a mechanism to control the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, this according to a TASS article citing the press conference remarks of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Putin’s special representative for the Middle East and Africa, told the TASS news agency today that Russia is raising the issue of mercenaries from Syria and Libya in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian President Vladimir Putin today discussed the current situation in Nagorno Karabakh with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council.
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Stanislav Zas said during a meeting today with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko that the deployment of peacekeepers in Nagorno Karabakh is being actively discussed in the CSTO, th
Al Arabya writes that the head of Saudi Arabia’s Chamber of Commerce has called on people in the country to boycott “everything Turkish” following earlier remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that some countries in the Arabian Gulf were
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Shoygu talked by telephone with the defense ministers of the two countries.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today tweeted the following:
New York Times investigative journalist Christiaan Triebert writes in an Oct. 8 Twitter feed that an analysis of an Oct. 3 @planetlabs satellite image shows that there are at least two F-16s parked at Azerbaijan’s Ganja International Airport.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to Moscow for consultations on the exchange of war prisoners and war dead due to the ongoing Karabakh fighting, this according to the Kremlin’s Press Service
Following the demarche, the Greek Ambassador to Azerbaijan, N. Piperigos, was summoned to Athens for consultations, by decision of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias.
During a telephone conversation today with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed the danger of the involvement of militants from Syria and Libya in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, this according
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today, by video conference, discussed, among other issues, the current situation in Nagorno Karabakh, this according to a statement released by Germany’s Cabinet of Ministers.
Minsk Group Co-Chairs Condemn Escalation of Karabakh Fighting.
Over the last several days, certain allegations have been made regarding Canadian technology being used in the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Stelios Kympouropoulos, a member of parliament from the center-right New Democratic Way party, along with 24 other members of the European Parliament, has launched an initiative condemning Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenians. The participants o
Syria has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop the fighting and find a peaceful solution to the Karabakh conflict according to the SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency).
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, addressing the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, stated today that she is ready to organize talks in Tbilisi on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Wadih El-Hayek, in an "exclusive" for the paper, writes that his source in the Syrian town of Idlib, on the Turkish border, says that a Syrian of Turkmen origin (Turkoman) named Seif Abu Bakr is directly involved in the registration of mercenaries.
"The EU declares that emergency humanitarian aid will be provided to the entire civilian population on both sides of the Line of Contact,” Lenarčič wrote.
The heads of government of the EU member states have called on Turkey to stop interfering in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to play a constructive role in the process of de-escalation.
French President Emanuel Macron, during a briefing on the results of the first day of the EU summit today, said that more than 300 Islamist militants have been flown to the Karabakh conflict zone via the Gaziantep airport in Turkey.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of the United States of America Donald Trump and President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, representing the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, have issued a joint statement, c
The Russian Foreign Ministry today issued the following statement calling for the immediate withdrawal of terrorists and foreign combatants from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
"The entire length of the line of contact was under intense artillery fire. Various caliber arms were used. Shots were fired in the direction of Martakert and Stepanakert.
“We are extremely concerned by the outbreak of military hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan and its escalation, which put regional stability at risk. We deeply regret the losses of civilian and military lives reported by both parties,” said th
The Reuters news agency reports that Azerbaijan’s parliament has approved the declaration of martial law throughout the country and has imposed curfews today.
In response to an earlier Armenian Foreign Ministry statement describing Turkey’s recent naval mobilization in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean as “illegal and provocative”, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry released the following today.
The armed forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey will hold a joint military exercise in Nakhichevan on August 1-5, this according to a statement released by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry on July 27.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon today expressed hope that Armenia and Azerbaijan will be able to sit at the negotiating table and resolve their problems without resorting to violence.
Stepanyan noted that after a warning issued by the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani servicemen left the UAZ car and returned to their positions.
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