The Azerbaijani press reports that the Azerbaijani “eco-activists” who have blocked a section of the Lachin Corridor for over four months have announced they will temporarily halt their protest action.
France says it regrets Azerbaijan’s establishment of a checkpoint at the entrance to the new Lachin Corridor road, arguing the move breaches commitments made under the ceasefire agreements and jeopardizes the Yerevan-Baku negotiation process.
Commenting on the installation of a checkpoint by Azerbaijan in the Lachin corridor, Peskov noted "the situation is really difficult", and "requires additional efforts and understanding on the part of Yerevan and Baku.
U.S. State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel, during an April 20 press briefing, said the U.S. places great importance on ensuring a cessation of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, specifically in the Nagorno-Karabakh reg
The Turkish Foreign Minister emphasized that every step towards normalization of relations with Armenia is taken "after consultations with Azerbaijan".
The U.S. Treasury Department, in a March 30 press release, reports it has sanctioned Slovakian national Ashot Mkrtychev (Mkrtychev) for attempting to facilitate arms deals between Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
At a press briefing yesterday, U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to “deescalate” tensions along their border.
Aliyev, his wife and daughter visited Talish to view what is described as “repair and restoration work.”
Várhelyi called on Yerevan and Baku “to use the historic opportunity to solve this conflict for good, and to return to substantial dialogue. Many important questions need addressing urgently.”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, during his meeting in Berlin with visiting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on March 14, said Germany is concerned about the unstable situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, during a meeting in Berlin on March 14 with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said there’s a good chance that Azerbaijan and Armenia will reach an agreement to normalize relations.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today announced that his government has facilitated the return of four hundred refugees to Karabakh since the end of the 2020 war.
Armenia wants India to invest in a Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor to connect Indian traders with Russia and Europe that will bypass Azerbaijan, this according to the Indian The Economic Times.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, in a press briefing yesterday, said Yerevan’s participation in conflict settlement negotiations with Baku can contribute to the "reduction of the current tension" between the parties.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said today that Baku has responded to Armenia’s comments regarding its March 14 peace proposal and hopes that Yerevan will “not waste more time” to negotiate a peace treaty.
“The only way to sustain peace is at the negotiating table and to – and the use of force undermines negotiations,” Price said during a March 6 press briefing.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today, in Baku, met with Louis Bono, the U.S. Department of State senior advisor for negotiations in the Caucasus, and discussed ongoing talks to normalize relations between Baku and Yerevan.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue 2023 forum in New Delhi today and discussed the need to intensify efforts to normalize Yerevan-Baku relations.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov today announced that Armenia has rejected Baku's proposal to install checkpoints on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, this according to the APA news agency.
Toivo Klaar, the EU’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia has welcomed Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan’s visit to Turkey, describing it as “historic”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev yesterday, by telephone, discussed the situation in the South Caucasus, as well as the trade and economic cooperation between their two countries.
A top official of the Russian-backed CSTO military alliance today said that Armenia’s decision not to host CSTO military exercises this year doesn’t violate the alliance’s rules.
Volodin said the involvement of the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement process may cause new problems.
Kılıç Tweeted the one hundred tons of humanitarian aid includes food, medicines, water and other necessary supplies, which will be sent to the Turkish city of Adiyaman, where Armenian emergency workers have been dispatched.
Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov believes the so-called Zangezur Corridor project, by which Baku wants to have an uninterrupted connection with Nakhichevan through the territory of Armenia, has all the bases for implementation.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, during a press conference in Berlin today with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, said Armenia has presented it peace treaty proposals to Baku and has received a response.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday announced the appointment of a new envoy tasked with facilitating peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with the Russian state-owned press, said Azerbaijan had retaken seven regions of its country that Armenia had occupied for years.
The ministry says Yerevan preferred to choose the EU without exploring all the potential of the CSTO mission dispatched to Armenia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Sharvashidze and congratulated him on his appointment.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters today that Russia continues to dialog with Armenia and Azerbaijan to facilitate the reopening of the Lachin Corridor, the only road linking Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia.
The CCAF reports that Toranian and Papazian expressed their hope that France will gradually increase its active to protect the people of Artsakh.
The European Council today agreed to establish a civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) tasked with facilitating the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and monitoring the border.
A NATO press release says the media will be barred from the meeting but that photos will be released afterwards.
NATO reports that Colomina’s visit to the region was part of his regular political consultations with these “two important NATO partner countries”.
TASS reports that on January 23 EU member state foreign ministers will decide whether to dispatch a new monitoring mission to Armenia tasked with promoting stability in the region.
The resolution also “Condemns the inaction of Russian ‘peacekeepers and considers that their replacement with OSCE international peacekeepers, under a UN mandate, should be negotiated urgently.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to talk with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev soon, this according to U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at a Moscow press conference today, said he is confident that the Lachin Corridor will soon reopen.
India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous nation according to Bloomberg referring to the World Population Review.
Lavrov, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, during a telephone conversation today with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Baramov, stressed the need for the soonest complete unblocking of traffic along the Lachin corridor.
The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey met in Ankara today and discussed regional developments, including the South Caucasus, this according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
Units of the armed forces of Turkey and eight other countries, including Azerbaijan, are conducting joint exercises in the Kars region, not far from the border with Armenia the Turkish media reports.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakhartova today described allegations that Moscow seeks to undermine Armenia’s security as “absurd”.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova today chided the Armenian government for pulling out of a December 23 meeting in Moscow where the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were to discuss a peace treaty and the resolution of t
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, in a telephone conversation on January 10 with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, accused Armenia of transporting landmines along the Lachin Corridor to Ka
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov today said U.N. peacekeepers can only be dispatched to Karabakh with the consent of both Yerevan and Baku.
During an interview with the Azerbaijani press, Aliyev said this is the only reason Baku hasn’t responded to Armenian provocations with force.
CSTO Press Secretary Vladislav Shegrikovich, according to TASS, said the Armenian Ministry of Defense had informed the CSTO Joint Staff that the military exercise, with CSTO peacekeepers, would not be proper at this time.