Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has again proclaimed that Armenians in Karabakh will enjoy no special status or privileges when the area comes under the control of Baku.
The Turkish news website Hürriyet claims that the special representatives of Turkey and Armenia (Serdar Kılıç and Ruben Rubinyan) have talked by telephone 500 times since talks to normalize relations between the two countries began in January of this
The Russian foreign ministry, in a statement released today, says that recent criticism emanating from Yerevan that Russian peacekeepers aren’t doing enough to prevent Azerbaijani aggression in Karabakh is “unjustified”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while returning from his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, told journalists that it is important for Armenia to fulfill its Karabakh ceasefire commitments as soon as possible.
The Polish OSCE Chairmanship issued the following Tweet following today’s Azerbaijani attacks in Artsakh.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, during an interview with TRT Haber, said that Ankara “wants to see concrete steps from Armenia” to advance the normalization process between the two countries.
TASS reports that Russia and Azerbaijan signed a foreign intelligence cooperation agreement yesterday designed to “protect the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the two states.”
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, during a press briefing on Monday, reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to help Armenia and Azerbaijan reach a long-term comprehensive peace deal.
Josep Borrell Fontelles, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, tweeted yesterday that the EU welcomes Saturday’s meeting in Tbilisi between the foreign minister of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Yesterday’s meeting in Tbilisi between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan produced no concrete results but it created a precedent for direct dialogue according to Georgian Foreign Minster Ilia Darchiashvili.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in an interview with the Italian la Repubblica newspaper, said that Iran will not help any of the sides in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Turkey has offered to hold another meeting of normalization talks with Armenia in Ankara or Yerevan, but so far there has been no response, this according to RIA Novosti citing an unnamed “diplomatic source” in Ankara.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told reporters in Baku that while there is no significant progress in normalization talks with Armenia, there is no alternative to long-term peace and development in the region.
The first meeting of the platform” was held in Moscow last December.
European Council President Charles Michel and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev spoke by telephone today and discussed issues related to the May 22 Brussels meeting attended by them and Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan.
The Russian Izvestia news outlet reports that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a roadway linking Nakhijevan with the rest of Azerbaijan via Armenia’s southern Syunik Province.
Kvien, a career diplomat, had been serving as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. She's held various positions in U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia, France, the European Union and the Philippines. Kvien speaks Russian and French.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova today said that Moscow will continue to support the efforts of Azerbaijan and Armenia to unblock economic and transport ties in the South Caucasus.
The foreign ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan spoke by telephone today and discussed several regional issues including the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, at the opening of the IX Global Baku Forum on "Threats to the Global Order", made several statements regarding the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the future of the OSCE Minsk Group, and current op
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Baku on June 23-24 and is scheduled to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
The only official Armenian reaction was made by Eduard Aghajanyan, Chair of the Armenian National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Relations.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, at a Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing yesterday, said Armenia and Azerbaijan have the chance to move forward in the process of normalizing relations.
Marriott International, citing US, UK and EU restrictions placed on Russia, has decided to close its corporate office in Moscow and delay hotel investment in Russia.
The European Union has welcomed the third trilateral meeting between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia that took place in Brussels on Sunday.
The discussion was frank and productive. We reviewed the entire set of issues. We had a detailed discussion on humanitarian issues, including demining, and efforts to free detainees and address the fate of missing persons.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan left for Brussels today for a third round of “peace talks” with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu believes that radicals in Armenia and the diaspora are pressuring the Pashinyan administration to pull out of peace talks with Azerbaijan.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, according to TASS, said that preparations are underway for the second meeting of the 3+3 consultative South Caucasus platform (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia plus Russia, Iran, Turkey) format.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, at a meeting of the CIS Council of Ministers today in Dushanbe, announced that Baku is ready to normalize relations with Armenia, including the signing of a peace agreement and the start of the process of
Blinken also highlighted the importance of increased respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and recognized the important role Azerbaijan continues to play in European energy security.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov today said that Armenia, despite announcing that Azerbaijan’s five principles for a peace agreement are generally acceptable, has made a counteroffer of six points.
Russia will not intervene in the internal affairs of Armenia according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, during a speech in the National Assembly on April 13, said that the “the international community is again telling us to lower our benchmark on the status of Nagorno Karabakh a little.”
At a press briefing yesterday, U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price said the Biden administration is “committed to promoting a peaceful, democratic, and prosperous future for the South Caucasus region.”
The third meeting of the Special Representatives for the normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey will again take place again in Vienna.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov described his April 11 telephone conversation with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan as “professional and constructive”.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today accused the West of trying to exclude Russia from the OSCE Minsk Group, labelling the attempts as “irresponsible”.
The message follows this week’s meeting of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Brussels, mediated by the President of the Council of Europe Charles Michel.
A Council of Europe statement says they will discuss "further ways to build a secure, stable, prosperous South Caucasus for the benefit of all people in the region.”
According to a statement issued by the European Council, the two leaders will meet with European Council President Charles Michel.
During a U.S. State Department briefing on March 25, Principal Deputy Spokesperson Jalina Porter fielded a question from Alex Raufoglu, a Washington DC based journalist, researcher, and press freedom advocate who focuses on Eurasia.
France deplores the incidents that have occurred in Nagorno-Karabakh, in particular the armed incidents and troop movements in the Parukh and Khramort regions. It requests that the forces that have advanced to withdraw to their initial positions in a
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that it has established a direct communication link with the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry to prevent incidents along the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, in a Facebook post yesterday, claimed that Russia is planning to dispatch troops from its military base in Gyumri to Ukraine to bolster its forces there.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has unanimously adopted a draft resolution calling for Russia’s expulsion from the CoE.
Leyla Abdullayeva, Head of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Service, in a press interview today, said the five ponts are:
Armenian Foreign Minister and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, met today on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, in an interview with the Turkish Anadolu Agency (AA), said that Baku has sent a new 5-point document to Armenia as a basis to normalize relations between the two countries and is waiting for a response.
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