Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan will not travel to St. Petersburg to attend today’s informal summit of CIS heads of state today after testing positive for Covid-19 on December 23.
Aliyev said there’s no need for a Turkish base in Azerbaijan since the two countries are obliged, by treaty, to come to the other’s aid in the event of an external threat or aggression.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan yet again discussed the importance of achieving a dignified and durable peace in the South Caucasus.
Hajiyev accused Armenia of actively engaging in anti-Azerbaijan propaganda rather than participating in these “important negotiations”.
Relations between Ankara and Yerevan will be normalized after the signing of the peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Bayramov, according to his office, noted the main obstacle remains what Baku considers problematic sections in Armenia’s constitution.
According to the website of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, U.S. President Joe Biden sent a letter to Aliyev calling on him to finalize a peace deal with Armenia by the end of 2024.
Daron Acemoglu, born in Istanbul to Armenian parents, and Johnson are professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Robinson is director of the University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met today in the Kremlin prior to the CIS summit in Moscow.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at a roundtable meeting of U.S think-tank representatives today at the Turkish House in New York City, said his government “has seized an important opportunity for lasting peace and stability in the S
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko today said he wants to restore his country’s friendly relations with Armenia that existed before Yerevan’s recent tilt to the West.
Aliyev, according to Tokayev’s office, said the proposal was acceptable to Baku.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova today said that Moscow expects Armenia to resume its full participation in the Russian-backed CSTO military alliance.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that if Armenia wants to hold direct negotiations with Azerbaijan without the participation of Russia, then "so be it”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a telephone call today with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, reaffirmed Moscow’s readiness to provide all possible assistance to Baku and Yerevan to iron out sticking points delaying a peace deal betw
Azerbaijan has declared all Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) deputies who voted in favor of a January decision not to ratify the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation in that organization "persona non grata".
Azerbaijani Deputy Energy Minister Elnur Soltanov, in an interview with the Turkish Anadolu Agency, reaffirmed that Baku has invited Armenian officials to the COP29 climate change conference in Baku this November.
The Brussels-based EUobserver reports that the European Union has called on Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement with Armenia prior to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku in November.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, in an interview with Izvestia today on the sidelines of the Baku meeting of Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, said any peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan must eliminate all mutual “territorial claim
Russian President Vladimir, now in Baku on a two-day state visit, said he will apprise Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan of any pertinent results of talks he holds with Azerbaijani officials.
Fidan told the Turkish Sabah newspaper that a negotiation process is ongoing between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and Turkey needs to prepare its scenario in case of a positive outcome.
The U.S. official said that while the two countries have “agreed on where the border should be”, the demarcation process is ongoing.
Daily Sabah reports that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will chair the meeting, and that issues for discussion will include the Russia-Ukraine war, relations with Greece, Turkish operations in Syria that target the PKK’s local offshoot, the Y
According to Zakharova, the fate and future of the South Caucasus "must be decided exclusively by the countries of the region and neighboring partner countries, and no one from outside will bring prosperity there."
Baku and Yerevan today accused each other of pulling out of a meeting between Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the European Political Summit in London.
An Azerbaijani court today sentenced former Artsakh resident Rashid Beglaryan to fifteen years imprisonment after finding him guilty of “war crimes”, this according to Azerbaijani government’s APA news agency.
The Armenian foreign ministry, in a statement, reported that progress was made to finalize a peace deal.
“I think knowledgeable experts and politicians in Armenia understand the possible costs of such reckless steps,” Galuzin said.
A Russian Foreign Ministry official today accused the West of seeking to damage Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s relations with Russia and pointed to the invitation sent to the two countries to attend the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. as proof.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during a foreign policy talk at the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C., said the U.S. believes there is now a unique opportunity to reach peaceful agreements between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Russian Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk today warned there would be “consequences” if Armenia and the European Union continue to expand relations.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, during a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev yesterday, underscored the significance of concluding a peace agreement with Armenia without delay.
Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee Secretary Hussein Al-Sheikh has welcomed Armenia’s recognition today of the State of Palestine.
Armenia still has financial obligations to the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), despite the Armenian government’s decision to suspend its membership in CSTO.
The Kremlin has sent a protest note to Yerevan regarding the June 2 visit of Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine Vladimir Karapetyan to the Ukrainian town of Bucha.
The parties will also discuss ongoing negotiations to cement a Yerevan-Baku peace deal.
Moscow has no plans to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Armenia despite ongoing questions regarding their strategic alliance.
Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov, at a press conference yesterday in Baku with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó, said the number of sticking points holding up a peace deal with Armenia has decreased.
TASS quotes Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Nurgaliuly Tasmagambetov as saying the Russian-backed military alliance expects Armenia will clarify its position vis-à-vis CSTO.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, during a meeting with visiting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today, said there are those opposed to the deepening of relations between the two countries.
Armenia, earlier this month, announced it would no longer make financial contributions to CSTO. This follows Armenia’s decision to suspend its membership in CSTO.
"The meeting is necessary and expected for both sides," Peskov said according to TASS.
"We welcome that meeting, which is scheduled for May 10," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said during a press briefing today.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes Yerevan and Baku can strike a peace deal without outside mediators.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced the news during a telephone conversation on April 28 with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Aliyev’s office reports.
Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, during a press briefing today regretted Yerevan’s continued “unjustified criticism” of the Moscow-backed Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
"We spoke very openly about the issue of the so-called Armenian genocide from the beginning. We said we could open our archives, and we did."
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve all remaining bilateral issues to normalize relations.
Russian deployed peacekeepers to the region for a five-year stint following the 2020 Artsakh war according to the tripartite statement the ended the fighting.
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