The U.S. Senate has approved the candidacy of Lynne Tracy, who recently ended her tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, as the country’s new ambassador to Russia.
The Kremlin has responded to comments made by Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan criticizing Russian peacekeepers for not fulfilling their role to keep the Lachin Corridor open.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will take part in an informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS countries in St. Petersburg on December 26, this according to a TASS news agency reporter in Armenia citing sources from the Armenian government’s
CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, commenting on the week-long closure of the Lachin Corridor linking Armenia and Artsakh, said that the issue does not fall within the purview of the Russian-backed military alliance.
Pope Francis, during his traditional Sunday address in St. Peter's Square yesterday, expressed concerned over the blocking of the Lachin corridor linking Armenia and Artsakh, and called for a resolution of the issue, this according to TASS.
“We are deeply concerned by the interruption of freedom of movement in the Lachin corridor, causing considerable hardship to the population,” the four co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of
U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel, during a press briefing on December 16, said the closure of the Lachin Corridor has potentially severe humanitarian implications and sets back the peace process.
The Secretary-General urges the sides to de-escalate tensions and to ensure freedom and security of movement along the corridor, in line with the previously reached agreements.
Aliyev, a trilateral meeting of the heads of state of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Turkey in Turkmenistan, said 40% of the work on laying the railway tracks and 70% on the construction of the highway has been completed.
France deplores the obstacles placed for more than 24 hours on traffic on the access corridor linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, which has serious humanitarian consequences for the local population.
his follows a well-documented pattern of abuses against the Armenian people that is motivated by the bombastic rhetoric of the Aliyev regime to dehumanize them.
The European Union has been following with serious concern the various developments around the Lachin corridor since the beginning of December.
U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price, during a December 12 press briefing, said Washington is aware of the recent blocking of the sole roadway linking Armenia and Artsakh and is working to de-escalate tensions in the region.
Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy yesterday announced that the mission will be withdrawn when its mandate ends on December 19.
Volkov has ignored their demand and has dispatched personnel and equipment to the scene.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov today said Russia is ready to host a new meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
"Baku is ready to discuss this and provide the Armenians of Karabakh with guarantees related to the rights that other citizens of Azerbaijan have,” Lavrov said, without clarifying what rights Azerbaijani citizens enjoy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again spoke by telephone today, the second this week, and discussed the implementation of the tripartite ceasefire agreements signed by the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbai
During a debate today in the Turkish Grand National Assembly focusing on budgetary issues, Turkish Vic President Fuat Oktay said normalization talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan have led to increased stability in the region and that Ankara supports
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today said that he’s discussed the opening of the so-called Zangezur Corridor linking Azerbaijan and Nakhijevan with Russia and that Armenia will not be able to prevent it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, at today’s CSTO summit in Yerevan, said he believes a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan is possible based on the agreements reached in Sochi last month.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at today’s CSTO conclave in Yerevan, rebuked the Russian-backed military alliance for doing nothing to halt Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia.
The leaders of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have arrived in Yerevan to attend a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Council of Foreign Ministers and Council of Defense Ministers.
Pashinyan’s office released a statement that Armenian-Azerbaijani border security and the Karabakh issue were also discussed.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan will meet today on the sidelines of the 18th Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia, and will likely discuss the Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization process.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Yerevan next week to attend a two-day joint meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers and Council of Defense Ministers.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today said Baku will not sign any peace deal with Yerevan that includes any mention of the “Armenian minority in Nagorno Karabakh.
French President Emmanuel Macron, in a telephone conversation yesterday with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, expressed his readiness to support the normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku.
The presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey met on the sidelines of the 9th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Samarkand yesterday and discussed the current situation in the South Caucasus and the results of the tripartite talks between the l
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters today in Istanbul that his government is ready to normalize relations with Armenia if Yerevan maintains “positive relations” with Azerbaijan.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters today that Moscow will continue to assist Armenia and Azerbaijan in reaching a peace deal.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, in a speech delivered today in Shushi to mark Victory Day, admitted that Azerbaijan started the 2020 Artsakh war because it feared no one.
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan (Ararat Mirzoyan, Jeyhun Bayramov) shook hands yesterday in Washington D.C. before sitting down with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an attempt to resolve lingering differences to draft a pea
TASS reports that Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov today urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from steps escalating tension on the line of contact.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan leaves for Tehran tomorrow at the invitation of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during today’s meeting in Sochi with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to settle the Karabakh issue once and for all.
According to Aliyev’s website, the two also discussed the "North-South" international transportation corridor and noted the dynamic development of Russian-Azerbaijani relations and the current state of cooperation between the two countries in variou
Earlier this week, Zatulin published a letter, allegedly from a senior Armenian parliament staffer, notifying him that his further visits to Armenia are deemed “undesirable”.
Azerbaijan plans to spend 5.3 billion manats (US$3.1 billion at the current exchange rate) on defense and national security in 2023, 17.1% more than in 2022.
The Turkish daily Sabah, citing unnamed diplomatic sources, reports that the special representatives of Armenia and Turkey will next meet in Turkey.
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, during a press briefing yesterday, said Washington wants to see a stable Caucasus region.
Zakharova, according to TASS, issued a statement on Monday charging Washington and Brussels of circulating “"unsubstantiated accusations that Moscow isn’t fulfilling its security obligations to Armenia."
The Kremlin remains tightlipped about a reported meeting between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow.
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to continue the Soviet Union’s policy of disrespecting the countries of Central Asia.
The mission was announced earlier this month following talks in Prague between Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel.
We consider E. Macron's statements that Russia is allegedly using the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to destabilize the South Caucasus as scandalous and unacceptable.
So, we will continue to remain engaged on this issue. I can’t promise a particular outcome, but I can promise that it will remain a priority for us.”
Ali Akbar Velayati, Adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader on International Issues, told RIA Novosti that Iran is ready to mediate relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, during a Turkish TV interview yesterday, said Azerbaijan and Armenia have reached an agreement on the basic points of the peace treaty.
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