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.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, at a news conference after his meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov in Baku, said that Ankara supports the signing of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
A Baku court today sentenced Armenian POWs Iskhan Sargsyan and Vladimir Rafaelyan to nineteen and eighteen years respectively, charging them with “carrying out terrorist acts in the territory of Azerbaijan.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a press release on the plane returning him to Turkey following his visit to Africa, said that Ankara could open the border with Armenia if normalization talks between the two countries succeed.
Chief of the Azerbaijani MPO’s Special Investigation Department Emil Tagiyev told APA that Kocharyan and Sargsyan are guilty of laying the groundwork for the breakaway "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" and for other actions since.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, at a press conference today, ruled out any talk of a diplomatic scandal between Minsk and Yerevan following Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s remarks earlier this month that Armenia has no choice but
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, in an interview today with TRT Haber, said that Azerbaijan supports the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry says it doesn't have the authority to release the names of diplomats and ministry experts assisting Armenia's Special Representative in normalization talks with Turkey.
Colomina’s Tweet follows today’s release of eight Armenian POWs via the mediation of French President Emanuel Macron.
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay , during an interview yesterday with Haber TV, hinted that Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan will travel to Turkey in March to attend the Antalya Diplomatic Forum.
French President Emanuel Macron today had a video meeting with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev according to the French media.
Akar, addressing Hasanov as “my dear brother”, said Turkey and Azerbaijan are closely cooperating in several fields in Karabakh including the military.
Khachatryan said the science sector lags behind others and that universities must reach out to Armenian scientists overseas and offer them jobs in Armenia.
A closed-door meeting, chaired by President Recep Erdoğan, of Turkey’s National Security Council (NSC) is set to take place today in Ankara.
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will visit Armenia next week to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries and to explore further cooperation prospects.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry reports that it is considering a Turkish government invitation to attend the Antalya Diplomatic Forum scheduled to take place in March.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, at a press conference on January 18, said the Turkish and Armenian special representatives discussed what each side expects from the normalization process during their first meeting in Moscow earlier this mo
The first meeting of the special representatives of Armenia and Turkey was held earlier today in Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at a press conference today, said that Armenia and Azerbaijan have presented their proposals regarding the creation of a commission to set the final border between the two countries.
Armenian servicemen sent to Kazakhstan as part of a CSTO peacekeeping force have returned to Armenia.
"Armenia must now make a choice and make the right choice. I said that our offer will not always be on the table. If Armenia does not want to recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, we will not recognize their territorial integrity," he sa
A Greek court today decided to release Sevan Nişanyan from detention, obligating the Turkish-Armenian writer and linguist to leave Greece within two weeks.
The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey today reaffirmed their support of the South Caucasus “3+3” platform designed to foster cooperation and the opening of transportation links in the region.
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