Georgian PM: To our Abkhazian, Ossetian “brothers and sisters”, only together can we ensure lasting stability, reach our full potential as united nation – Selected Articles
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili addressed Abkhazian and Ossetian “brothers and sisters” in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday and said only together with them Georgia could ensure lasting stability, attract increased investments and reach their full potential as a united nation. Garibashvili noted it was their…
(MENAFN – Emirates News Agency (WAM)) RIYADH, 23rd September, 2023 (WAM) — Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP) has exceeded the ceiling of SAR 4.155 trillion ($1 trillion) for the first …
(MENAFN – Khaleej Times) Published: Sat 23 Sep 2023, 6:00 AM Dubai’s real estate market is on fire, scorching its way to a staggering Dh177 billion in transactions during the first half of 2023. …
By order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, a working group led by Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev was created to resolve social, humanitarian, economic and infrastructure issues in the Karabakh region, Report informs, citing the Administratio
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, during its 45th session held in Riyadh, has decided to inscribe “Azerbaijan’s Prehistoric sites of the Azykh and Taghlar caves” located in the Karabakh district of Azerbaijan on the Tentative List, the National Commiss
The Armenians of Karabakh can take advantage of the economic opportunities of Azerbaijan and live much better, head of the Movement of Karabakh Armenians, Artur Agajanov, told Report.
Azerbaijan creates necessary conditions for the evacuation to Armenia of the Armenian residents that need medical assistance, Report informs, citing the statement of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan will send fuel to kindergartens and ambulance stations in Karabakh, Report informs citing the statement released by the Administration of the President of Azerbaijan.
“If we want to see a future where people coexist and stand together, we have to support the peace process,” said Elin Suleymanov, the Azerbaijani ambassador to the United Kingdom, Report informs, citing Politico.
In the first half of this year, 16,993,000 e-mails were processed by the Electronic Mail Service, and 1,416,000 or 8% of them were blocked due to malicious content
News World U.S. say it stands for everyone’s sovereignty, territorial integrity amid Karabakh developments Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said the U.S. stands for everyone’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence in light of developments in Karabakh. When asked by Anadolu reporter whether the U.S. recognizes and supports…
The Azerbaijani government has begun arresting anti-war activists in the country following its offensive to take over Nagorno-Karabakh. At least five people known for publicly criticizing the attack were arrested in the last few days, and one’s whereabouts is unknown. In the weeks preceding the offensive, Azerbaijani state-run and government-aligned…
15:07, 22 September 2023 STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Negotiations brokered by Russian peacekeepers are underway between Nagorno-Karabakh representatives and the Azerbaijani side on organizing a process of withdrawal of troops and ensuring the return of evacuated citizens to their settlements after the military aggression, the Nagorno-Karabakh…
Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on September 22. YEREVAN — Dozens of people have been detained as anti-government protests continued in the Armenian capital on September 22. Armenian police said after noon local time that 84 people had been detained and…
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Published: 14:35 BST, 22 September 2023 | Updated: 14:48 BST, 22 September 2023 Vladimir Putin has lost one of his top nuclear submarine force commanders after his vehicle was hit by heavy machine gun fire while he was on a peacekeeping mission in Azerbaijan. Captain Ivan Kovgan, 52, was gunned down in the disputed Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh,…
I’m not a lawyer. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the majority of the Metropolitan’s readers are also not lawyers. And while there are a few exceptions, I know most of my Facebook followers aren’t lawyers. And yet, there are many people who seem to be so sure of their understanding about how a grand jury works, that they’re willing to…
With the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh falling apart, and no deal between local leaders and the central government in Azerbaijan, the future of Armenians in the region remains precarious. While the vast majority of Armenian society, the Armenian foreign minister, as well as international observers are gravely concerned for their security, Prime…
It was Mao Zedong who said that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” That harsh lesson certainly applies to the long-running battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the contested territory known as Nagorno-Karabakh — where Azerbaijan this week imposed its sovereignty by force of arms.For Armenians, who live in the long shadow of the…
Sending a UN peacekeeping mission to Nagorno-Karabakh is possible only with the decision of the UN Security Council. Stephane Dujarric, the representative of the UN Secretary General, said during a briefing. “Decisions regarding any peacekeeping mission are made by the UN Security Council,” he said, answering TASS’s question. Earlier, at the emergency…
The Azeri policemen were killed “on the territory of Azerbaijan, where Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed [under the trilateral statement].The truck was on its way to the site of the terrorist attack that took place on the same day at the 58th kilometer of the Ahmadbayli-Fuzuli-Shusha road passing through the Khojavand district, which killed…
With this piece of information from Ararat Petrosyan, the puzzle came together: the incident with the group of Azeri policemen “occurred within a demining area, suggesting that this was a planned provocation.” They were sent there, on purpose: Aliyev-2 needed a pretext, a casus belli, to justify the one day special operation: from 1PM on 9.19.23 to…
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov expressed special gratitude to the Turkic states for the support of the anti-terrorist measures carried out on the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan.
The creation of new transport infrastructure in the territories liberated from occupation, including with the start of the Zangazur Corridor, will play a decisive role in the opening of a new transport hub along the Middle Corridor, Azerbaijani Foreign Mi
Activists against war Since September 19, four activists and a journalist who spoke out against military actions in Karabakh have been arrested in Azerbaijan on various charges. Despite statements by law enforcement agencies that all of these individuals were arrested for specific acts, they themselves, as well as human rights activists, claim…
Natik Jafarli on the counter-terrorist operation Azerbaijani society continues to discuss the September 19-20 counter-terrorist operation in Karabakh. According to opposition politician, one of the leaders of the Republican Alternative party Natik Jafarli, the operation was carried out professionally and in the shortest possible time. He also…
Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, June 1, 2014. Pro-Russian militants from the battalion ‘Vostok’ participate in a military exercise at their training base near. At least two people were reported dead and eight injured as fighting resumed 31 May 2014 between Ukrainian security forces and militant separatists in the country’s east. NATO’s 28 ambassadors are…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 19. Photos of Azerbaijani police officers killed as a result of Armenian terror have been released, Trend reports. On September 19, 2023, at 04:30 (GMT+4), as a result of a terrorist act, on a newly built tunnel road near the village of Taghavard in Khojavand district, a KAMAZ truck carrying employees of the Ministry…
By Ararat Petrosyan, Deputy Editor in Chief of Armenpress We will examine recent events, specifically the wars of September 27, 2020, and September 19, 2023, to expose the false pretexts behind military operations in Artsakh and the aggression against civilian populations. The Deception of September 27, 2020: On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijan blatantly…
Abandoned combat position near the Janyatag settlement of the Terter region – VIDEO Abandoned combat position near the Janyatag settlement of the Terter region – VIDEO …
The powerful armed forces of Iran are present in the region to prevent any changes in the geopolitics of the region and changes in the borders, and they have succeeded in this task, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said at the military parade on the occasion of Sacred Defense Week, according to the President’s website. “Regarding the developments…
Mass unrest organized by the opposition with the aim of overthrowing the Armenian government continues unabated in Yerevan, Report informs via Caliber.az.
Opposition members and civic activists are holding a protest rally in front of the Parliament building, where today’s parliamentary session will see the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Levan Davitashvili, address the MPs regarding the the Anaklia Deep Sea Port, along with Minister of Internal Affairs, Vakhtang Gomelauri, who was summoned…
Azerbaijan will provide support to the Armenian population of the Karabakh region, Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Aykhan Hajizada said in an interview with Al-Jazeera.
Исполнительный секретарь «Грузинской мечты» Мамука Мдинарадзе заявил, что ради спасения финансовой системы парламентское большинство проголосовало бы за любого кандидата в члены правления Совета Нацбанка, которого представила бы президент. «Национальный банк и финансовая система были спасены», — утверждает политик. Мдинарадзе также указал, что не видит…
Azerbaijani side is ready to provide medical assistance to wounded servicemen of Armenian origin or help them through the ICRC, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to President of Azerbaijan – Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Admini
In January-August 2023, investments in fixed assets in Azerbaijan amounted to 10.864 billion manats, an increase of 15.4% compared to the same period last year, Azernews reports.
Today, Parliament of Georgia adopted the controversial Defense Code in the 3rd hearing with 80 votes. The overhaul of compulsory military service is a central element of the new code. Under the revised Defense Code, effective from 2025, all conscripts will be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense, departing from previous…
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) and the World Bank (WB) discussed the elaboration of the new Country Partnership Framework for Azerbaijan (2023-2028), CBA Chairman Taleh Kazimov said on X, Report informs.
In Shusha, a tractor was hit by a mine in the area under the control of the Azerbaijani Army, and one person was injured, Report informs, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Press Service of the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Michael Novakhov’s favorite articles on InoreaderArmenian PM hopes ethnic Armenians can remain in Nagorno-Karabakhposted at 11:39:03 UTC via theguardian.comArmenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has expressed hopes that ethnic Armenians can stay in Nagorno-Karabakh amid fears that Azerbaijan, which says it controls the region after a military offensive…
“The current government sees the future of Georgia in Russia. The vast majority of the Georgian people do not want this. Society supports the Western governance system,” said Saba Buadze, a functionary of the Lelo Party, at a protest action held by the Ge
During the anti-terrorist activities carried out by the Azerbaijani Army in Karabakh, the illegal Armenian armed groups left their positions near the Galaychilar village of Aghdam, abandoning a large number of weapons and ammunition.
Azerbaijani side is ready to provide medical assistance to wounded servicemen of Armenian origin or help them through the ICRC, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to President of Azerbaijan – Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Admini
According to the plan of military cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Türkiye, the International Military Cooperation Department hosted a meeting of experts spec
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Toivo Klaar, the special representative of the European Union for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia. The head of the EU delegation to the Republic of Armenia, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos also participated in the meeting. The military-political situation created around Nagorno-Karabakh…
When the Azerbaijani army carried out local anti-terrorist measures in Garabagh, illegal Armenian armed formations fled, abandoning a significant amount of weapons and ammunition in positions near the village of Galaychilar, Aghdam district.
European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar will visit Azerbaijan in the coming days, Azernews reports with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.
(MENAFN – The Peninsula) AFP Vatican City: Pope Francis heads Friday to Marseille for a two-day visit focused on the Mediterranean and migration, and bringing a message of tolerance amid bitter …
По словам исполнительного секретаря «Грузинской мечты» (ГМ) Мамуки Мдинарадзе, бывший генпрокурор Отар Парцхаладзе, попавший под санкции США и разоблаченный в связи с ФСБ России, был вызван на опрос в рамках начатого расследования. О других подробностях расследования Мдинарадзе умолчал. При этом он отметил, что проверил указанную информацию после интервью…
The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has decided to postpone the Blessing of the Holy Muron scheduled for October 1 given the difficult situation created around Artsakh. The decision was made at the meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council chaired by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. It was also…
Bulgarian Ambassador to Moscow Atanas Krastin will be summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry over the expulsion of Russian Orthodox priests from that country, Russian envoy to Sofia Eleonora Mitrofanova told the Rossiya-24 TV channel, Report informs, ci
Two people were killed and two injured in a shooting at a restaurant in eastern Sweden late on September 21 that police said appeared to be part of an escalating spiral of violence among criminal gangs
“The current government sees the future of Georgia in Russia. The vast majority of the Georgian people do not want this. Society supports the Western governance system,” said Saba Buadze, a functionary of the Lelo Party, at a protest action held by the Ge
In January-August of this year, 1,343,700 people from 183 countries came to Azerbaijan, or 33.8% more foreigners and stateless persons compared to the same period last year, Report informs, citing the State Statistics Committee.
A Baku court ruled on September 21 to arrest a coordinator of Azerbaijan’s Alternative Confederation of Trade Unions, Afiaddin Mammadov, and placed him to pretrial detention for two months.
Tərtər rayonu Canyataq yaşayış məntəqəsinin yaxınlığında tərk edilmiş döyüş mövqeyi – VİDEO https://mod.gov.az/az/news/terter-rayonu-canyataq-yasayis-menteqesinin-yaxinliginda-terk-edilmis-doyus-movqeyi-video-49470.html ____ Оставленная боевая позиция близ населенного пункта Джанъятаг Тертерского района – ВИДЕО https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/ostavlennaya-boevaya-poziciya-bliz-naselennogo-punkta-dzhanyatag-terterskogo-rajona-video-49471.html…
A number of EU countries spoke out against Azerbaijan at a meeting of the UN Security Council, guided solely by the fact that Armenia is a Christian country
“Azerbaijan envisages amnesty for Garabagh Armenian fighters who surrendered their weapons, although there were some Garabagh military units that said they would continue resistance,” Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the Azerbaijani president – head of the foreign policy department of the presidential administration – told Reuters, Azernews reports.
Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has expressed hopes that ethnic Armenians can stay in Nagorno-Karabakh amid fears that Azerbaijan, which says it controls the region after a military offensive this week, is seeking to push out tens of thousands of people.Speaking during a government meeting in Yerevan, Pashinyan said Armenia would welcome…
Representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh have met with Azerbaijani officials in the central Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh, to discuss the future of the region following Nagorno-Karabakh’s surrender. Thursday’s meeting reportedly lasted around three hours, with further meetings expected in the days and weeks ahead. The discussions were said to involve the…
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, held separate meetings yesterday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. Chairman Osmani raised his deep concerns over…
The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh have agreed to the proposal of the Russian peacekeepers to establish ceasefire from 1 pm today. Artsakh President’s staff said in a statement the analysis of the actions of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan shows that they aim at dividing Artsakh and causing irreparable damage to its vitality. “During…
“Illegal armed formations in Karabakh pose a serious threat to the lives of hundreds of our people every day. About 10,000 illegal militants have been present in that area for nearly three years,” Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbai
Four people have died in a gas explosion in a nine-story residential building in the Moscow Region’s Balashikha in Russia, four others were injured and two remain under the rubble
Introduces Sanctions Act Revoking the President’s Authority to Waive Section 907, Providing Direct U.S. Aid to Artsakh WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez introduced legislation today to revoke the President’s authority to waive Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act and enact U.S. sanctions against President…
Azerbaijan and representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh’s de-facto Armenian government have begun re-intergration talks for the territory after a 24 hour offensive by Azerbaijani forces. On Tuesday, September 19 Azerbaijan launched a new offensive against the self-governing Armenian-populated region. The attack followed a nine-month blockade of the territory…
The transfer of our compatriots from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia may take place in the conditions when it is recorded that it is impossible for our compatriots to stay in Nagorno-Karabakh; that is, if this situation continues. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at Friday’s Cabinet meeting of the Armenian government. “We assess that this impossibility…
19:19, 21 September 2023 YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia bears its share of responsibility but the failures of the Russian peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh shouldn’t be ignored. Addressing the nation live on Thursday, PM Pashinyan commented on Russian media claims that Armenia is…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appears to relish embarrassing the State Department. Just weeks after the now-voided ceasefire, Aliyev castigated on live television Andrew Schofer, at the time the chief US representative on the Karabakh issue, during a Baku meeting. Noting that Aliyev did not invite the American and French representatives, he…
For years, the European Union was treading a thin line, keeping things even-handed when dealing with Armenia and Azerbaijan. The two neighbors are locked into a decades-old dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, the mountainous breakaway region located in Azerbaijani territory but populated largely by ethnic Armenians. Long-standing hostilities erupted 30 years…
11:37, 22 September 2023 YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. The Armenia International Airports and governmental agencies came under heavy cyberattacks prior to the Azeri attack on Nagorno-Karabakh. Information security expert Samvel Martirosyan told ARMENPRESS that the attacks happened September 10-19. Hackers used an MS Word document with a…
Azerbaijan envisages an amnesty for Karabakh Armenian fighters who give up their arms, though there have been some Karabakh military units which have said they will continue their resistance, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan – Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev told Reuters, Report…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov attended a reception organized by US President Joe Biden within the framework of the high-level week of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan informed on its page in X that within the framework of the reception, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister met with…
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev moved closer to asserting rule over the separatist region of Karabakh this week, in what would mark a major victory for the autocratic leader of almost two decades. Issued on: 21/09/2023 – 14:54 3 min A file photo of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev reviewing the honour guard with the Hungarian President…
Thirty years after the Soviet Union’s collapse, the geopolitical boundaries that once marked its former republics are blurring. Treating this space as simply post-Soviet, as Western policymakers have done for the past three decades, is out of date. Undoubtedly, Russia is anything but shy about throwing its weight around the neighborhood. Countries along…
18:16, 21 September 2023 YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army units are deployed in the same positions where they were stationed at the time of the ceasefire taking effect, PM Nikol Pashinyan said on September 21 while presenting the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. “At this moment, when the ceasefire is established,…
In the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, drained by the war in Ukraine, seemed incapable of acting as the indispensable power capable of knocking heads together.
What is happening in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is a real tragedy. Arman Tatoyan, director of the Tatoyan Foundation Center for Law and Justice, and the former Human Rights Defender (ombudsman) of Armenia, noted about this on Facebook. Tatoyan added as follows: “Tens of thousands of civilians are forced to displacement from their homes and communities…
Windows of a government building that were broken during a protest following the launch of a military operation by Azerbaijani forces in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia, on Sept. 20.IRAKLI GEDENIDZE/ReutersArmenia needs to be “free of conflict” for the sake of its independence, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told his compatriots…
По мнению члена группы «Renew Europe» европарламентария от Литвы Пятраса Ауштрявичюса, решения подобные решению Нацбанка об изменении порядка применения санкций, являются причиной того, что Европа все больше сомневается в том, что Грузия действительно соблюдает санкции. «Я был немного шокирован первоначальным решением центрального банка Грузии. Потом…
Azerbaijani authorities have arrested at least five people who spoke out against the war following the beginning of Azerbaijan’s military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh. On Wednesday and Thursday, three people were arrested after speaking out against the war for posting ‘prohibited’ content on social media. Two of the three have already been sentenced…
The North Atlantic Alliance will remain a regional bloc and does not intend to expand globally, beyond the European continent, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States, Report