Azerbaijan's victory in the 44-day war with Armenia in 2020 has fundamentally changed the geopolitical realities, opening up new opportunities for the country's and the region's progress.
The South Caucasus is no stranger to outside powers competing for influence and advancing their own interests. During the Cold War, for example, the region was on the front line of the ideological conflict between the West and the former Soviet Union.
The talks follow up the EU-mediated meeting on August 31 in Brussels between the leaders of the two nations.
The situation around the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is taking on new shapes and outlines. Sensing Russia's weakness and gauging the international situation around himself, Nikol Pashinyan decided to go all-in and "nullify" the trilateral statement of November 10, 2020.
Recently, there have been more and more statements by official and non-official representatives of Russia, Azerbaijan, and third countries about the need to take control of the situation, to move towards the goals that have been set, referring to the agreements reached in 2020 and 2021.
British Ambassador to Azerbaijan Fergus Auld praised Azerbaijan's provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said late on Sunday that it proposed moving up scheduled talks with Armenia to October from November to address border delimitation problems that are vital to prevent any further conflicts between the two countries.
While Washington's attempt to foster peace in the region is encouraging, it is undermined by members of Congress.
A high-functioning Middle Corridor would give the whole of Europe resilient and diversified supply chains.
Russia, the European Union and the United States have their own views on the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and the settlement of the Karabakh problem, but one cannot say that each of
The way things are going, Europe will soon completely stop importing gas from Russia, however painful this may be for both sides.
The Armenian segment of social networks, having recently embraced Ostap Bender's "the world abroad will help us" quote, has now found solace. It came with the news that in the near future India-made Pinaka MLRSs will be delivered to Armenia, still licking wounds after the recent battles on the conditional border.
In the presence of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and five regional leaders, the Bulgarian-Greek gas connection, through which our country already receives Azeri natural gas, was officially launched in Sofia. In her speech she stated:
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia are to meet in Geneva at the end of this week, on October 2. The Geneva dialogue between Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan is supposed to be an important step in the preparation of a future peace deal.
“I am exceedingly gratified to say that the active dialogue with Azerbaijan at the high and highest level in recent years has helped upgrade our relationship to a strategic partnership,”
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev have held an expanded meeting in Sofia, Report informs, citing the Press Service of the head of state.
Several signals about active preparation for a new war with Azerbaijan have been received from Armenia on September 29. These signals are so clear that there is no doubt about the Armenian government’s true intentions.
Azerbaijan and Ukraine are moving ahead with large financial claims against Armenia and Russia respectively for their occupations of their territories.
The EU twinning project ‘Strengthening mandatory health insurance mechanisms in Azerbaijan (Phase 2)’ was launched in Baku this month.
The phone conversation between Ilham Aliyev and French President Emmanuel Macron is Azerbaijani diplomacy's another hat trick.
On September 14, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed parliament in the wake of clashes at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
"Greece supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states. That also goes for our dear friend Armenia," the Greek foreign minister said at the meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan.
Russia does and will do everything it can to prevent a confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but it will be only political and diplomatic steps, said former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan at a press conference in Yerevan.
As previously reported, Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, met with Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the
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