Azerbaijan's defense ministry said on Wednesday that seven of its soldiers were killed in border clashes with Armenia near the Karabakh region.
Armenia's parliament said on Tuesday that 15 Armenian soldiers had died in clashes on the country's border with Azerbaijan, the Interfax news agency quoted it as saying.
Baku has gained more strategic autonomy and could play a crucial role in U.S. policy toward Eurasia.
There were some clear winners from the November 10 agreement. Azerbaijan recaptured the territory that had been occupied by Armenia and Karabakh separatists 30 earlier and has not had to offer any autonomy to Karabakh of the sort envisioned in past peace negotiations.
Russia is trying to govern territories it keeps under temporary or long-term control according to unwritten laws, while not attaching special importance to the norms of international law and laws of a state on whose territory its servicemen are stationed.
While no one is watching, the social and economic geography in the South Caucasus is continuing swiftly to evolve.
An Armenian suspect threw a grenade at a military post where Azerbaijani soldiers and Russian peacekeeping forces are stationed in the Dashalti village in Azerbaijan's liberated city of Shusha, Trend News Agency reported on Saturday, citing government sources.
One year after the end of the Second Karabakh War, the landscape in the South Caucasus has changed: both politically and physically. Against all expectations, the leadership in Baku is moving with great speed to develop the de-occupied territories.
After a new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out on September 27, 2020, Russia—which is Armenia’s key ally and has an extensive military presence in the country—maintained a position of relative neutrality, notwithstanding multiple attempts by Yerevan to drag Moscow into the conflict.
Fake news, insinuations, lies, slander, groundless accusations, insults and threats have been accompanying Azerbaijan-Iran relations for many years, traditionally inflamed by Tehran.
The V All-Republican Forum of Azerbaijani Children will take place in Baku on November 18 with the support of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs, the Regional Development Public Union (RIIB) and the UNICEF Office in Azerbaijan.
Negotiations follow all wars. Dialogue and diplomatic talks signal the end of conflicts. In this case, hope for peace grows.
On October 29, the Armenian media reported that Hampig Sassounian, an Armenian-American who was an alleged member of the Armenian terrorist organization Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) is in Armenia upon his extradition from the United States.
As they say, it is hard to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat there. But what if someone really wants everyone to think that there is a black cat in an empty dark room? What to do then?
Late last month (October 26), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, together inaugurated the Fuzuli International Airport, in Azerbaijan’s recently liberated city of Fuzuli, in Karabakh.
In this joint op-ed, Dr Benyamin Poghosyan and Dr Anar Valiyev discuss how Armenia and Azerbaijan have coped with the changed realities of the last year following the end of the 44-day Karabakh War and the signing of the Armenia-Azerbaijan-Russia trilateral declaration of 10 November 2021.
Azerbaijan wants to make Nagorno-Karabakh a model of sustainability, based on the use of renewable energy and the development of what it calls “smart villages”.
Haluk Bayraktar, one of two engineer brothers running the defense firm Baykar, said the new aircraft would be tested in the next two years and would be able to take off from a Turkish navy ship.
“We are always ready for unequal battle, unequal fight, however, we will not compromise our pride, dignity, our independence to anyone. Let everyone know it!”
Even though TurkStream has made Bulgaria a very important transit country, the Eastern European nation’s dependence on the Russian gas has decreased. It is expected to keep declining for reasons including the start of gas imports from Azerbaijan as of January 2021, as well as expanding opportunities to import LNG.
During his recent visit to Tbilisi, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin poured cold water on the idea of American support for a so-called “3+3 format” in the South Caucasus.
A year has passed since the end of the 44 day Karabakh War. Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan are generally stable despite periodic escalations, writes Vasif Husseynov. "The statements of the leaders from both sides along with some major developments promise a more peaceful year ahead", he argues.
Turkish envoy to Baku visits Anadolu Agency office, hails liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh region 1 year ago.
Secularism occupies a special place in the modernist discourse in Azerbaijan. This issue is constantly emphasized by government officials, public figures, thinkers and used in the country's propaganda in the international arena.
- Aliyev says Turkic world is emerging as a major center of influence
- Baku hosts Turkic World Week honouring landmark 1926 Turkological Congress
- EU envoy holds talks in Baku ahead of high-level engagement with South Caucasus
- Europe must not lose Azerbaijan: Oleksiy Goncharenko on the risks of confrontation between Baku and the Council of Europe
- A leader forged by patience and victory
