Tehran moves forward with military drill over Baku’s criticism; Israel is a major supplier of arms to the country.
A year ago today, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan intensified into war. There were many reasons for that, but among the most important were Yerevan’s unexpectedly hard line, the expanding role of Turkey, and the failure of the Minsk Co-Chair countries to focus on the South Caucasus, Sergey Markedonov says.
Tensions spiked between Azerbaijan and Iran recently surrounding trade with Armenia and military exercises in the region.
Tehran is not happy about Azerbaijan’s victory in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh against Armenia. And Baku’s restrictions on Iranian trucks entering the region escalated tensions between the neighbours.
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy and the Industry & Trade Ministry of the Czech Republic have signed an agreement on energy cooperation.
Armenian and Azerbaijan academics, policy experts and think tank representatives met in Kachreti, Georgia, on Thursday 30 September 2021 to discuss “How confidence-building measures can contribute to lasting peace in the South Caucasus”.
Tensions have increased between Iran and Azerbaijan in the past few weeks. However, relations between the two neighbours were unstable even earlier, especially following the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia last autumn.
Georgian and Azerbaijani Prime Ministers Irakli Garibashvili and Ali Asadov have pledged to deepen their countries’ economic ties at the inter-governmental economic commission session held in Baku earlier today.
The 44-Day War and therein the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan have brought about various opportunities for regional co-operation, peace and development in the South Caucasus.
Tehran dismisses Azerbaijan’s concerns and protests over surprise military maneuvers near frontier, says it is a ‘question of sovereignty’.
Iraq's Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail has visited Azerbaijan to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the field of oil and gas.
The panel discussion titled ‘Trilateral Cooperation among Russia, Iran and the Azerbaijan Republic in the Caspian Sea' focusing on cooperation in the fields of industry, transit and transportation corridors was held in Moscow.
Russia's Lukoil has agreed to acquire a 25% stake in the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) exploration project offshore Azerbaijan from BP, Lukoil said in a statement Sept. 29.
Aim-listed miner Anglo Asian has significantly strengthened its copper position with the rights to three new concessions in Azerbaijan, one of which covers a deposit with more than 300 000 t of copper.
Tension escalated between Iran and its neighbor Azerbaijan over statements by President Ilham Aliyev, in which he criticized Iran’s military exercise near his country’s borders.
Should a peace agreement be signed quickly, and if technical issues such as the provision of minefield maps are ironed out, this process will accelerate, noted Kalın.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is visiting Azerbaijan today, where he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Although steps have been taken to find lasting peace in the South Caucasus region, more can be done by the EU to support its eastern partners, argues Parviz Yarmammad.
Azerbaijan’s relations with Iran, its large neighbor to the south, have been in flux since the end of last year’s war with Armenia. The most recent rocky period began when Azerbaijan began charging fees to Iranian trucks on a road through southern Armenia that passes through slices of Azerbaijani territory in some places.
In a display of solidarity with Azerbaijan on National Commemoration Day, Pakistan Monument was illuminated with the Azerbaijan flag in Islamabad.
Exactly one year after the start of the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia for the control of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 from the capital Baku.
The Republic of Azerbaijan this week instituted proceedings against the Republic of Armenia before the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, concerning the interpretation and application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
The Second Karabakh War between Azerbaijan and Armenia that occurred on September 27 and ended on November 10, 2020 changed the geopolitical landscape of the South Caucasus. The long-lasting Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict was a major challenge to regional economic integration and security.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday that the military drill held in northwest of Iran was a sovereignty issue and the Islamic Republic of Iran wouldn’t tolerate the presence of the Israeli regime near its borders.
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