On June 20, Armenia’s citizens will be heading to the polls for a second snap parliamentary election in less than three years. While the December 2018 snap election was held in the aftermath of a popular revolution and brought Nikol Pashinyan to power, the forthcoming election is taking place against the backdrop of a disastrous six-week war with Azerbaijan and the continued demands by opposition groups for Pashinyan’s resignation.
The corresponding consultations on settling the border dispute will continue, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Moscow believes it will be wrong to mix the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement-related issues with the relations the region's countries have with other states, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said when asked about Azerbaijan's latest summit level contacts with Turkey.
Azerbaijan may become one of the new sources of gas supplies to Ukraine in order to strengthen its energy security.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans contacts with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Erdogan told journalists Thursday after returning from Azerbaijan.
The 20 June Parliamentary elections in Armenia are the most competitive and inclusive in the country’s history with three former presidents challenging the rule of incumbent prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan. In a detailed analysis for commonspace.eu, Alexander Petrosyan looks at the main protagonists and what they stand for and what is important to watch for on election night.
Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) and the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) could work together in field development and production of Turkey's giant gas discovery in the Black Sea, Vagif Aliyev, deputy chairman of SOCAR Turkey told reporters.
Saleh Doostaliyev, an Iran expert with the Institute of Oriental Studies of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, made the remarks in an exclusive interview with IRNA.
Armenians vote Sunday (20 June) in snap parliamentary elections called by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to end a political crisis ignited by his country’s humiliating military defeat to Azerbaijan last year.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Local Government, Elections, Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Akbar Ayub Khan has called for increasing exchange programmes with Azerbaijan.
Ilham Aliev associates multiple mine explosion casualties among civilians and military personnel after the end of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh with the fact that Baku did not have maps of minefields.
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first foreign leader to visit Karabakh since the end of last year’s war, in which Turkish backing helped Azerbaijan secure its victory.
The first serious challenge and weakness of the Iranian plan is Yerevan’s opposition to it. For Armenia, the Karabakh conflict is still a matter of national defeat, and the nation is yet to absorb the new reality.
Nonetheless, a week prior to Armenia’s parliamentary elections, a major breakthrough had, in fact, been achieved between the two conflicting states. This development has the potential to positively contribute to the emergence of a constructive environment for negotiations over other issues, including transportation projects and a settlement of the shared border.
In the last three decades, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh has had a significant impact on the geo-economic situation in the South Caucasus. In the early 90s, the illegal territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan led to the First Karabakh War and resulted in the occupation of 20% of internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan.
Azeri oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey fell by 11.2% year on year to 11.1 million tonnes in the first five months of the year, the State Statistics Committee said on Wednesday.
The Armenian prime minister has celebrated the return of the prisoners at campaign rallies, and opposition figures have accused him of giving up too much in return.
Currently, the border dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the most recent tensions in the Syunik region (Zangezur in Azerbaijani), has raised the question of security and durable peace in the region. Moreover, Armenia’s upcoming elections in June 2021 are transforming the situation in the country into deep political turmoil.
According to TASS, Erdogan made the remarks on Tuesday during a press conference with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkish and Azerbaijani energy companies are planning joint investments in nearby regions, an official said Wednesday, a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signaled such a move.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has travelled to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as part of a trip reaffirming his nation's political support to Azerbaijan.
Peace and stability in the Caucasus will benefit the entire world, not just countries of the region, Turkey’s president said on Tuesday.
All the regional countries, including Armenia, and the entire world will benefit from the peace and tranquility in the Caucasus, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in an address to the national parliament of Azerbaijan.
The Delegation of the European Union to Azerbaijan has announced the winners of the press contest on EU-Azerbaijan cooperation, for Azerbaijani print, TV/radio and web media content.
