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Some of you may have guessed that the 15-year-old girl vacationing at Artek at the height of the Cold War was none other than Valerie Roux, married name Pécresse.

Bangladesh and Azerbaijan can work in the field of Islamic tourism, tackling Covid-19, terrorism etc. Bangladesh supports Azerbaijan in the case of Nagorno Karabakh issue.

Iran and Azerbaijan were quick to escalate when a heated war of words broke out between the two countries on the first anniversary of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Encouraged by Prime Minister Pashinyan's reelection, Turkish officials aim to normalise with Yerevan in a step-by-step programme that would open borders and establish complete full relations.

Many people assume that the 44-day war in 2020 ended with a new ceasefire line that both Azerbaijan and Armenia were committed to observing, Grant Mikhaelyan says.

Two leading challengers to President Emmanuel Macron in France's presidential elections have made high-profile visits to Armenia in recent days, as the destiny of the Christian Caucasus nation becomes a campaign issue.

On 14 December, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev visited the NATO Headquarter in the course of his visit to Brussels to attend the summit of the Eastern Partnership countries and EU leaders.

As Azerbaijan’s victory in the 44-day war over Armenia has led to significant changes in the region, EU-Azerbaijan relations also need to be reconsidered in the current reality. It should be emphasized that the victory has laid a solid foundation for stability, cooperation and sustainable security in the region.

Strategic partnerships and informal alliances play a vital role in determining the geopolitical realities of the Caspian Sea basin. The region has demonstrated several successful cases of tripartite configurations that could untie complex knots which bureaucratic and biased techniques of multilateral approaches failed to resolve.

Many Russian analysts are dismissive of Turkey’s talk about the formation of a transnational cultural community called “Greater Turan.” They do not believe such a notion will really attract Azerbaijanis let alone Central Asians, not to speak of the Turkic peoples living in the Russian Federation.

The Brussels meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders was an important development.  The outcomes of this meeting and, in general, the results of the past year give ground to hope that the next year will bring more peace and cooperation to the Armenia – Azerbaijan relations.

The article accused Israel falsely of “being an accomplice to war crimes,” demonizing both Israel and Azerbaijan. No one can compare Azerbaijan to Hezbollah or Hamas.

In mid-November, fighting broke out along the Armenia/Azerbaijan border, leaving dozens dead. Turkey immediately declared its full support for Azerbaijan; however, the rest of the world only mustered half-hearted declarations of sympathy with one side or another.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will not end overnight—it will take time to resolve this crisis—but the EU’s involvement could be an important step in the negotiation process.

Yasir Rakhbardin, who is in charge of water supplies in the Iranian province of Western Azerbaijan, says that Lake Urmiya, on which the region has long depended, may soon cease to exist, a development that will likely produce both a humanitarian disaster and more conflict between Baku and Tehran.

Alireza Haghighian, assistant to Iran’s foreign minister and director general for the Eurasian region’s affairs, who attended the meeting on behalf of the Islamic Republic supported regional cooperation, especially in fields of economy, trade, transportation and transit as well as cooperation among countries in the form of the 3+3 initiative, the Iranian foreign ministry said.

Turkey's highly publicised arrest of alleged Iranian agents is the latest sign of growing tensions between the two neighbors, as Turkey expands its influence in the Caucasus region at Iran's expense.

The latest diplomatic crisis between Iran and Azerbaijan has brought potential conflicts of interest between the two nations to the table. However, we still do not know how this could affect the development of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and if it will really represent a critical point in maintaining the status quo in the region.

It is high time for the international community to reconsider the role of the Minsk Group in the post-war peace process between Baku and Yerevan and should either dissolve the institution entirely or reform/restructure it to effectively address the negotiation process, writes Vasif Huseynov in this op-ed.

On December 15, Brussels will host the sixth summit of the EU and Eastern Partnership (EaP) country leaders – the first official summit between the bloc and its eastern members since 2017. The relations between the sides have evolved along different paths since the launch of the EaP twelve years ago – writes Vasif Huseynov.

The EU is competing with Russia and Turkey for influence in the Caucasus. Finding a way to solve the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be key to regional ascendance, writes Nikola Mikovic.

At the international level, the victory of the liberation Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh war was also the victory of Russia and Turkey over the West. American political scientist Andrew Korybko comments on the outcome of Azerbaijan's Patriotic War.

After the return to Azerbaijan of the majority of the territories occupied by Armenia for nearly three decades, researchers have begun to document the missing 4,000 Azerbaijani’s from the First Karabakh War (1988-1994) which included POW’s and 719 civilians (326 are elderly, 267 women and 71 children).