April 20, 2024. Posted by Periscope - Hellas
Baku.
Feb 5, 2024. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
In the run-up to February 7 presidential elections, repression has increased in Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus that borders Iran and Armenia.
Baku
The U.S.
Embassy in Armenia has softened the prohibition on its employees traveling to
cities bordering Azerbaijan, according to Αzeri media.
Baku.
Armenia
invited Azerbaijan to sign a non-aggression pact if the process of signing a
peace treaty takes too long, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said,
Trend reports.
The US believes in a possibility of a durable peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department said during a briefing, in response to a
Baku, Azerbaijan
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Trend reports.
Dec 26,
2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, December 26, that two French diplomats had been ordered to leave over actions "incompatible with their diplomatic status."
By Sergei Melkonian*
The last
three years have seen significant changes in the geopolitics of the South
Caucasus.
Dec 17,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
by Mark
Temnycky
Last week,
representatives from the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments met to discuss
the delimitation of their borders, where they debated the Nagorno-Karabakh
region.
The United States on Wednesday welcomed the return of the Armenian and
Azerbaijani detainees, and reports that additional confidence-building measures
are being discussed, the State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told
TURAN's Washington correspondent during daily briefing.
Baku, Azerbaijan
On December 11, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Greek Republic Georgios Gerapetritis as part of participation in the meeting of
foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership countries, Trend reports
citing the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
After
Azerbaijani media published constant articles portraying the meeting
as the US embassy's spy network and who was recruited as an American agent
while training in the United States, the US Embassy in Azerbaijan postponed the
ceremonial meeting with the graduates of American universities, which was
planned to be held on November 27 at the Marriott Absheron Hotel in Baku.
Next year,
we will conduct a joint exercise on cyber attacks, Turkish National Defense
Minister Yasar Güler said at a meeting with his Azerbaijani and Georgian
counterparts in Baku, Report informs.
Russian
peacekeeping contingent temporarily stationed in Nagorno Karabakh has closed
down another temporary observation post, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
Yerevan.
Michigan
Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) led the unanimous U.S. Senate passage of the
“Armenian Protection Act of 2023” (S.3000) which aims to block all U.S.
military assistance to Azerbaijan by removing President Biden’s authority to
waive Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025,
the ANCA reports.
Nov 16,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Azerbaijan
on Thursday refused to participate in normalisation talks with arch-foe Armenia
that were planned in the United States this month over what it said was
Washington’s “biased” position.
A meeting
was held between Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov and a delegation led by
Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Djedović Handanović, who is on
a visit to Azerbaijan, Azernews reports, citing the ministry.
Baku,
Azerbaijan.
OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly President Pia Kauma and Special Representative for the
South Caucasus Kari Henriksen welcomed Azerbaijan's commitment to continue
efforts to conclude a peace agreement with Armenia, OSCE PA said, Trend reports.
Armenia
Italian delegation pays
official visit
On November 9, Suren Papikyan, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, received the delegation led by Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of