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
In an interview with TASS published on December 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia expects Armenia to realize the threat of losing the sovereignty of the state in the sphere of national defense and security as a result of deepening dialogue with NATO.
By Sergei Melkonian*
The last
three years have seen significant changes in the geopolitics of the South
Caucasus.
On December 18, Armenian Minister of High-Tech Industry Robert
Khachatryan stated that Russian partners have recognized violations
in the order of broadcasting of their TV channels in Armenia, and the Armenian
side has decided not to go into details.
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.
Tbilisi.
Georgian
non-governmental organisations staged a pro-European Union march in the capital
Tbilisi on Saturday, a week ahead of the bloc’s decision on granting the
country membership candidacy status.
Recently, Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Hrachya Sarkisian noted that
Armenia does not intend to sue Russia over the non-fulfillment of arms deals,
under which Yerevan has not received the ordered military products, although it
has made the relevant payments.
Nov 15, 2023. Posted
by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Before the next round of international negotiations in Geneva, during the
meeting with the co-chairs of the discussions, the Russian side, as one of the
participants, spoke about “the process of delimitation of Georgia’s border with
Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the importance of further demarcation”.
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
With the
end of the Nagorno-Karabakh entity and possibly a bloody series
of wars between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia’s foreign policy toward the
South Caucasus is undergoing fundamental shifts.
Oct 22,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The 2nd meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia,
Türkiye and Iran within the ‘3+3’ format (Russia, Iran and Türkiye, and 3 South
Caucasus countries - Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia) will be held in Tehran
on October 23, iranian media reports.
Mikheil
Saakashvili, the former Georgian President, addressed Armenian Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan with a post on social network X (former Twitter).
Oct 14, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Azerbaijan and Turkey have broken ground on the construction of the
long-planned gas pipeline linking Turkey’s gas grid to the Azerbaijani exclave
of Nakhchivan (Nakhichevan).
French
Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on a visit to Armenia on
Tuesday that Paris agreed to deliver military equipment to the small South
Caucasus nation.
Vehicles carrying refugees from Nagorno-
Karabakh queue on the road leading towards the Armenian border, September 25, 2023.
Okt 02, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The mass evacuation of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population has been practically completed, outgoing authorities in Stepanakert indicated late on Sunday after at least 100,000 local residents fled to Armenia, refusing to live under Azerbaijani rule.
The
breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has proclaimed its own demise after
being recaptured by Azerbaijan in an offensive that has prompted more than half
the population to flee.
The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh have agreed to a
Russian-brokered ceasefire, which went into effect at 1 p.m. local time on
Wednesday. The agreement includes the complete disarming of the Artsakh Defense
Army and the protection of Armenians will fall under the jurisdiction of
Russian peacekeepers stationed in Artsakh, says “asbarez”.