De facto authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh expect Russia to take “active steps” in settling the latest tensions with Azerbaijan over its checkpoint in the Lachin corridor amid Moscow’s plans to replace the commander of its peacekeeping force deployed in the mostly Armenian-populated region.
Armenia unequivocally recognizes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and is ready to sign a relevant peace treaty with Baku, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Tuesday that Armenia and Azerbaijan have continued to exchange proposals regarding a bilateral peace treaty despite what he described as Azerbaijani efforts to depopulate Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) still stands ready to send monitors to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan despite a similar mission announced by the European Union, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Who are the Azerbaijani eco-activists who have come to Shushi “to stem the environmental disaster” and now for the third day are blocking the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia known as the Lachin Corridor?
The European Union has decided not to extend a two-month monitoring mission launched by it along Armenia’s volatile border with Azerbaijan in October.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday that he has cancelled upcoming fresh talks with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian because the latter wants French President Emmanuel Macron to also attend them.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has accused France of planning what he described as a “dirty provocation” against Baku at the recent Francophonie summit by drafting a final resolution promoting Armenia’s interest, something that he claimed was thwarted by Azerbaijan’s friends.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a separate meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on the sidelines of an upcoming summit of a Moscow-led defense bloc in Yerevan, a Kremlin spokesman said on Monday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has confirmed that he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev failed to reach agreements on key issues on their agenda at their last meeting in Brussels hosted by the European Union’s top official.
European Council President Charles Michel spoke with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan by phone on Tuesday one day before holding another trilateral meeting with them in Brussels.
The United States has been discouraging Azerbaijan from escalating tensions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Official Baku has urged authorities in Yerevan to stop “making unfounded statements and interfering in Azerbaijan’s internal affairs” after Armenia raised the issue of another disruption of natural gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh affecting the humanitarian situation in the region.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held on Saturday what he described as “very productive” talks with his visiting Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan which highlighted ongoing attempts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations.
The Azerbaijani authorities said on Tuesday that they intend to arrest and prosecute soon Ara Harutiunian, the Nagorno-Karabakh president.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian accused Ilham Aliyev of obstructing the opening of transport links between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday after the Azerbaijani president said Yerevan must not control a land “corridor” demanded by Baku.
Russia is ready to promote efforts to repair relations between Armenia and Turkey, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, confirming that Yerevan has made a request for Russia’s mediation in the mending of ties with Ankara.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Friday accused Iran and Armenia of using Azerbaijani territory for drug trafficking, prompting swift rebuttals from both neighbors.
Iran’s Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri reaffirmed his country’s readiness to expand relations with Armenia as he visited Yerevan on Wednesday amid continuing tensions between Tehran and Baku.
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