WASHINGTON (AA) – Türkiye’s ambassador to Washington on Saturday slammed an attack by Armenian protesters against Turkish and Azerbaijani officials in the US state of California, saying all necessary legal measures have been taken. “Our attorney has gathered essential information and documented videos. We have also submitted these ...
MOSCOW (AA) – An unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh statelet will cease to exist by January 1, according to a decree signed by its titular head, Samvel Shahramanyan. The Armenian population of the Karabakh region should consider the conditions of reintegration proposed by Azerbaijan and independently decide on the possibility of staying, said...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has said that 192 of its troops were killed and 511 were injured during counter-terrorism measures in Karabakh last week. The ministry said in a statement posted on its website that there were also two civilian casualties, with one person killed and another injured. Separately, the Azerbaijani Def...
MOSCOW (AA) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the US has to get prior approval from Azerbaijan to send a mission to the Karabakh region. Commenting on the US proposal to establish a human rights monitoring mission in Karabakh, Peskov said at a news conference in Moscow that “any mission (on Karabakh’s […...
Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan – AFP Thousands more Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh as officials in Azerbaijan’s war-scarred separatist statelet raised the death toll from a fuel blast to 20. The number of deaths from Monday’s fuel depot blast threatened to grow much higher because dozens were being treated in critical condition...
Baku, Azerbaijan – AFP Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has promised that the rights of ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region would be protected after Baku’s victory over the rebel enclave. “Despite what happened five days ago, we began sending humanitarian aid to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region. Fuel, foodst...
ANKARA (AA) – The successful completion of Azerbaijan’s recent victory in Karabakh inspires pride, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “It is a matter of pride that the operation was successfully completed in a short period of time, with utmost sensitivity to the rights of civilians,” Erdogan told a joint n...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Electricity supply from Azerbaijan’s main energy grid was linked to the Armenian-populated city of Khankendi in the Karabakh region on Sunday. A statement from the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration said power supply in Khankendi had been disconnected from Armenia’s energy system. The statement said electricity...
Shusha, Azerbaijan – AFP Azerbaijan forces tightened their grip on the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday as international concern mounted over the plight of ethnic Armenian civilians trapped there. As the first Red Cross aid convoy crossed into the disputed enclave since Azerbaijan launched this week’s lightning offe...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Wednesday an agreement had been reached to suspend anti-terrorist activities in Karabakh. “Taking into account the request of the representatives of Armenian residents of Karabakh through the Russian peacekeeping contingent, an agreement was reached,” the ministry said in...
