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...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has suspended flights to neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia, according to local media reports. Under a decision by Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority, the flights have been suspended “for a short time,” Mohammad Mohammadi Bakhsh, head of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority, told the Iranian Labour News Agency (...
Moscow, Russia – – AFP Russia has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to “end bloodshed” and pursue peace talks, after Baku launched “anti-terror operations” in the disputed Armenian-majority region of Nagorno-Karabakh. “The Russian side urges an end to the bloodshed… and a return to a peaceful settleme...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan has set up humanitarian corridors along the Lachin road to facilitate the evacuation of Armenian civilians in the Karabakh region, where it has launched “anti-terrorist activities,” the country’s Defense Ministry has said. The ministry in a statement advised the civilian population to maintain...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Monday that it does not recognize the results of a presidential election held by Armenians in territories of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region. During a press briefing, State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said the US does not recognize Karabakh as “an independent and sovereign state, and therefore we ...
GENEVA (AA) – The EU has said that it does not recognize the elections held in territories of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region. “In view of the so-called ‘presidential elections’ in Khankendi/Stepanakert on 9 September 2023, the European Union reiterates that it does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework with...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Thursday said its embassy in Lebanon’s capital Beirut was attacked by people of Armenian origin, but there were no injuries. “About 50 people of Armenian origin … struck the fence around the administrative building of the embassy and threw bottles containing paint and explosives,” the Foreign Min...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan has said that comments made by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna about the situation in Karabakh are “unacceptable.” “French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna’s statements such as this, which do not serve peace and stability in the region and show a one-sided pro-Armenian position, are unacceptab...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Friday claimed that Armenia conducted illegal military transports to the Karabakh region using ambulances. A statement by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that illegal Armenian armed units and soldiers of the Armenian Armed Forces were observed strengthening their combat positions along the route early in the...
