The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said, Trend reports. While answering a question about Bulgaria’s plans to purchase Azerbaijani gas and its position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the minister stressed that this is an important program. “Stability, prosperity, …
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MFA: Our position on foreigners visiting Nagorno-Karabakh is known
Our position on foreigners visiting the internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan, including the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, without permission of the Azerbaijani government, is known,” head of the Foreign Ministry’s press service Leyla Aliyeva told APA. She noted that foreigners who illegally visit our country violating Azerbaijani legislation and the principles of international …
Read More »George P. Kent: US consider the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be a high priority
“US consider the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be a high priority and we remain fully committed to the Minsk group process,” said George P. Kent, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs during his speech at the Atlantic Council. He said that his country is committed to the Minsk …
Read More »Turkish parl’t deputy speaker: Turkey supports Karabakh conflict settlement within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
“Turkey supports the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,” said Turkish Parliament Deputy Speaker Sureyya Sadi Bilgic at the OSCE PA President at the Parliamentary Conference on Regional Security and Cooperation and the founding conference of the “Baku Parliamentary Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation”. Vice-speaker of the Turkish …
Read More »THE INFLUENCE OF SYRIAN TALKS ON THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
The intra-Syrian talks in Astana on January 23 resulted from active diplomatic efforts by Russia, Turkey and Iran. Currently the three are synchronizing their diplomacy and military operations in the Syrian conflict. Despite the tangled web of disagreements between external and internal actors, the regional powers know that resolving the …
Read More »“The Lapshin Case: A Red Line in Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy” – Fuad Chiragov
The arrest of a travel-blogger Alexander Lapshin, a citizen of Russia, Israel and Ukraine, by Belarusian authorities and his extradition to Azerbaijan (1news.az, February 7) is an interesting case for a number of reasons, and particularly in the context of the unresolved Karabakh conflict. His arrest mobilized influential Armenian expatriate …
Read More »RESTORATION OF THE STATE INDEPENDENCE IN NORTH AZERBAIJAN:THE STRUGGLE FOR REINFORCEMENT OF STATEHOOD
Today Azerbaijan is fully integrating to the world by following a successful foreign and domestic political course. However, the industrious people of Azerbaijan are going through the most difficult, but honorable period of their history. This period is generally defined as a transitional phase. All the civilized nations and developed …
Read More »After Kosovo: Europe’s Other Break-Away Regions, by Carl Augustsson
A few years ago, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Kosovo’s independence has still not been fully recognized by all of the European Union’s member states. As a result, Kosovo’s current status is uncertain. Kosovo is not, however, the only place in Europe that would like to become independent[1] from …
Read More »Chronicle of Khojaly Tragedy
Khojaly was under blockade since October, 1991. On October, 30 the ground traffic was cut off and helicopter was the only way of transportation. The last civilian helicopter arrived in Khojaly on January, 28 and after civilian helicopter was brought down over Shusha city, as a result of which 40 …
Read More »Khojaly Genocide
Over the night from February 25 to 26, 1992 Armenian armed forces implemented the capture of the Khojaly city with support of hard equipment and the personnel of the infantry guards regiment #366 of former Soviet Union. The massed firing with using artillery weapon, hard military equipment, which was began …
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