No one should have had illusion that the seven districts around Nagorno Karabakh must always remain in the situation, in which they were a month and a half ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, Trend reports. “The responsible authorities should have explained to the population that at some stage settlement of …
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Turkey, Russia to jointly monitor Karabakh peace deal
Turkey’s president on Wednesday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a joint Turkish-Russian center to monitor the Karabakh peace deal, which has ended weeks of armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, according to Anadolu Agency. “Turkey will join the peacekeeping forces in the [Karabakh] region to …
Read More »Azerbaijan, Russian FMs hold phone talk
On the initiative of the Azerbaijani side, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has had a phone conversation with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. Minister Jeyhun Bayramov stressed the importance of the trilateral statement signed on November 10 on the initiative of the Russian Federation, noting that this document marked a new stage …
Read More »Russian expert: No objective benefit for NATO’s open support to any party of Karabakh conflict
Another usual exchange of views took place at the meeting between Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Lead Analyst of the Russian Agency for Political and Economic Communications, political expert Mikhail Neyzhmakov told Trend. Neyzhmakov made the remark commenting on the fact of the president’s appeal …
Read More »Russia Azerbaijan’s top trade partner among CIS countries in Jan-Sep
Russia was Azerbaijan’s largest trade partner among CIS countries during the first nine months of 2020, with the trade turnover between the two countries amounting to $1.9 billion, the State Customs Committee has reported. Of the total turnover, export of Azerbaijani goods to Russia amounted to $499.7 million, while the goods imported …
Read More »Russian expert : Azerbaijan’s victory in Karabakh conflict beneficial to all parties
Some resolutions clearly confirm the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan, while Armenia is obliged to withdraw from the occupied territories, a well-known Russian political scientist, Head of the Center for Strategic Analysis of the Russian Institute for Innovative Development, Andrei Ivanov told Trend. “International law is arranged in such a …
Read More »Kremlin: CSTO commitments do not apply to Nagorno-Karabakh
“Unlike Armenia, the obligations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) do not apply to Nagorno-Karabakh,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, APA‘s Moscow correspondent reports. “These are commitments on ensuring security. It means if a member country of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is subjected to any aggression, attack from outside, …
Read More »Russia was Azerbaijan’s top export market among CIS countries in January-August 2020
Russia was Azerbaijan’s top export market in the first eight months of this year, according to the State Customs Committee. Official statistics suggests that Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were the largest export destinations of Azerbaijan among the CIS member states. The volume of export with Russia made $463.3 million, while …
Read More »Azerbaijan repatriates 400 more citizens from Russia
Azerbaijan has repatriated 400 more citizens stranded on the border with Russia’s South Caucasus Republic of Dagestan due to lockdown, local media reported on September 16. All repatriated citizens had undergone an appropriate medical examination. A special corridor has been organized for the repatriation of citizens of both countries who could …
Read More »Russian military expert: “Relocation of Armenians from Lebanon to occupied Azerbaijani territories is blatant violation of international law”
“The relocation of people by Armenia to the Azerbaijani territories being under occupation contradicts with international law. The official Yerevan also understands this well”, said Igor Korotchenko, the Russian military expert, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine in his interview with APA’s Moscow correspondent while commenting on the cases of relocation …
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