Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Karabakh during a telephone conversation, according to the Kremlin press service. "The situation around Nagorno-Karabakh was …
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan has progressed by leaps and bounds. It has come a long way from being a newly interdependent country through its inclusive economic goals and friendly foreign …
After the Second Karabakh War ended, the question arose of the OSCE Minsk Group’s role. For many years, the organization had been unsuccessfully engaged in the settlement of the conflict at the diplomatic level
Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE and Foreign Minister of Sweden, Ann Linde will visit Azerbaijan and Armenia, according to citing her Twitter message. Linde added that prior to her upcoming visit she held a useful briefing with …
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Vladimir Titov held a conversation with Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus Annika Soder on March 10, Trend reports citing the Russian Ministry of …
On the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre, Azerbaijanis still wait for those responsible to be held accountable for their crimes
Rather than accomplishing its aim of charting a peaceful roadmap for postwar Europe, the February 1945 Yalta Conference paved the way for the Cold War by dividing Germany into four occupation zones administered by U.S., British, French and Soviet forces. Now, there exists a fresh opportunity to forge a lasting peace and to extinguish a lingering conflict in the South Caucasus region, where processes of normalization and economic integration are underway in the aftermath of last fall's six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan's ambassador to the United States, writes for Newsweek
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Stephane Visconti (France) and Andrew Schofer (the U.S.) spoke separately by video conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun …
The 44-day Second Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan, its Russian-mediated outcome, the launch of Russia’s own peacekeeping operation, and Turkey’s rise as a regional power have all exposed the Minsk Group’s irrelevance, The Jamestown Foundation writes in the article Can the Minsk Group on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Reinvent Itself?
Russia has never said the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement must be confined to the return of seven districts of the region to Azerbaijan without taking care of its status, the Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, special ambassador Igor Popov …
Earlier this week, in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a statement on "unblocking all economic and transport links in the region." For this purpose, a trilateral working group will be created, headed by the vice-premiers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia
The regions of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia, have now been finally liberated as a result of counterattacks by the Azeri Army against the Armenians ‘attack on September 27, 2020. As New Europe …
The confluence of many factors changed the hitherto prevailing balance of power and produced a victory for Azerbaijan, overturning the 26-year old status-quo in the region. Over the years, Azerbaijan has invested in the armed forces massively. In the meantime, both Azerbaijan and Turkey have cultivated closer ties with Russia. The color revolution, which swept pro-European Union Nikol Pashinyan into power as prime minister in Armenia in 2018 helped distance Moscow from Yerevan. Unlike in the past, the United States was disengaged from the region, mainly because of its partial withdrawal from the international stage
French president should clarify whether France supports ethnic separatism or territorial integrity of states; he can’t have it both ways, Yeni Safak writes in the article Macron doctrine biased against Muslim states: analysis. With only two years to go until the next presidential elections in France, President Emmanuel Macron is conducting a nationalistic foreign policy in a vain attempt at preventing his voters defecting to the Gaullist center-right and far right Marine Le Pen
The Russian Federation was from the very beginning concerned by the developments in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, as it sees both the North and South Caucasus as a unified sphere of interest, source of vulnerability, and field of responsibility
The OSCE Minsk Group released the statement following the visit of french Co-Chair Stephane Visconti and U.S. Co-Chair Andrew Schofer to Baku (December 12-13) and Yerevan (December 13-14). …
The meeting of Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan with the American and French OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs has kicked off in Yerevan. Charge d'Affaires of the Russian Embassy and the personal representative of the OSCE …
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev criticized the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group during the meeting with the group’s co-chairs from France and the United States in Baku. Having addressed the visitors, he said that he was ready …
The terrorist attacks against the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan were carried out yesterday in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said during the meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs …
The joint Russian-Turkish monitoring center to control the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone will operate in the Aghdam region of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said during the meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group …
