Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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Is Macron doctrine biased against Muslim states?

Is Macron doctrine biased against Muslim states?

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 path to renewables is the path to lasting peace in the Caucasus

The path to renewables is the path to lasting peace in the Caucasus

In the wake of 30 years of war, maintaining this fragile peace poses a significant challenge. An unprecedented opportunity for regional energy cooperation, however, unthinkable during the conflict, presents the first piece of the puzzle. Renewables are the second

Pashinyan lauds Russia’s Emergency Ministry work in Karabakh

Pashinyan lauds Russia’s Emergency Ministry work in Karabakh

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has had a meeting with Russian Emergency Minister Yevgeny Zinichev and praised the work of the Russian agency in returning to normality in Nagorno-Karabakh and providing humanitarian aid to citizens, the …

Ceasefire monitoring center soon to be launched in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region

Ceasefire monitoring center soon to be launched in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region

A Russian-Turkish center to control the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh will soon open in Aghdam. The memorandum on the creation of a joint center was signed on November 11 by Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu and head of the Turkish military department Hulusi Akar. The Ministry of National Defense of Turkey announced Sunday that a joint Turkish-Russian Center for monitoring the ceasefire will soon be launched in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan

Touring Azerbaijan's reclaimed territories

Touring Azerbaijan's reclaimed territories

On the bottom left corner of my Azerbaijan Airlines ticket from Istanbul to Baku is printed the phrase “KARABAKH IS AZERBAIJAN.” It is the first of hundreds of times I will see this phrase over the next few days: on screens in the Baku airport, billboards in the city center, storefronts of countless shops,  freelance journalist Paul Benjamin Osterlund writes in the article After the war: Touring Azerbaijan's reclaimed territories for Eurasianet. The journalist recently visited Azerbaijan on a press-trip

Putin and Macron discuss Karabakh, Ukraine, coronavirus and JCPOA

Putin and Macron discuss Karabakh, Ukraine, coronavirus and JCPOA

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh in detail and confirmed their mutual readiness to continue the coordination on various aspects of the peaceful settlement, …

Turkey poised for reset in relations with Israel

Turkey poised for reset in relations with Israel

Relations between Israel and Turkey could be on the verge of a breakthrough, with a Turkish presidential adviser confirming bilateral talks and that full diplomatic relations could be restored by March. Relations between the once close allies all but collapsed with Turkey withdrawing its ambassador in 2017, amid escalating tensions

US anti-Turkey sanctions to affect negatively NATO

US anti-Turkey sanctions to affect negatively NATO

The United States has decided to sanction its NATO ally Turkey. Under pressure from the US Congress, President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the Turkish Defense Industry Authority as part of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). "The sanctions in connection with Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems will negatively affect joint activities within NATO, Ankara expects Washington to revise this decision," the head of the republic’s defense ministry, Hulusi Akar said

Is durable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan possible?

Is durable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan possible?

The collapse of the Soviet Union restored the independent statehood of the three countries in the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, but it took away the largely peaceful relations between or within them, Vasif …

Name of the Russian officer who died in Karabakh revealed

Name of the Russian officer who died in Karabakh revealed

A sapper officer from the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh, 29-year-old Vitaly Moroz, died on December 17 during demining in the Shusha region of Azerbaijan. The name of the sapper was published by the Military …