Of all the violent disputes that have flared across the former Soviet Union since the late 1980s, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is the only one to pose a genuine threat to peace and security throughout Eurasia. By right of its strategic location and oil resources, the Transcaucasus has been...
Azerbaijan and Armenia broke out armed conflict in the border area on the 16th. Both sides accused the other side of taking the lead in launching military attacks. According to the news released on the website of the Ministry of defense of Azerbaijan, at about 11:00 on the same day, Arme...
Conflict with Armenia The real test for Azerbaijan’s tradition of tolerance, we learn, was sparked by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. At that time, the Republic of Armenia invaded and occupied some 20% of Azerbaijani lands, including Nagorno Karabakh and seven adjacent districts, r...
The Azeri defence ministry said the Aghdam region, adjacent Nagorno-Karabakh, was under Armenian shelling. It said overnight Armenian military units opened fire from large-caliber weapons along the border, which Armenia denied. Armenia said the Azeri army had fired twice during the night and used ...
Japan to Provide $4.8 Million Grant to Armenia and Azerbaijan Over Karabakh Conflict More Reuters FILE PHOTO: An Azeri soldier is seen at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov YEREVAN (R...
Armenia is one of the most ancient nations in the world. The Armenians have had writing for millennia and they have always had the same core of their homeland. They are the first officially Christian nation in the world. They adopted the Christian faith even before Rome did. One would have...
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at loggerheads over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh since 1988. Peace talks have been held since 1994 when a ceasefire was reached, but there have been occasional minor clashes in the past along the borders....
to offer mediation to settle the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The eruption of the fierce clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia ended the war that happened in 2020 when Russia brokered the ceasefire. However, Russia's war in Ukraine was signaling renewed fighting in Nago...
The European Union supports international efforts to ease tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan following their war last year over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, chief Charles Michel said on Saturday (17 July). On a visit to Yerevan, Michel expressed "the European Union's support for...
Lavrov also expressed his hope that Azerbaijan, Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries would adopt a joint statement on the conflict resolution. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov noted the significance of holding substantive negotiations on the conflict settlement. ...