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Accuses U.S. of ‘obstructing’ regional peace efforts Russia is ready to take part in what it calls “post conflict restoration of territories returned to Azerbaijan,” the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday during a press briefing where she also accused the United States of “obstructing” efforts to establish peace in the region. “As far as I understand, the […]

Azerbaijan has released two Iranian truck drivers who were arrested last month when Azerbaijani force began blocking the normal traffic to Iranian cargo vehicles headed to Yerevan on the Goris-Kapan Highway, where Azerbaijan is also imposing tariffs on Iranian vehicles. Shahroud Norouzi and Ja’far Barzegar have been released “based on good will, good neighbor relations, mutual respect, and human principles,” […]

The United States is ready to support the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This was the message advanced by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried who held separate telephone conversations with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. During her conversation with Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Thursday, the two emphasized the need […]

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Armenia reported a record 2,603 coronavirus cases and hundreds of its unvaccinated citizens awaited hospitalization on Thursday as health authorities struggled to cope with a new wave of infections in the country of about 3 million. The Armenian Ministry of Health also said in the morning that 32 more people have died from COVID-19 in the past day, raising […]

Turkey’s aggressive and belligerent role by overtly aiding Azerbaijan in last year’s war has diminished Armenia’s trust in NATO, Armenian officials, including President Armen Sarkissian and Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan, told visiting NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina Píriz on Thursday. While briefing Píriz on post-war security atmosphere in the region, Defense Minister […]

Proposed FY 2022 Foreign Aid Bill Would Continue to Block Arms Sales to Erdogan’s Bodyguards Following 2017 Attack on Washington DC Protesters WASHINGTON—The Senate Appropriations Committee called for ongoing U.S. aid for Artsakh de-mining and expressed concern about unrest in the Caucasus, in its version the Fiscal Year 2022 foreign aid bill presented Monday, reported the Armenian National Committee of […]

WASHINGTON—The Armenian Legal Center for Justice & Human Rights (ALC) announced that it has filed 16 new cases of “enforced disappearances” before the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of 20 Armenian individuals who have disappeared while in Azerbaijani captivity. The ALC, in partnership with the International & Comparative Law Center (ICLaw), have filed these cases with strong evidence […]