The United States has been discouraging Azerbaijan from escalating tensions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Official Baku has urged authorities in Yerevan to stop “making unfounded statements and interfering in Azerbaijan’s internal affairs” after Armenia raised the issue of another disruption of natural gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh affecting the humanitarian situation in the region.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held on Saturday what he described as “very productive” talks with his visiting Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan which highlighted ongoing attempts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations.
The Azerbaijani authorities said on Tuesday that they intend to arrest and prosecute soon Ara Harutiunian, the Nagorno-Karabakh president.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian accused Ilham Aliyev of obstructing the opening of transport links between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday after the Azerbaijani president said Yerevan must not control a land “corridor” demanded by Baku.
Russia is ready to promote efforts to repair relations between Armenia and Turkey, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, confirming that Yerevan has made a request for Russia’s mediation in the mending of ties with Ankara.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Friday accused Iran and Armenia of using Azerbaijani territory for drug trafficking, prompting swift rebuttals from both neighbors.
Iran’s Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri reaffirmed his country’s readiness to expand relations with Armenia as he visited Yerevan on Wednesday amid continuing tensions between Tehran and Baku.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide, according to multiple Western media reports.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Friday what he described as attempts to stage a military coup in Armenia.
The Russian military launched on Monday demining operations in Nagorno-Karabakh as part of its peacekeeping mission defined by the Armenian-Azerbaijani ceasefire agreement brokered by Moscow.
The Kremlin spoke out on Wednesday against Turkey’s possible involvement in international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict which have long been spearheaded by Russia, France and the United States.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday added his voice to international calls for the warring sides in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to abide by an Armenian-Azerbaijani ceasefire agreement.
International mediators should try to work out “concrete steps” that could stop the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Sofia has sent a note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria over the visit of two Bulgarian lawmakers to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday reacted cautiously to repeated calls for former President Robert Kocharian’s release from custody made by Nagorno-Karabakh’s current and former leaders.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev again criticized the international community on Friday for not helping his country regain control over Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-held territories surrounding it.
Underscoring its continuing close ties with Russia, Armenia has again voted against a United Nations resolution criticizing Russian actions in and around Crimea.
Armenia’s new government is committed to a compromise solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and hopes that it will be achieved “very soon,” Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian said on Friday.
Official Yerevan has accused Baku of failing to meet its obligations to an international organization after Azerbaijan launched large-scale war games on Monday.
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