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Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

Geneva (Switzerland) | 28 May 2021

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following statement today:
The Co-Chairs held consultations with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President (...)

Turkey, a global problem

by Savvas Kalèndéridès, Stavros Kalèndéridès

Athens (Greece) | 1 May 2021

Turkey has once again escaped the consequences of its actions, this time in Nagorno-Karabakh. It is probably today in the crosshairs of the Pentagon, which wishes to destroy it like all the other states in the wider Middle East. This is the problem: it risks being set on fire to continue the (...)

The Azeri War Trophies Museum

30 April 2021

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has just offered his country a national museum to incite among his people their hatred of Armenians. He personally inaugurated it on 12 April 2021.
It is a large park located in the capital, Baku. More than 300 Armenian tanks and artillery pieces, destroyed (...)

Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

14 April 2021

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following statement today:
The Co-Chairs note with satisfaction the consolidation of the ceasefire, and are closely (...)

Ilham Aliyev’s Victory Speech

Baku (Azerbaijan ) | 20 November 2020

Dear fellow countrymen,
I sincerely congratulate you on the liberation of Aghdam district. I heartily congratulate all the people of Aghdam. Dear people of Aghdam, you are no longer IDPs. You will return to your ancestral land.
The liberation of Aghdam district is the result of a trilateral (...)

Russian peace force to save Armenia

11 November 2020

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the deployment of a Russian peacekeeping force between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The complete ceasefire came into effect on 10 November 2020 at midnight [3].
It is a heavy defeat for the Armenians of Artsakh and of Armenia itself, who pay the price for having (...)

Statement by Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia

Moscow (Russia) | 10 November 2020

We, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, state the following:
1. A complete ceasefire and termination of all hostilities in the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh (...)

Pakistan covertly engaged on Azerbaijani side (Pashinyan)

30 October 2020

Pakistan has repeatedly denied reports, appearing in Azerbaijani and Turkish Facebook accounts, about Pakistani troops being mobilized to support the Azerbaijani army against the Armenians.
However, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, interviewed by Indian television WION, and (...)

Third Karabakh ceasefire breached

27 October 2020

The third ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, brokered in Washington this time, held for only one hour, on 26 October 2020. Entered into force at 8 a.m., it had already fallen through by 9 a.m. .
Like the previous ones, in Moscow and Paris on 10 and 18 October respectively, this one too seems to (...)

According to Washington, it is Azerbaijan which not respecting ceasefire

26 October 2020

Interviewed by Face the Nation (CBS) on 25 October 2020, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien confirmed that Armenia had accepted the OSCE-imposed ceasefire, while Azerbaijan had still not committed to it.

Ilham Aliyev on Karabakh: “There will be no referendum, ever! "

23 October 2020

In an interview on 22 October 2020 with the Japanese daily Nikkei, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev explained that the Azerbaijanis have always respected the Armenians, insisting that it was the latter who perpetrated a genocide against the people of his country (sic), and not the reverse. (...)

Greece, Russia and Turkey readying for war over Nogorno-Karabakh

22 October 2020

– On 21 October 2020, the Greek Navy mobilized around 60 boats to protect the Aegean Islands in the event of a Turkish attack.
– Konstantin Zatulin, deputy chairman of the Russian Federation State Duma, alluded to a possible Russian landing in Azerbaijan to hunt down the jihadists. The Russian (...)

Open letter by members of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)

22 October 2020

During the extermination of non-Muslim populations, Sultan Habdulhamid II (1894-95), then the Young Turks (1915-23), murdered 1.2 to 1.5 million people.
The Shushi Holy Savior (Ghazanchetsots) Cathedral, was severely damaged after two deliberate air raids conducted by the Azerbaijani (...)

Turkey braces for Russian response in Syria

21 October 2020

The Russian Foreign Ministry lined up several of its heavyweights to have them denounce the danger that the jihadi presence in Azerbaijan represents for Russia itself.
Turkey continues to deny having anything to do with it, yet it is gearing up for a Russian response in occupied northern (...)

Turkish military presence in Azerbaijan

19 October 2020

According to the Russian daily Kommersant of 16 October 2020, 600 Turkish troops stayed behind in Azerbaijan after the joint military exercises that were held this summer [5].
This detachment comprises:
– a tactical battalion group of 200 people,
– 50 instructors in Nakhijevan,
– 90 military (...)

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