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Former Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian on the transfer of NKR regions to Baku without status and security guarantees: This is an absolute lie

Politique Internationale – What concrete parameters on the conflict settlement were put forward by the Co-Chair countries? Edward Nalbandian – All proposals made by the Co-Chairs envisioned a package solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem with phased implementation in conjunction with all interrelated components of the settlement. 1). The final legal status

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Armenia President expresses condolences on death of Vartan Gregorian

President Armen Sarkissian today expressed condolences on the occasion of the death of President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and co-founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Vartan Gregorian, as reported the Public Relations Department of the Staff of the President of Armenia. The President’s condolence message reads as follows: “I received very sad …

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Senator Robert Menendez Calls on U.S. Government to Press Azerbaijan for Releasing Armenian POWs

During the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) confirmation hearing on Thursday, April 15, 2021, of Ambassador Victoria Nuland to serve as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, SFRC Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) raised key issues relating to the Armenian people, including the Armenian prisoners of war

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Victoria Nuland: US needs to continue to pressure Turkey over Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State Victoria Nuland says the US has very complex relations with Turkey which will require a lot of effort since Ankara renounces democracy.

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Statements of Former US Co-Chairs of the OSCE MG on Armenia and Artsakh – Deliberate Blow?

Former US Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group continue to surprise with their statements about Artsakh and Armenia. First, earlier this month, an article by former US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland was published, in which the latter actually accused the Minsk Group of

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Armenia 3rd President comments on Belarus President’s statement

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who is on a visit to Baku, declared that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev had asked him to tell the Armenians to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue through peace, but the Armenian elite before Pashinyan had declined the offer.

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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev offered money for Karabakh, says Belarus’ Lukashenko

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had offered money for Karabakh if Armenia agreed to settle the conflict peacefully. The statement came from President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko. Lukashenko paid a visit to Baku, on Tuesday and

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A SHAME! «NG»: President of Belarus Lukashenko: «Azerbaijan has taken a big step to achieve its national dream. I’m very glad that you… Belarus is your reliable friends»

Local observers have focused on the fact that Belarus, which is Armenia’s ally with respect to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), is supporting Azerbaijan in the conflict between Baku and Yerevan, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports. “Azerbaijan has taken a big step to achieve its national dream.

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Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, 13 April 2021 (MOSCOW-PARIS-WASHINGTON)

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 monitoring the implementation of the agreement reached by the parties on …

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The National Interest magazine draws parallels between Ilham Aliyev and Saddam Hussein

The National Interest magazine has published an article about Azerbaijani president Olham Aliyev and the ”park-museum” opened in Baku at his initiative. ARMENPRESS reports the author of the article Michael Rubin compared Ilahm Aliyev with former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the ”park-museum” of Baku with Baghdad’s “Victory Arch,” known to locals as the Swords of …

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Director of the «Samuel Moorat» Armenian College and cultural center of Sevres, France, Father Haroutiun Bezdikian, has passed away

With deep regret, we inform you that on April 11, 2021 in Sevres, at the age of 84, has died the director of the Armenian college and cultural center «Samuel Moorat» in Sevres, a member of the Mekhitarist congregation, Doctor of Philosophy, Theology, Art History, President of the Academy of St. Lazarus (Venice), Honorary Life …

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan dies aged 82

Armenian Ambassador Arman Navasardyan has died at the age of 82. Tert.am learned about this from his relative. According to this relative, Navasardyan was hospitalized in Yerevan for a long time. Arman Navasardyan was born on

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Point of view: Opposition Homeland Party member: Nikol Pashinyan deliberately led Armenia to defeat

In 2018, a force came to power in Armenia that expressed commitment to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Armenia’s hostile relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. This is what member of the political council of the opposition Homeland Party

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LA Times editorial: President Biden, call it by its name: the Armenian genocide

US President Biden this month has the opportunity to use honest and accurate terminology when describing the murder of over 1 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, the editorial of LA Times reported. “When the anniversary of the start of the massacre arrives, he can and should call it a genocide, a term that only …

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Legendary army commander, hero of Artsakh, major general Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan dies

Today, hero of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), commander of the military operation for the liberation of Shushi, Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (Komandos) died at the age of 81. The news was confirmed by doctors at Erebuni Medical Center where the legendary army commander had been transferred to in a serious condition a few days ago.

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Armenian FM: Armenia didn’t address CSTO during war

Russia remains Armenia’s strategic ally, and Armenia highly appreciates it. This is what Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ara Aivazian said during today’s parliamentary discussion on the report on the activities carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2020.

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Visa-free regime between Turkey and Azerbaijan to take effect on April 1

A visa-free regime between Turkey and Azerbaijan will take effect on April 1, allowing the citizens of both countries “to travel without passports and new generation identification certificates used in the respective country”. The press release states that this will strengthen the bonds between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

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Posters presenting Shushi as Azerbaijani city at London Underground removed

The Embassy of Armenia in the United Kingdom reports the following: “After the formal complaints put forward by the Embassy of Armenia as well as the UK-Armenian community organisations, the offensive posters at the London Underground, displaying Armenian historical and cultural heritage as Azerbaijani, have now been removed from

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The Artsakh (Karabakh) MFA: International community didn’t give proper assessment to genocidal policy of Baku, Ankara

Օn this day 101 years ago, the authorities of the Azerbaijani Republic, together with the regular Turkish army and numerous armed gangs, organized the massacre of the Armenian population of Shushi, almost completely destroying the historical capital of Artsakh. The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Foreign Ministry has noted this in a statement it released Monday on the …

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How and to what extent does Baku “buy” Germany politicians?

There is a serious corruption scandal in the German Bundestag. Apparently, several German politicians tried to gain personal benefit from their ties with the Azerbaijani authorities. In this regard, the German prosecutor’s Office focused primarily on two members of the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party: Axel Fischer and Mark Hauptmann, DW reports. In early …

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