ÖBB Rail Cargo Group is expanding its Eurasian network, focusing on Central Asia. The Austria-based company now serves several markets in the region, offering two different connection routes that follow the Middle Corridor.
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Azerbaijan has launched an anti-terrorism operation in Karabakh. Public opinion has long been ready for this. There has been talk of war since early September. The movement and preparations in Karabakh also supported this idea.
Armenia can interpret Azerbaijan's actions any way it wants, it has a rich imagination, said former Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Tofig Zulfugarov, commenting on the localized counter-terrorism actions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Karabakh.
On September 19, a vehicle belonging to Azerbaijan State Agency for Automobile Roads exploded hitting a land mine previously planted by the reconnaissance-subversion groups of Armenia’s armed forces in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, with the purposes of committing terror act, on the Ahmadbayli-Fuzuli-Shusha Road that killed two civilians.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, in reporting the incident, emphasized for the first time that it was the armed forces of Armenia, not Armenian armed non-governmental formations in Karabakh, that were responsible.
The infiltration of a sabotage group into the liberated Azerbaijani lands could only have been organized by the authorities of Armenia and their puppets in Khankendi, where the leadership has recently changed and the positions of "field commanders" have been strengthened.
Today, around 4 AM, at the 58th kilometer of the Ahmedbeyli-Fizuli-Shusha highway, a Howo truck owned by the State Agency of Automobile Roads of Azerbaijan (AAYDA) and operating on the mentioned road was detonated by an anti-tank mine.
This information is stated in a joint statement by the General Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the State Security Service of Azerbaijan.
The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with the delegation led by Israel Defense Ministry’s Director General Eyal Zamir, who is on an official visit to Azerbaijan.
The Central Asian region needs a new geopolitical axis and pragmatic partnership format to decrease dependence on one market, namely Russia and China.
The passage of ICRC’s two cars and a truck carrying humanitarian assistance has been ensured from the Lachin State Border checkpoint to Khankendi.
Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared the end of the world order that emerged as a result of the Cold War. He expressed this opinion while delivering a lecture at Johns Hopkins University. "What we are experiencing now is more than a test of the durability of the world order formed after the Cold War. It is the end of it," the US diplomatic chief said.
Leader of REAL party Ilgar Mammadov in an interview with Minval.az commented on the recent events taking place in Karabakh.
Illegal elections organized by separatist Armenians on September 9, 2023 in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where Russian peacekeeping troops are temporarily stationed, have added a new level of tension in the region.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been a major challenge for security and posed obstacles for regional economic and political integration in the South Caucasus.
Russia’s war against Ukraine has wrought major upheaval across Eurasia, forcing countries to search for new partners as they seek security and stability.
SOCAR Trading’s efforts to capture the Asian markets follow the expansion of its gas trading activities in Europe during the previous few years.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "Nagorno-Karabakh", as expected, was marked by a series of at least dubious statements by Ms. Yuri Kim, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State.
September 15 marks 105 years since the liberation of Baku from Bolshevik-Dashnak occupation.
In January-August 2023, Azerbaijan conducted trade transactions with foreign countries worth $35.505 billion, 1.1% more than a year ago, Report informs, citing the State Customs Committee.
After a long time, Maersk returned to the forefront of Eurasian connections. The global shipping player launched a new intermodal service connecting the port of Poti in Georgia with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan using the Middle Corridor. The service will run on a weekly basis and could expand to other countries in the region.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Dushanbe to attend the meeting of heads of Central Asian states in the capital of Tajikistan as a guest of honor.
While trade with neighboring Azerbaijan might improve the lot of Armenians, it would remove their leaders’ raison d’être.
The demonstration of IAI's Barak MX missile interception system could be interpreted as a message to Iran, which supports Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan.