The Kremlin will have a hard time preserving its nominal ally Armenia in Russia’s geopolitical orbit.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this weekend led a congressional delegation to Armenia following last week’s deadly clashes along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the need to prevent further hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan during a meeting in New York with the two countries’ foreign ministers on Monday, a State Department spokesperson said.
While there is little reason to believe that Armenia will soon turn away from Moscow and toward Washington, Pelosi’s trip could be a starting point for another political shift in the Caucasus.
The lack of a peace agreement might expand the theater of future hostilities between the two countries and lead to new tragedies.
Armenian "high-level diplomacy" continues to hit rock bottom. Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan said at the joint press conference with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi that Yerevan was "grateful for the efforts of the United States in brokering a fragile ceasefire agreement on September 14".
Armenian media link the visit of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. However, according to the organizers, Pelosi's trip to Armenia had been planned several months in advance.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry on Sunday called a speech by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting Armenia is "deeply regrettable" and will "escalate tension" amid her visit to the country and a rise in conflict at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
The unique nature of Azerbaijan also found clear expression in the talk given by Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jewish community in Turkey on “The Rebirth of Jewish communities in Moslem countries.”
'Shame on France, which does not protect embassies,' says Azerbaijan's ambassador to France.
Azerbaijan on Sunday scolded U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for claiming that Baku had started a border conflict with Armenia, saying the "unsubstantiated and unfair" remarks were a serious blow to peace efforts.
Speaking at the conclusion of the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis prayed for the victims of recent fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, appealing for dialogue and peace.
In recent days renewed clashes have broken out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus. Fighting between these two countries is nothing new.
Taking advantage of the sentiments of the thousands of protesting crowds triggered by Nikol Pashinyan saying he was ready to sign a "document of capitulation", opposition leaders in Armenia tried to organize a new wave of street protests demanding a change of government.
The Turkish President brought up Baku's statements on the completion of the operation to prevent the provocation of the Armenian side.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who visited Taiwan last month, causing great tension with China, is said to visit Armenia, which was involved in major deadly border clashes with its neighbour Azerbaijan.
Romania has an agreement with Azerbaijan for the import of gas, in an effort to diversify energy sources, according to sources familiar with the matter consulted by Economedia.ro. At the moment,
Over the past few months, the situation in the South Caucasus region has begun to change rapidly. Great powers, countries of Asia and Europe, express their desire to strengthen and develop relations with Azerbaijan.
Armenia acts extremely illogically when it declares its neutrality in the Russo-Ukrainian war and resents the CSTO countries for the lack of support.
Revenge-thirsty Armenia does not draw any conclusions for itself, Michael Finkel, an Israeli lawyer and specialist in international law and international politics told Report, commenting on the large-scale provocation of the Armenian
The Armenian armed forces have carried out a large-scale provocation in the direction of the Dashkasan, Kalbajar and Lachin districts of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border since September 12 midnight.
Today, September 15, the UN Security Council will discuss the situation on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border.
Azerbaijan continues to effectively tame the ardor of Armenian separatism in the region, regardless of any opposition from external forces and lobbying influence.
On September 15, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, at the invitation of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, arrived in Uzbekistan's Samarkand city to attend the summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).