Dubai: For years, climate change has been a factor – not the only one – in wars and conflicts. Now for the first time, it’s part of a peace deal. A long-time stand-off that had turned the choice for next year’s United Nations climate talks into a melodrama and mystery resolved as part of a … Read more
Ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh to Kornidzor, in Armenia’s Syunik region, on Sept. 26, 2023. Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to exchange prisoners of war and work toward signing a peace treaty in what the European Union is hailing as a major step toward peace in the long-troubled region. The two countries said in a joint … Read more
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. File | Photo Credit: AFP Armenia’s leader said Tuesday he would not take part in next week’s summit of a Moscow-led security alliance, the latest in a series of moves suggesting a growing strain in relations with long-time ally Russia. A statement from the office of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan … Read more
New Delhi: Armenia has proposed a Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor to connect Indian traders with Russia and Europe. The offer was made last week by a visiting Armenian team comprising senior officials and experts. It came at a time when Armenia’s foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan was also visiting India. The proposed corridor-which will run parallel … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of an informal meeting of the heads of ex-Soviet nations which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States at the State Russian Museum, in St. Petersburg, Russia on December 27, 2022 | Photo Credit: AP … Read more
Despite earlier claims of a ceasefire, fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia continued Wednesday, a day after nearly 100 soldiers died in clashes, according to the Azerbaijani and Armenian ministries of defense. Russia suggested it had brokered a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan in a statement Tuesday, but it proved short-lived. The Russian-mediated ceasefire was “almost … Read more
Azerbaijan on Wednesday accused Armenian forces of firing at its troops across the two countries’ international border on May 24-26. It said its own forces had not returned fire and that there had been no casualties. Ties between the two countries remain strained after Azeri troops last year drove ethnic Armenians out of territory they … Read more
Armenia on Tuesday accused its historic rival Azerbaijan of fomenting ethnic hatred by displaying helmets of Armenian soldiers killed during their war last year. A decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region erupted into all-out war in September, killing more than 6,000 people. Six weeks of fighting ended in November with Armenia’s defeat. Yerevan ceded … Read more
BAKU: Azerbaijan said Wednesday its forces had entered the Kalbajar district, the second of three to be handed back by Armenia as part of a deal that ended weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The defence ministry in Baku said in a statement that “units of the Azerbaijani army entered the Kalbajar region on November 25” … Read more
STEPANAKERT: At least three civilians were killed in the latest shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh cities Friday as Azerbaijan pushed its offensive to reclaim control over the separatist territory for a sixth straight week, territorial authorities said.. Azerbaijani rockets and artillery shells hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh’s regional capital, Stepanakert, and the city of Shushi in the … Read more