Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Azerbaijan is planning a “full-scale war” against Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warned on February 16, two days after a skirmish on the border left four Armenian troops dead. Tensions between the two Caucasus neighbours have remained high since Baku re-captured the Armenian-populated region of … 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
Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country, Azerbaijan’s top diplomat told the UN Security Council on September 21. Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s determination to guarantee … 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
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
NEW DELHI: Usanas Foundation (one of India’s emerging think tank on security related matters) recently hosted a webinar on Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict and the role of Turkey and Pakistan in provoking warfare in Caucasus. The panel comprised Anil Trigunayat, Former Indian Envoy to Libya, Malta and Jordan, Abdullah Bozkurt, Sweden based Investigative Journalist, Turkey expert … Read more
BAKU: Azerbaijan said Wednesday an Armenian missile strike on its Barda district near the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline killed 19 civilians, but Yerevan denied carrying out an attack. It would be the deadliest reported attack on civilians since new fighting over the disputed region broke out a month ago. Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev said Armenian forces … Read more