Of particular concern is the increase in soil salinity, which affects an estimated 40 percent of arable land in Azerbaijan.
Turkey’s foray into the South Caucasus seems to be paying off, as the country nibbles away at Russia’s long-held hegemony in the region.
Azerbaijan on Monday denied Iranian allegations of Israeli military presence in the country, after Tehran's army launched drills at the countries' border, AFP reports.
Tensions between Azerbaijan and Iran are running high over allegations of Israeli military presence, with more military drills planned.
‘We reject the allegations of any third party’s presence near the Azerbaijani-Iranian border,’ says Azeri Foreign Ministry as Tehran’s military holds drills near the border.
Georgia is hosting trilateral Eternity 2021 drills involving the country's defence forces alongside their counterparts from Azerbaijan and Turkey, in manoeuvres designed to hone capabilities for protecting strategic energy infrastructure in the South Caucasus.
According to the Israeli website NEWSru.co.il, Azerbaijan may purchase the Hetz 3 (Arrow 3) anti-ballistic missile system from Israel.
Ilham Aliyev visited the Udi Albanian church destroyed under the Armenian occupation regime in the village of Talish, Karabakh.
The Iranian army recently held massive military exercises near its border with Azerbaijan. These drills come against the backdrop of escalating disputes between the two neighbors after Baku imposed tariffs on Iranian trucks crossing the border and heading to Karabakh.
Azerbaijan and Turkey will hold a military exercise in Azerbaijan near the border with Iran from Tuesday to Friday, amid heightening tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.
Amreyev noted that thanks to the liberation of Azerbaijani territories from occupation and the restoration of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the solidarity of member states has intensified.
Events are moving quite quickly in the South Caucasus, although they have not yet reached a breakthrough. Nevertheless, the first anniversary of the outbreak Second Karabakh War provides an opportunity to evaluate at least some of the new phenomena.
Armenian Foreign Minister also highlighted the importance of my meeting with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which took place in New York on September 23.
Azerbaijan is planning to some requests for additional batches of Russian-designed materiel, President of the country Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with the National Defense (Natsionalnaya Oborona) magazine: "We are working fruitfully with Russia in all areas, including military-industrial cooperation.
Azerbaijan continues to investigate foreign firms engaged in illegal business activities in Karabakh during nearly 30 years of Armenian occupation, seeking justice, said Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan.
Tehran moves forward with military drill over Baku’s criticism; Israel is a major supplier of arms to the country.
A year ago today, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan intensified into war. There were many reasons for that, but among the most important were Yerevan’s unexpectedly hard line, the expanding role of Turkey, and the failure of the Minsk Co-Chair countries to focus on the South Caucasus, Sergey Markedonov says.
Tensions spiked between Azerbaijan and Iran recently surrounding trade with Armenia and military exercises in the region.
Tehran is not happy about Azerbaijan’s victory in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh against Armenia. And Baku’s restrictions on Iranian trucks entering the region escalated tensions between the neighbours.
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy and the Industry & Trade Ministry of the Czech Republic have signed an agreement on energy cooperation.
Armenian and Azerbaijan academics, policy experts and think tank representatives met in Kachreti, Georgia, on Thursday 30 September 2021 to discuss “How confidence-building measures can contribute to lasting peace in the South Caucasus”.
Tensions have increased between Iran and Azerbaijan in the past few weeks. However, relations between the two neighbours were unstable even earlier, especially following the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia last autumn.
Georgian and Azerbaijani Prime Ministers Irakli Garibashvili and Ali Asadov have pledged to deepen their countries’ economic ties at the inter-governmental economic commission session held in Baku earlier today.
The 44-Day War and therein the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan have brought about various opportunities for regional co-operation, peace and development in the South Caucasus.
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