Nonetheless, a week prior to Armenia’s parliamentary elections, a major breakthrough had, in fact, been achieved between the two conflicting states. This development has the potential to positively contribute to the emergence of a constructive environment for negotiations over other issues, including transportation projects and a settlement of the shared border.
In the last three decades, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh has had a significant impact on the geo-economic situation in the South Caucasus. In the early 90s, the illegal territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan led to the First Karabakh War and resulted in the occupation of 20% of internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan.
Azeri oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey fell by 11.2% year on year to 11.1 million tonnes in the first five months of the year, the State Statistics Committee said on Wednesday.
The Armenian prime minister has celebrated the return of the prisoners at campaign rallies, and opposition figures have accused him of giving up too much in return.
Currently, the border dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the most recent tensions in the Syunik region (Zangezur in Azerbaijani), has raised the question of security and durable peace in the region. Moreover, Armenia’s upcoming elections in June 2021 are transforming the situation in the country into deep political turmoil.
According to TASS, Erdogan made the remarks on Tuesday during a press conference with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkish and Azerbaijani energy companies are planning joint investments in nearby regions, an official said Wednesday, a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signaled such a move.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has travelled to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as part of a trip reaffirming his nation's political support to Azerbaijan.
Peace and stability in the Caucasus will benefit the entire world, not just countries of the region, Turkey’s president said on Tuesday.
All the regional countries, including Armenia, and the entire world will benefit from the peace and tranquility in the Caucasus, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in an address to the national parliament of Azerbaijan.
The Delegation of the European Union to Azerbaijan has announced the winners of the press contest on EU-Azerbaijan cooperation, for Azerbaijani print, TV/radio and web media content.
Pledging support for the revival and reconstruction of Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on regional countries to join efforts of cooperation for peace and stability.
According to the Turkish leader, "the end of hostilities in Karabakh opened up wide opportunities for intergovernmental cooperation in the region".
Turkey and Azerbaijan on Tuesday signed a memorandum of alliance to further cooperation following a meeting between the countries' presidents Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ilham Aliyev in Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Trans-Caspian Pipeline is intended to transport Central Asia’s vast natural gas resources to European energy markets via the Southern Gas Corridor. It stands to significantly change Central Asia and Europe’s energy map.
The German Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies (GDIS), a think tank associated with the German Bundeswehr, questioned whether Germany would have been able to fare better than Armenia against Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. The answer is quite shocking.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed the law “On the establishment of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 14.
The EU4Environment Action in Azerbaijan has launched its first calls for experts and interested industrial enterprises to join the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Demonstration activities.
On 14 June, the Delegation of the European Union to Azerbaijan launched a Euro Film Fest, which will take place online until 29 June.
Turkey's leading players such as Hakan Calhanolgu and Burak Yilmaz will be more than 1,400km from their capital city as they face Wales in Wednesday's Euro 2020 match in Baku.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said he is pinning hope for regional peace on a six-nation platform comprising Turkey, Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
On June 12, Azerbaijan and Armenia, through the mediation of the US State Department and the Georgian government, made an exchange: Baku released 15 Armenian captives, and Yerevan handed over to Azerbaijan maps of minefields in one of the formerly occupied regions around Karabakh.
Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada has said that he is thankful to Pakistan and its people who have always stood by Azerbaijan over the conflict with Armenia, especially during the Patriotic War of Azerbaijan.
As part of official visit, Erdogan will travel to Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was liberated from Armenian occupation.
