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On November 1, French President Emmanuel Macron embarked on his first tour of the Central Asian region as he sought to strengthen ties in the region where Russia and China enjoy strong influence.

It is in the interest of all parties to return to the pre-war rapprochement between Turkey and Israel.

The Karabakh conflict, which has persisted for the past century, appears to have reached its inevitable conclusion. For Azerbaijan, this marks the end of separatism and the restoration of sovereignty.

The Karabakh conflict and the relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan are often clouded by misinformation. To address this, it is crucial to highlight some historical facts.

Azerbaijan launched a military assault on Armenian-controlled Karabakh not with the goals of genocide or committing ethnic cleansing, two common accusations in the Western media, but because it had exhausted other avenues.

Foreign policy on the Armenian track increasingly resembles a festival of gaffes. This time it was Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly who distinguished herself.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit 2023 and SDG Action Weekend 2023 took place in New York, USA, during the 78th session of the UN General Assembly on September 16–19, 2023.

This conflict and Russia’s war against Ukraine have ushered in an era fraught with defense and security challenges for smaller powers like Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

In the intricate web of international diplomacy, few relationships have experienced the ebbs and flows of Israel and Turkey's interactions. The history of these two nations' diplomatic ties can be dissected into four distinct phases, each marked by its unique dynamics and implications.

This year on October 18, the Republic of Azerbaijan celebrated the day of restoration of independence. This year’s celebration day is special as the country restored its territorial integrity and sovereignty. Azerbaijan’s path to this important day was tragic and difficult as the country faced multidimensional and cross-border threats and security challenges in the region. As a result of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, twenty percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territories had been occupied, and the whole critic infrastructure in the occupied territories was devastated or destroyed.

The self-dissolution of the separatist regime in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in September 2023 has effectively brought an end to the decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the mentioned region.

The most recent fighting in Karabakh on September 19 finally ended decades-long separatism in Azerbaijan. But the collapse of the political realm in a breakaway territory has ushered in complex identity challenges for both Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Baku has remained supportive of the idea to create a trilateral format for holding talks among the three countries of the South Caucasus.

There has been talk in the world that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be resolved by the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the borders of 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Armenians urgently needed to find a new banner, a new unifying idea. With a high degree of probability, this mobilization idea of the world Armenians for the next decades is hatred of Azerbaijanis.

Great tragedies in violent confrontation come when the path to peace is cut off and when opposing sides hear no one but themselves. Since October 7, the Middle East has been living a nightmare, claiming dozens, hundreds of lives every hour.

Discussions around the still prevalent French colonialism in various corners of the world have been at the epicenter of an international congress in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku.

Pundit Farhad Mammadov of the Center for South Caucasus Studies in his Telegram channel analysed the situation that has developed ahead of the expected meeting of the Azerbaijani president and Armenian prime minister under the aegis of the EU Council president.

The events in the Middle East continue to be the number one topic on the international agenda. On October 18, an extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was held in Saudi Arabia.

There are widespread allegations that other forces are behind the war between Hamas and Israel. Regional and global actors are said to be steering this war, fueling it.

The trip of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to Karabakh on October 15 will be the focus of attention of the expert community for a long time to come. Geopolitical changes rarely look so spectacular and graphic.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili sent a message to the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.

The European Parliament has earned its unflattering title of “Mickey Mouse Parliament”, as this legislative body is called in the European political circles.

The people of Azerbaijan burst on October 15 into tears of joy seeing President Ilham Aliyev hoist the State Flag of Azerbaijan in the territories cleared of separatists.