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The pro-Kremlin analyst also pointed out that the talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin are "just for show".

Against the background of Azerbaijan's ongoing efforts to reach lasting regional peace with its neighbour Armenia after the 44-day war in 2020, the latter has launched a new campaign which raises doubts about Yerevan's readiness for peace.

Turkey wants to move talks on normalization of relations with Armenia to their respective capitals after conducting previous discussions in third countries, Middle East Eye reports.

Kazakhstan, and Central Asia in general, needs a long-term energy and commodity export strategy. Economic and energy security for the landlocked countries requires diversification of the transportation options for export and import. 

“Azerbaijan is an important energy partner for the EU, with energy cooperation intensifying,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed in a written statement to Times of Malta.

The notorious Western double standards towards Azerbaijan are an open secret. We have seen and continue to see them clearly in the context of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over the Karabakh issue.

While Russia and Türkiye continue to expand economic relations, the countries are often geopolitically at odds. The pragmatism of this relationship means that despite their differences, Russia and Türkiye are likely to remain unlikely bedfellows writes Nikola Mikovic.

Washington should take note of the European Union’s effort to forge closer ties with Azerbaijan, recognizing the South Caucasus nation as a cornerstone of global transport corridors.

In general, the new deal between Baku and Brussels reaffirmed Europe’s interest in the South Caucasus, which has significantly grown since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Since 1992, the OSCE Minsk Group had the mandate to facilitate a resolution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Why are we still so far from complete and comprehensive peace today, more than a year and a half after the signing of the Trilateral Statement, despite numerous encouraging meetings between Armenia and Azerbaijan, bilateral or with the involvement of various mediators?

The defeat in the 44-day war greatly affected the diaspora's opinion of the authorities in Armenia. However, further attempts by Russian Armenians to interfere in Armenia's domestic politics and influence the situation were unsuccessful.

Armenian refugees from Karabakh staged a protest in front of the Russian and French embassies in Yerevan yesterday, demanding that they "ensure the safety" of the Armenians living in the Azerbaijani territories currently controlled by the Russian peacekeepers.

This is the way of the world: success always attracts not only new friends, but also ill-wishers. Perhaps this axiom is applicable to entire states as much as it is to individuals. At any rate, for several years now Azerbaijan's diplomatic, economic, military, and political accomplishments have been causing anxiety to those who lose sleep over the well-being of others.

Russia, which still sees itself as the South Caucasus "curator," does not have enough strength anymore to keep this way in reality.

The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Great Britain was attacked by the radical Shia group Khoddam Al-Mahdi (Mahdi Servants Union). British police forcibly removed the attackers from the building and taken some of them into custody. No embassy personnel were harmed in the incident.

A drowning man grasps at straws, and the Armenian political elite in any difficult situation tries to improve its standing using fake news.

Modest Kolerov, Editor-in-Chief of REGNUM news agency, former head of the Interregional and Cultural Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Administration and one of the Kremlin "hawks", called on Armenia to "stay away from the European Union".

There are different kinds of propaganda. Quality propaganda, solid propaganda, relevant and compelling propaganda, as well as unnecessary and even malignant propaganda.

Great Russian chauvinism in action. A broken record has contributed to the ephemeral sentiment that fuels Russia's inferiority complex.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's war with the Dashnaks continues. According to recent reports, another leader of the Armenian diaspora in Europe, head of the Dashnaktsutyun party office in the Netherlands Masis Abrahamyan, has been detained at the Zvartnots airport and not allowed into Yerevan.

According to him, diaspora Armenians are people without a political will, who have an abstract idea about Armenia, nation, and statehood.

For 30 years, the Azerbaijan Republic has successfully developed on its own in the contemporary era.