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Turkey is facing a severe economic crisis these days, with a 15% devaluation of the Lira against the US dollar in just 24 hours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted talks with Armenia and Azerbaijan, on the anniversary of a peace deal ending a conflict between the two neighbours over a separatist region.

On November 9 a year ago, the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh came to a halt with the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to the area. In the twelve months since, however, there has been scant sign of a lasting political solution.

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, will meet twice over the next three weeks.

A trilateral meeting between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia should take place tomorrow, November 26, in the Russian tourist resort of Sochi. At the center of the diplomatic initiative the possible agreements between the two warring countries. However, the information is still scarce.

Spearheading efforts to increase strategic connectivity and trade turnover, Beijing has provided sizable funds for transit infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and other projects in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.

Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, announced on November 19 that in the margin of the Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in Brussels on December 15, there would be a meeting between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

When reviewing the list of invitees, which includes a total of 109 countries, controversial questions regarding the selection criteria spring to mind.

Iran is putting on a brave face here because the Arab states would like Syria to pressure Iranian forces to leave.

The one-year anniversary of the end of the Second Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan passed last week. After much indifference, dithering and disinterest from the international community, Russia finally brokered a November 2020 ceasefire agreement that stopped the fighting.

On September 27, 2020, with the counter-offensive operation along the entire front Azerbaijani Army, as a countermeasure of the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, started the liberation of the territories, which had been occupied by Armenia in the wake of the First Karabakh War in the early 1990s.

In Istanbul, the members of the OTS called for deepening economic cooperation and praised the role of the pan-Turkic organization toward this purpose.

Baku has gained more strategic autonomy and could play a crucial role in U.S. policy toward Eurasia.

Russia is trying to govern territories it keeps under temporary or long-term control according to unwritten laws, while not attaching special importance to the norms of international law and laws of a state on whose territory its servicemen are stationed.

Just as there are no Azerbaijanis in Armenia, Armenians not living in Azerbaijan in large concentrated communities can be the basis for future peace for both countries.

After a new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out on September 27, 2020, Russia—which is Armenia’s key ally and has an extensive military presence in the country—maintained a position of relative neutrality, notwithstanding multiple attempts by Yerevan to drag Moscow into the conflict.

Fake news, insinuations, lies, slander, groundless accusations, insults and threats have been accompanying Azerbaijan-Iran relations for many years, traditionally inflamed by Tehran.

Negotiations follow all wars. Dialogue and diplomatic talks signal the end of conflicts. In this case, hope for peace grows.

On October 29, the Armenian media reported that Hampig Sassounian, an Armenian-American who was an alleged member of the Armenian terrorist organization Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) is in Armenia upon his extradition from the United States.

As they say, it is hard to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat there. But what if someone really wants everyone to think that there is a black cat in an empty dark room? What to do then?

In this joint op-ed, Dr Benyamin Poghosyan and Dr Anar Valiyev discuss how Armenia and Azerbaijan have coped with the changed realities of the last year following the end of the 44-day Karabakh War and the signing of the Armenia-Azerbaijan-Russia trilateral declaration of 10 November 2021.

“We are always ready for unequal battle, unequal fight, however, we will not compromise our pride, dignity, our independence to anyone. Let everyone know it!”

During his recent visit to Tbilisi, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin poured cold water on the idea of American support for a so-called “3+3 format” in the South Caucasus.