The president of Azerbaijan told FRANCE 24 that the first meeting between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia last week in New York was a “good indicator” that dialogue could be restarted and a peaceful solution sought. He said he was ready to enter peace negotiations but lamented that Armenia’s leadership had so far failed …

The Ministry of Defense said on September 28 that at around 11:30 am, Garnik Abrahamyan, a serviceman of a military unit positioned at the village of Kut in Gegharkunik province, was wounded in the arm by a shot fired by Azeri troops, and that his life is not in danger.

Paris will send its ambassador back to Washington next week after French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden addressed their submarine dispute in a phone call on Wednesday. “President Emmanuel Macron has decided that the French Ambassador will return to Washington next week. He will then start intensive work with senior US officials,” the …

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is planning to return home for local elections on October 2, will be arrested as soon as he gets in the country, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told reporters on Tuesday, TASS reported. “As soon as Saakashvili sets foot on our soil, he will be arrested and taken to …

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs agreed in New York with Baku and Yerevan to resume working visits to Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov h as said, TASS reported. He also said that the agreements ending military activities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which were reached by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan last year, …

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a statement he hoped for continued dialogue between Yerevan and Baku after the meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. In his statement, Secretary General Guterres welcomed the statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group …

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs Dereck Hogan and National Security Council Senior Director for Europe Amanda Sloat, met on September 27 with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Stephane Visconti of France, Andrew Schofer of the United States, and Igor Khovaev of the Russian Federation, as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE …

The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has finalized a draft resolution focusing on the “humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan” stating that the 2020 war constitutes a breach of commitments made by the two countries upon their accession to the Council of Europe in 2001 to use only peaceful means to …

The Office of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender said in a statement that according to the accounts from the local residents, Azeri troops have set fires to areas near the villages of Verin Shorzha, Nerkin Shorzha, and Ayrk in the Gegharkunik province. Taking into account that the Azerbaijani armed forces invaded and are located in the …