US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has welcomed the steps taken to normalize relations between Armenia and Turkey. “We welcome and strongly support statements by Turkish Foreign Minister MevlutCavusoglu  and MFA of Armenia on appointing Special Envoys to discuss the process of normalization,” he tweeted. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the appointment of mutual special …

Garo Paylan, Turkish lawmaker of Armenian descent from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has reminded Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that 110 years ago an Armenian was sitting in his place, urging him to renounce nationalism and discrimination, ermenihaber reported. Addressing the parliament on Monday, Paylan pointed out that somehow, for centuries, in the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk …

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, hosted the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, for a discussion on the evolving situation in the South Caucasus region and ways forward regarding EU relations with both countries. President Michel assured both leaders …

The trilateral meeting between the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took place in Brussels, the press service of the Armenian government said in a statement. The implementation process of the trilateral statements of …

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had a brief eye-to-eye meeting in Brussels, European Council President Charles Michel said. Prior to that, Pashinyan and Aliyev held a trilateral meeting hosted by Michel in Brussels. After the meeting, Michel told reporters that he left the two leaders alone briefly in order for …

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emanuel Macron had a telephone conversation on the initiative of the French side, the Kremlin said in a statement. It said the leaders of the two countries discussed the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, the situation around Ukraine, as well as the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “The situation …

A Belarusian opposition leader who rallied mass protests against disputed leader Alexander Lukashenko has been jailed for 18 years, BBC reported. Sergei Tikhanovsky was convicted of organising riots among other charges following a trial condemned as a sham. He planned to challenge Mr Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election, but was detained before the vote. …

European Council President Charles Michel today had separate meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who both are in Brussels on working visits. No additional details have been reported.