Georgia will not participate in the “3+3” platform in the South Caucasus, Georgian Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani said today, adding that he has already expressed his country’s stance during conversations with Baku and Ankara. “Georgia can’t take part in a geopolitical project with Russia,” he said. Turkey and Azerbaijan proposed the idea after the second …

The OSCE is working very closely with Russia to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde said at a joint news conference in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to a TASS report. She praised Russia’s role in achieving the ceasefire, in particular, the country’s mediation efforts in ending hostilities on the …

The humanitarian situation and the rights of the residents of the adjacent settlements continues to worsen after the establishment of the so-called Azerbaijani border and customs checkpoints between November 11 and November 15 without legal grounds on the Goris-Kapan and Kapan-Chakaten roads from, the office of the Armenia Human Rights Defender says. Among other findings, …

Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov made a number of statements at the first session of the Russian-Azerbaijani Expert Council, including on the “3 + 3” format, Azerbaijani media reported. The meeting, entitled “Azerbaijani-Russian strategic relations as a possible factor for the development of regional cooperation in the South Caucasus” was organized by the Analytical …

As per information available at this point, the Armenian side has lost six servicemen during the November 16 fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on the eastern section of the Armenian border, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The stamen also said that with Russian mediation, intensive work is underway to return the …

In his speech at the enlarged meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council (EIC) in Yerevan, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin did not mention the challenges threatening Armenia. His speech was entirely about the problems faced by the EEU, the ways to solve them, the achievements. It is worth reminding that at the EIC’s regular session, …

In a Twitter post, Giorgi Gogia, Director of the Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division, spoke about the capture of Armenian servicemen by Azerbaijan from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia on November 16. “Following  Nov 16 fighting,  worst since the end of the second Karabakh war last year, Azerbaijan captured …

In a Twitter post, U.S. Congresswoman Katherine Clark has expressed her support for the Armenian people and called on Azerbaijan to recognize and respect the sovereignty of Armenia. “I stand with the people of Armenia who have suffered another unprovoked attack. Azerbaijan must acknowledge and respect Armenian sovereignty. I condemn this latest act of aggression …

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday spoke with Turkish President Erdogan after Turkey released an Israeli couple who had been arrested for photographing Erdogan’s residence in Istanbul and suspected of spying, Reuters reported. Bennett thanked Erdogan for his help in securing the couple’s release, Bennett’s office said in a statement. It was the first …

A plane with citizens of Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Afghanistan evacuated from Kabul has landed at Chkalovsky airport near Moscow, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry has said. It is reported that passengers are currently passing customs and anti-epidemic control.