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The two neighboring countries that have fought bloody wars over Karbakh.
Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani has stated that Tehran is closely monitoring the situation in the Caucasus and stays in contact with Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan to ensure peace and security.
Iran’s former ambassador to Azerbaijan says the Islamic Republic had many opportunities for the transit of energy in the Caucasus region, including the Zangezur corridor, but lost all of them due to its “foreign policies failures.”
Issues of the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan, as well as the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh were the focus of a telephone call between Azerbaijani and Turkish Presidents, Ilham Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the press service of the Azerbaijani leader has announced.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signaled that he is ready to hold de-escalation negotiations with neighboring Azerbaijan to defuse rising tensions over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Azerbaijan has amassed its troops on the border with Armenia and the demarcation line with Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a Cabinet meeting. He has described the situation as explosive.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, during a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, has discussed opening roads to Karabakh so that cargos could be delivered to region, the press service of the Azerbaijani President reported.
Moscow does not intend to abandon Armenia or the South Caucasus region, contrary to what Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claims, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stressed.
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stated Yerevan's policy of solely relying on Moscow to guarantee its security was a strategic mistake because Russia has been unable to deliver and is in the process of winding down its role in the wider region.
An attempt by an Armenian sabotage and reconnaissance group to infiltrate into Azerbaijan has been foiled and one of its members was detained, the Azeri defense ministry announced.
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Akbar Ahmadian reaffirmed Tehran’s support for efforts to ensure peace across the region, calling for diplomacy and dialogue to put an end to conflicts among countries.
The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia are both hopeful they can secure a lasting peace agreement despite their differences over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, they have said in interviews.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said the truck convoy that was detained at the entry to the Lachin corridor had no permission from the Baku side to do so, the press service of the Azerbaijani leader announced following his talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
A peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be reached by the end of the year if Baku engages in direct talks with its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan has said.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized the necessity of solving regional issues by the countries of the region. He stated that Iran, by supporting the peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, hopes that these negotiations will establish and strengthen peace, security and stability in the region as much as possible.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that a new war with Azerbaijan Republic was "very likely" if the two countries were unable to agree on a peace treaty. He made the remarks in an interview with the French AFP news agency.
Azerbaijan Republic has accused Russia and Armenia of failing to fulfill a ceasefire deal in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. While Moscow has offered to host new peace talks between Baku and Yerevan, the European Union is urging the two sides to refrain from “violence and harsh rhetoric”.
Azerbaijan Republic has once again cut off gas supply via a pipeline running from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh a day after gas pumping to the Armenian-populated Azeri region was resumed after a six-month break, the Armepress agency reported, citing local sources.
Four Armenian soldiers were killed on Wednesday by Azerbaijani fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, say Armenian sources in the breakaway region, which has been at the centre of a decades-long territorial dispute between the two countries.
Moscow sees considerable progress on the path of agreeing the modalities of unblocking transport communications between Baku and Yerevan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said.
Armenia and Azerbaijan Republic traded bars two days before the new round of talks aimed at resolving decades of territorial disputes over Nagorno-Karabakh.
