LAST UPDATE: 11:29 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met in southern Turkey on Saturday as part of efforts by the two neighboring countries to improve relations after decades of hostility, according to Reuters. The heads of diplomacy of the two countries met at the diplomatic forum in Antalya. Turkey […]
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More than 2,000 Erdogan mercenaries arrived in Ukraine from Nagorno-Karabakh
A Syrian opposition figure quoted by the Russian news agency Ria Novosti as saying that Turkey had sent more than 2,000 mercenaries and jihadists from the battlefields of Syria, through its president. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ringing the bell that he does not want to be against either Moscow or Kiev. “Turkey has sent more […]
Azerbaijan releases eight Armenian prisoners mediated by Macron
Azerbaijan has released eight Armenian prisoners in a bid to facilitate talks between the two countries, mediated by France and the European Union, European Council President Charles Michel announced on Monday. “The release by Azerbaijan and the extradition to Armenia of eight Armenian prisoners is another example of the positive developments following the meeting between […]
Macron initiative for normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke today with Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a new mediation effort to normalize relations between the two Caucasus countries. Today’s video call, which was also attended by the President of the European Council Charles Michel, “is part of the initiative of the President of […]
Commercial flights between Turkey and Armenia resume
The first trade flights in two years between Turkey and Armenia are expected to begin today, as the two countries work to normalize relations. A first plane of the Moldovan low-cost company FlyOne, which has a branch in Armenia, is expected early in the evening at Istanbul International Airport from Yerevan. Another plane of the […]
DW: Turkey dreams of its own Silk Road
The opening of the Zangezur corridor under negotiation in the southern part of Armenia is giving wings to Turkish dreams for economic control of the Central Asian countries. The latest news coming from Ankara and Yerevan could be described as the first steps towards the “melting of the ice” in Turkey-Armenia relations after the Armenian […]
“Positive and constructive” dialogue between Turkey and Armenia in the first meeting after years
Turkey and Armenia said on Friday that the first round of talks in more than a decade was “positive and constructive”, raising the prospect that ties between the two countries could be restored and borders reopened after decades of hostility. , Reuters reported. Turkey has not had diplomatic or trade relations with its eastern neighbor […]
Clashes on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan
At least one Azeri soldier was killed and three Armenians were injured in clashes between the two countries. Armed clashes regularly occur between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, despite a ceasefire agreed in November 2020, ending the six-week war for control of Nagorno-Karabakh. “An Azeri soldier was killed (…) after provocations by the Armenian armed forces […]
Turkey: First Round of Talks with Armenia on January 14 in Moscow
Special envoys from Turkey and Armenia will take part in the first round of talks aimed at normalizing relations between the two countries, which will take place in Moscow on January 14th, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, as Ankara and Yerevan make efforts to restoring their bonds after years of hostility. “The first meeting […]
Armenia: The embargo on imports of Turkish products is lifted from 1 January
Armenia announced today that the embargo on Turkish products, which has been in force for a year, will be lifted on January 1st, as Yerevan and Ankara try to normalize their historically strained relations. “It was decided not to extend the embargo on the import of Turkish products in our country,” the Armenian Finance Ministry […]