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Iran Calls For Expansion Of Economic Ties With Azerbaijan

Seyed Abbas Mousavi, former Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman and newly appointed Iran’s Ambassador to Baku, is convinced that strengthening economic relations between Tehran and Baku is of “high priority.”

“The neighboring states will have an important role to play in the future of Tehran’s political and diplomatic relations with other countries due to the cruel sanctions imposed against Iran,” Mousavi said in a meeting with Governor-General of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province, Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi on July 24, according to a report by the state-owned news agency IRNA.

Referring to East Azerbaijan as a border province with the Republic of Azerbaijan, the ambassador said that the exchange of students an

Azerbaijanis hold rally in Prague against Armenia's occupying policy (PHOTO)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 25

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Azerbaijanis living in Praque held a rally, with the support of the “Azerbaijani Community in the Czech Republic” organization, against the aggressive policy of Armenia and Armenian armed forces’ recent provocations made in the Tovuz direction of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, Trend reports on July 25 referring to the State Committee for Work with Diaspora.

According to the organization’s head Eldar Valiyev, the Azerbaijanis, being informed about Armenians gathering in front of the Azerbaijani embassy in Czechia, also went there to express support to the Azerbaijani state.

The Azerbaijani participants of the rally chanted slogans in Russian and Czech.

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Anti-Armenian attacks in Moscow are also an attempt to destabilize Russia – PM

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has described the anti-Armenian attacks in Moscow as an attempt to destabilize Russia.

“The anti-Armenian attacks by Azerbaijanis living in Russia are not only an expression of the Azerbaijani’s leadership’s anti-Armenian rhetori

EU, UN call for peace after deadly Azerbaijan-Armenia border clashes

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday held a three-way phone call with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts to discuss the latest armed confrontations in the border zone between the two former Soviet countries, while United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the same day called for “immediate and full de-escalation” and “a return to negotiations.”

It was the first time that Borrell talked simultaneously with the newly appointed Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, the chief of Armenian diplomacy. The top EU diplomat urged both sides to stop the armed confrontation and to reaffirm their commitment to a cease-fire.

According to the EU foreign policy chief, Azerbaijan and Armenia should take advantage of the

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Clashes along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border on July 12-14 not only triggered widespread international condemnation but also highlighted Yerevan’s desperation to divert world attention from occupied territories.

According to Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, army officers and soldiers of their country were killed when the Armenian army suddenly attacked their positions with mortars and howitzers.

Reacting strongly, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, and National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar condemned the Armenian attacks and sided with Azerbaijan.

The deputies of Turkish political parties in the Grand National Assembly be that ruling AK Party or opposition CHP, MHP, and IYI Party, signed a joint sta

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According to Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, army officers and soldiers of their country were killed when the Armenian army suddenly attacked their positions with mortars and howitzers.

Reacting strongly, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, and National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar condemned the Armenian attacks and sided with Azerbaijan.

The deputies of Turkish political parties in the Grand National Assembly be that ruling AK Party or opposition CHP, MHP, and IYI Party, signed a joint sta

EU calls for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday held a three-way phone call with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts to discuss the latest armed confrontations in the border zone between the two countries.

It was the first time that Borrell talked simultaneously with the newly appointed Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, the chief of Armenian diplomacy.

The EU top diplomat urged both sides to stop the armed confrontation and to reaffirm their commitment to a cease-fire.

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Jul 22, 2020

The Lead: Russia’s role in Mideast ‘comes at the expense’ of US interests, says Slotkin

Although Elissa Slotkin is only in her first term representing Michigan’s 8th district in Congress, she is already a go-to member on national security, sitting on the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees.

Slotkin came to the Hill after a decade and a half in the executive branch, including stints at the CIA, where she did three tours in Iraq, and in senior positions with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the White House and the Pentagon, where she was acting assistant secretary

Why Russia supports Armenia against Azerbaijan in the Caucasus conflict

Moscow has played a significant role in propelling the conflict between the two neighbours by creating autonomous regions in Azerbaijan and drawing controversial borders.

Behind the ongoing border conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, there are growing signs of Russia’s old realpolitik, as Moscow openly backs Yerevan against Baku.

Since the early years of its formation, Russia, which is mainly based on a synthesis of Slavism and Orthodox Christianity, has always seen itself as the protector state of Slavic nations and Orthodox Christians.

“Russia has traditionally supported Armenia very much. Traditionally, it will. Historically, Armenia has looked at Russia as its protector. That goes bac

Recent escalation the logical outcome of Azerbaijan’s ‘pugnacious policies,’ says Armenia’s Ambassador to Poland

There is enough clear evidence that the most recent escalation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Northern Tavush region is the logical outcome of pugnacious policies of Azerbaijan, Armenia’s Ambassador to Poland Samvel Mkrtchian said in an interview with the Warsaw Institute.

“If one follows the warmongering rhetoric of the President of Azerbaijan, the Defense Minister and other high ranking officials pronounced during last weeks and months advocating for a military solution to the Nag