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Azerbaijan and Armenia to meet soon

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will soon host another meeting between his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts on the unresolved conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on its website.

Quoting Russian diplomatic sources, Russian news agency Regnum reported last week that the talks were scheduled to take place in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi on Jan. 23-24. Commenting on the information, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had agreed to meet again. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » January 2012


Azerbaijani MP Calls For Sanctions Against Armenia

The Azerbaijani MP called international organizations which disagree with military solution to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to impose sanctions against Armenia.

“Those who are concerned about war in the region will lead to unpredictable consequence and jeopardize large transnational projects should support sanctions against Armenia,” Zahid Oruj, a member of the Parliament’s Security and Defense Committee, told Trend on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by blogger Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » January 2012


Azerbaijan: Baku Fumes Over Scuttled Ambassadorial Appointment

The US Senate’s failure to confirm the appointment of acting ambassador Matthew Bryza to Baku threatens to undercut Azerbaijani relations with the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by blogger Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » January 2012


‘Nagorno-Karabakh occupation impedes solution to Turkey-Armenia controversy’

Extending Azerbaijan’s support to Turkey one more time in the wake of the most recent Armenian genocide allegations, deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov has stated that his country is “badly disappointed” by the French Parliament’s decision, and he reaffirmed that Turkey and Azerbaijan, as with many other issues, were on the same page regarding the Armenian controversy. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » December 2011


Karabakh conflict can be settled today – Medvedev

Russian president gave interview to Azerbaijani State TV channel.

Dmitriy Medvedev’s interview to Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (AzTV) was posted on kremlin.ru.

President of Russia Dmitriy Medvedev: Good afternoon.

Deputy General director of AzTV Faik Gusiyev: Mr President, we know that the President of Azerbaijan has congratulated you and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on your party’s solid victory in the State Duma election. We add our congratulations too.

Dmitriy Medvedev: Thank you very much.

Faik Gusiyev: Thank you for finding the time to give our television channel this interview. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » December 2011


Medvedev: Nagorno Karabakh Conflict Can Be Settled Quickly

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the conflict over the Nagorno Karabakh region between Azerbaijan and Armenia can be settled any day if the two conflicting Caucasus states agree to compromise, RIA Novosti reported.
“I think this is perhaps the only conflict in the post-Soviet area that could be settled today,” Medvedev said in an interview to the Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, released Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » December 2011


‘Position of Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict meets position of world community’

The document of the US Congress on foreign assistance for 2012 for the first time calls for assistance to conflict parties in relation to Nagorno Karabakh.

The statement came from spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev.

“Azerbaijanis, who because refugees and displaced persons are the direct victims of this conflict and victims of ethnic cleansing held by the Armenian leadership against the Azerbaijani population”, he said. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » December 2011


“Turkey Has Clear Position On Nagorno Karabakh Conflict”

Turkey’s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is clear and constant in its support of Azerbaijan, Mustafa Kabakci, Turkish MP from the ruling Justice and Development Party, told journalists yesterday.
“Turkey has always been against injustice and trying to fight against it, whether in the Caucasus, the Middle East or elsewhere,” said Kabakci, who is also Turkey-Azerbaijan friendship group chairman.He stressed that the Turkish authorities have at every turn raised the Nagorno-Karabakh issue in various international organizations. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » November 2011


Greater EU role in Karabakh conflict resolution ‘desirable’

A wider role for the EU in resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh is desirable, a UK-based analyst has said.

This is one of the ideas proposed by Dennis Sammut, head of the LINKS think-tank, in a paper for Italy’s International Affairs Institute entitled “After Kazan, a Defining Moment for the OSCE Minsk Process”.

“The peace process has not collapsed but has been damaged” following the failure of the summit of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, mediated by Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev in June in the city of Kazan, Sammut writes.
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Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » November 2011


OSCE secretary-general: Turkey could play a role in Karabakh conflict

The newly elected secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Tuesday that Turkey could play an important role in the decades-long conflict in the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh.

OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier, in an exclusive interview with Today’s Zaman during the sixth trilateral summit between Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan, said: “Turkey is an important player in the region. It has a political contribution to offer.” In the early 1990s, Nagorno-Karabakh (predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians) and seven adjacent regions (without any Armenian populations), which were an integral part of Azerbaijan, became occupied by neighboring country Armenia. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Turkish Press No Comments » November 2011


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