EU concerned at Karabakh tension

The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council has discussed regional stability and conflict resolution in the South Caucasus.

“The Council held an exchange of views on the current situation in the South Caucasus and a possible EU role in the region,” according to a preliminary report on the meeting published by the EU.

The meeting of the European Union’s foreign ministers “focused on the need for regional stability and conflict resolution and the importance of making full use of the Eastern Partnership”. Read the rest of this entry »

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

Several Armenian soldiers dead in military ’incident’

Up to six Armenian soldiers have died in a shooting incident in the disputed Azerbaijani enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a human-rights activist and news media said Friday.

Officials refused to confirm the number of dead, but Armenia’s defense ministry issued a statement Thursday saying that an “incident” in the military involving “use of firearms” had resulted in an unspecified number of deaths.

Human-rights activist Artur Sakunts told Agence France-Presse that, according to his sources, an Armenian soldier had killed five fellow servicemen in Karabakh on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » July 2010

Why Turkey is right in demanding the end to occupation in Karabakh

In order to continue the “normalization” of Turkey-Armenia relations, it has become the major stipulation to bring the protocols signed in Zurich, Oct. 10, onto the agenda of the two parliaments.

There are reports that in the meetings held in Washington on April 12-13, Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan faced pressures to immediately bring the Zurich protocols onto the agenda of the Turkish Parliament. Some media outlets in the West and Turkey have strongly criticized Erdoğan for linking the “normalization” of Turkey-Armenia relations to the stipulation “to release Karabakh from occupation” and thus, “blocking up” the way of the process. While assessing from several aspects the stipulation “to release Karabakh from occupation” in the process of the “normalization” of Turkey-Armenia relations, we see that Prime Minister Erdoğan’s statement in the Azerbaijani parliament on May 13, 2009, is in line with the principles of the international law and human rights. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » April 2010

Khojaly genocide – the tragedy of the 20th century

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces’ attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.

These were committed by Armenian military with special mercilessness and inconceivable barbarism. 2nd battalion of 366th regiment under the command of Major Oganyan Seyran Mushegovich, third battalion under the command of Yevgeniy Nabokhin, staff chief of 1st battalion Chitchyan Valeriy and more than 50 officers and ensigns, serving in regiment took part in the attack. (“From the investigation materials concerning Khojaly occupation”). Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Khojaly No Comments » February 2010

Fickle Armenian lobby not so powerful

 

News.Az interviews Dr Adil Baguirov, managing director and co-founder of the US Azeris Network (USAN).

What is USAN doing about the United States census in 2010?

The US Azeris Network (USAN), as well as our sister organization the US Turkic Network (USTN), became the first-ever not only Azerbaijani-American, but also Turkic-American organizations to be recognized officially as partners by the US Census Bureau for the 2010 Census. We immediately started raising awareness and promoting this partnership as well as the need to participate in the Census among the Azerbaijani-American and Turkic-American community. We will continue this in the next few months before and after the census starts. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » February 2010

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved honoring Azerbaijan’s territorial sovereignty: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved honoring Azerbaijan’s territorial sovereignty, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said.

“There is only one way to solve all these problems. Direct negotiations taking into account international law, including the rights of people to return to their place of residence, and respect for state sovereignty,” Saakashvili said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station.

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Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » December 2009

Azerbaijani civilian killed near Karabakh

Armenian forces killed an Azerbaijani civilian near the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani media reported Monday.

ANS television and the Azeri Press Agency said a 41-year-old man was killed on Sunday when separatist forces opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in the Goranboy region on the de facto border with Karabakh.

The Nagorno-Karabakh administration denied its forces had killed a civilian and accused Azerbaijani soldiers of repeatedly firing on its positions over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » November 2009

Azerbaijani-Americans Celebrate The 91st Anniversary of the Lineration of Baku by Joint Turkish-Azerbaijani Forces

Today, Azerbaijanis celebrate the 91st anniversary of an important event in the history of independent Azerbaijani statehood – the liberation of the city of Baku to become the capital of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR), the first secular and democratic establishment in the Muslim and Turkic world.

Upon the proclamation of ADR on May 28, 1918, nation’s largest city Baku was under the control of Bolshevik-led Baku Soviet headed by Stepan Shahumyan. For the two preceding months, the forces of Baku Soviet, allied with irregular armed units of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation “Dashnaktsutiun”, carried out mass killings against Azerbaijanis in Baku, Guba, Shamakhy, Lenkeran and other cities of the country. Under the pretext of fighting against the counterrevolutionary insurgency, onMarch 31 – April 3, 1918, Bolsheviks and their Dashnak allies slaughtered over 12,000 (“New Republics in the Caucasus”, The New York Times Current History, v. 11 no. 2, March 1920, p. 492) Azeri civilians in Baku alone. These tragic events are known as the beginning of Azerbaijani Genocide. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Internet Sites No Comments » September 2009

Minister: Baku’s permission urgent for Nagorno-Karabakh trip

“Those who trip to Azerbaijan’s lands occupied by Armenia without official notification and permission by Azerbaijani authorities violate Azerbaijan’s legislation,” Today Az. quoted Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov as saying.

Earlier spokesperson of the Lithuanian Ekranas football club Gyadas Sarochka was expelled from Baku because of visa of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on his passport. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » July 2009

Opinion of sociopolitical figures of Azerbaijan about possible opening of Turkish-Armenian borders

A number of local and Turkish mass medias have recently published articles about the soonest possible opening of state border between Armenia and Turkey.

In this connection, Day.Az has asked for opinion of local deputies and political scientists who spoke of this variant of developments:

MM deputy of ruling party, political scientist Aydin Mirzazade:

- First of all, the very publications on this topic, should be treated as newspaper articles. It means that these might be someone’s thoughts and the attempt to set up the desired for the reality. Or this may be an hoax to influence definite circles of Turkey to take the following steps. As for the very issue of opening of borders, the most difficult thing in politics is to predict. And I do not think I can predict well but if borders really open, I think the Turkish public will react duly in this case. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » March 2009

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