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

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

“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

Central Asia, the Caucasus, and 21st-century security

By  Ross Wilson.

Great conflicts and security challenges of the 20th century took place in Europe and Asia. Since 2001, Afghanistan and Iraq have been leading preoccupations for foreign policy and security planners in both the East and the West. But other states in the region where Eurasia abuts South Asia and the Middle East – especially Central Asia and the Caucasus – look vulnerable. No state in this region is really succeeding. They are variously burdened by inadequate and often authoritarian governance, immense economic problems, corruption, environmental, social, security and other challenges. Interstate and interethnic conflicts abound. Connections with the outside world remain limited aside from the energy ties that Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have forged. Relations among regional states are limited as well, and not just because of interstate issues. It is not unfair to say that long-term stability remains a goal, not a state of being for the Caucasus and Central Asia. This region could be a global nightmare, if not flashpoint, in 10, 20 or 30 years’ time. Read the rest of this entry »

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

Parliament counts protocols null, void

Protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia in 2009 to normalize relations between the two countries were recently counted as null and void after Parliament failed to approve them during its 23rd term. Armenia also suspended the protocols one year after they were signed because they were not carried out.

“[Turkey’s] aim was obvious from the get-go. The purpose was merely to attract attention from the international community,” Hagop Çakıryan, an expert on Turkey and a columnist for the Armenian daily Azg, told the Hürriyet Daily News. Read the rest of this entry »

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

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