By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, May 25 – The coming trilateral meeting by the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict peaceful resolution will take place in the city of Kazan, Russia, Interfax agency reports. The meeting of Presidents Serge Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev is scheduled on June 25. Before the Presidential meeting, [...]

By Vigne Margaryan YEREVAN, November 22 — “The complicated phase of the Karabakh conflict is behind,” said the EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus Peter Semneby during the interview with the Azerbaijani media in Baku. “The acceleration of the regulation process, including the recent meetings of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 09 — Regarding Aliyev’s militaristic statement during the funerals of the Azerbaijani saboteurs, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan noted that it would be better, if, instead of making such statements, Azerbaijan took control of its front line to prevent the “amateur performances” of saboteurs, [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 08 — The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev spoke about the possibility to settle the Karabakh conflict by use of force. “We will negotiate as long as there is hope for a peaceful restoration of our territorial integrity. When we see that it’s impossible, the Azerbaijani side will restore its [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 18–During the Turkish president’s visit to Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Abdullah Gul signed an “Agreement on strategic partnership and mutual assistance between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey.” The details of the agreement aren’t known yet, but Aliyev said that it is “the document that will define [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 12–”The Azerbaijani borders are guarded up to the mark on all directions — land and sea,” Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev announced in his speech delivered during the opening ceremony of the Academy of State Border Service. “I have more than once been on all the borders. I have met with [...]

WASHINGTON, DC–Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, announced that his panel will hold a vote August 3 on the confirmation of Matthew Bryza, President Obama’s controversial nominee to serve as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, despite the nominee’s evasive and incomplete answers to a series of written questions submitted to him by [...]