The Armenian armed forces continue provocations against the Azerbaijani Army by disrupting the ceasefire.
Day: September 15, 2023
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YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Two U.S. generals have arrived in Armenia to watch an ongoing U.S.-Armenian military exercise criticized by Russia and Iran. Major General Gregory Anderson, the commander of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, and Brigadier General Patrick Ellis, a deputy chief of staff of the U.S. troops in Europe, joined Armenia’s top military…
Hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh in the US Senate “The United States will not tolerate any attempt at ethnic cleansing against Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, military action, or other atrocities, whether in the short or long term,” Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Yuri Kim said. At a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee…
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Moscow works with Yerevan, Baku on Lachin corridor solutions … Panorama.am
Biden Administration Dodges Senate Demands for U.S. Action to … Asbarez Armenian News
“The Lachin Corridor Must Open Now That’s Non Negotiable” Yuri Kim Armenian News by MassisPost
Azerbaijan hopes to ‘catch’ unwelcome Armenians with help of illegal checkpoint at Lachin corridor Armenia News
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Baku, September 15, AZERTAC The expert delegations from Azerbaijan and Armenia have met in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The Azerbaijani delegation was headed by Chairman of the Board of the Center of Analysis of International Relations Farid Shafiyev (AIR Center), and the Armenian delegation by Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan….
This week’s special episode of Russian Roulette features an interview on Georgia’s foreign agents law conducted by our sister podcast, The Eurofile. Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy from the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program sit down with Kakha Gogolashvili, Senior Fellow and Director of EU Studies at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and…
The Lachin Corridor, connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, remains blocked by Azerbaijan, as the region continues to grapple with supply shortages amid calls for its reopening. Nagorno-Karabakh has been under blockade since December last year and has experienced increasingly severe food, medicine, and energy shortages since. The Red Cross…
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Abkhazia’s Foreign Minister Inal Ardzinba has warned citizens that improving Georgian–Russian relations could threaten Abkhazia, while also suggesting that Georgia was prepared to attack the region given the opportunity. Just under two weeks after Ardzinba was rumoured to have resigned from his position, the foreign minister has begun a series of…
As the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh drags on, the performance of the Russian peacekeepers charged with providing security on the road in and out of the territory is coming under closer scrutiny than ever before. And the reviews, from all sides, have been scathing. Under the harsh spotlight of the constant coverage by pro-government Azerbaijani media,…
This week’s special episode of Russian Roulette features an interview on Georgia’s foreign agents law conducted by our sister podcast, The Eurofile. Max Bergmann and Donatienne Ruy from the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program sit down with Kakha Gogolashvili, Senior Fellow and Director of EU Studies at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and…
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Baku, September 15, AZERTACThe expert delegations from Azerbaijan and Armenia have met in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.The Azerbaijani delegation was headed by Chairman of the Board of the Center of Analysis of International Relations Farid Shafiyev (AIR Center), and the Armenian delegation by Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan.The…
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Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry on Friday accused the United States Acting Undersecretary of State Yuri Kim of engaging in a smear campaign against Baku after she testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Artsakh on Thursday.
During her testimony at the hearing, entitled “Assessing the Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh,” presided over by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Robert Menendez, senators heard Kim and asked questions regarding the urgent steps, if any, the U.S. is taking to thwart a genocide of Armenians by Azerbaijan and its president, Ilham Aliyev.
“The Lachin corridor must open now. Other routes can be opened too, but Lachin must be opened, that’s non negotiable,” Kim said during the hearing referring to Azerbaijan’s now nine-month-long blockade of Artsakh.
“We view the status quo as completely unacceptable. We will not stop working until we reach a resolution. We have consistently said that that corridor must be opened to commercial, humanitarian and private traffic. We’ve conveyed that message both publicly and privately to all levels of the government of Azerbaijan on numerous occasions. Access to food, medicine, baby formula and energy should never be held hostage,” she added.
She also said that the U.S. will not tolerate the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Artsakh.
“The United States will not tolerate any action – short-term or long-term – to ethnically cleanse or commit any other atrocities against the Armenian people of Nagorno Karabakh. The current humanitarian situation is not acceptable. Humanitarian access through the Lachin corridor and other routes must be available now. We will do everything possible to make that happen and we look forward to continuing to work to make that happen,” Kim stated, however, not referring to Azerbaijan as the perpetrator of what many experts have called a genocide in progress.
In his statement on Friday, Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada said that statement made by Kim do not reflect“the current situation and realities in the post-conflict situation in the region” and “contain elements of Armenia’s worldwide smear campaign against Azerbaijan.”
Hajizada added that the view expressed by Kim contradict the agreement on the simultaneous use of the Akna (Aghdam)-Stepanakert and Lachin-Stepanakert roads, which was allegedly reached between President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on September 1.
Artsakh authorities on Thursday said that Azerbaijan has reneged on its pledge of opening the two roads and continues to keep Artsakh under a blockade.
“Non-observance of this agreement, which is also intended to be implemented through the mediation of the US side, by Armenia and the so-called regime created by it, and groundless claims on the ‘blockade and humanitarian situation’ are well-known to the US,” Hajizada added.