Day: February 22, 2024

French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu is due in Armenia on Thursday for a two-day visit

“France and Armenia have a historic relationship of friendship, but the defense relationship has not been at the level of the intensity of the bilateral relationship,” Lecornu’s office said.

Lecornu’s trip, the first by a French defense minister to Armenia, comes after French President Emmanuel Macron expressed concern about a “risk of escalation” between Armenia and Azerbaijan as he received Armenian leader Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday.

In October 2023, France announced the sale of defensive equipment to Armenia, drawing anger from Azerbaijan.

That deal was announced weeks after Baku seized Nagorno-Karabakh.

Lecornu at the time said Armenia would buy three Ground Master 200 (GM200) radar systems from French defense group Thales.

Reuters:  Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday called on Poland’s leaders and European Union officials to come to the Polish-Ukrainian border for talks over repeated blockades by Polish farmers angry at what they say is unfair competition from Kyiv.

Polish Farmers staged a major day of protest on Tuesday, blocking…

DefenseNews:  Turkey’s first locally made combat aircraft, dubbed Kaan, completed its maiden flight at the Akinci air base near Ankara on Wednesday.

The CEO of manufacturer Turkish Aerospace Industries, Temel Kotil, tweeted that the first flight took 13 minutes. The aircraft registered a speed of 230 knots and reached…

First time in history: France defense minister to visit Armenia  NEWS.am

US energy firm Chord Energy will acquire Canada’s Enerplus creating a Williston basin-focused entity with an enterprise value of $11 billion

A fire broke out on board a ship attacked off the coast of Yemen, the UK Maritime Trade Operations Office (UKMTO) of the British Navy, Report informs.

Gold prices rose on Thursday amid a weakening US dollar and escalating tensions in the Middle East, Report informs.

An Israeli man was killed and 11 others were wounded in a terror shooting attack carried out by three Palestinian gunmen near a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement city of Ma’ale Adumim on Thursday morning, police and medics said, Re