Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev Leads Presidential Election With 92.1% of Vote -Commission U.S. News & World Report
Day: February 26, 2024
I just spoke with @cbschicago about the fight for aid to Ukraine and why the @WhiteHouse should send ATACMS missiles. When asked about escalation fears, I reminded viewers that Ukraine’s already received and is using long-range missiles. What escalation? https://t.co/ifRMyPy437
— Doug Klain (@DougKlain) February 26, 2024
Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden’s bid to join Nato in a long-delayed vote which paves the way for the Nordic nation’s membership, the BBC reports.
Sweden applied to join in 2022 after Russia waged war on Ukraine, but Hungary had accused it of being hostile.
Last week, however, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said they were now “prepared to die for each other.”
All Nato members are expected to help an ally which comes under attack.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said today was a “historic day” and that Sweden was “ready to shoulder its responsibility for Euro-Atlantic security.”
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Hungarian parliament’s decision made the alliance “stronger and safer”.”
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on the sidelines of the high-level session of the UN Human Rights Council,
Touching upon the challenges in protection of human rights in different parts of the world, the importance of effective use of existing tools was emphasized, since the opposite leads to failure in preventing the most serious violations and the repetition of tragic outcomes.
Referring to the ethnic cleansing carried out by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, Minister Mirzoyan briefed his counterpart on the steps taken to address the needs and rights of the Armenian population forcibly displaced from their homeland.
During the meeting, Ararat Mirzoyan and Volker Türk also exchanged views on the latest developments in the South Caucasus. Minister Mirzoyan briefed the Commissioner on the approaches of Armenia to key issues in the normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations, based on unequivocal respect for the principles of territorial integrity, inviolability of borders, and sovereignty. Minister Mirzoyan stressed that with a clear commitment to these principles, as well as refraining from aggressive rhetoric and from steps aimed at escalating the situation on the ground, it will be possible to move forward in the peace process.