Clashes have erupted once* again between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, after nearly 100 soldiers were killed in the most mortal fighting between the two since 2020. This despite Russian claims it had brokered a ceasefire on Tuesday evening. Both sides have blamed each other. The region represents a key corridor for pipelines carrying oil and …
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In a parliamentary question, issued together with a number of other MEPs, German ECR MEP Lars Patrick Berg asks the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy about the deterioration of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh: The MEPs warn: “While the world’s attention is on Russia’s criminal invasion of Ukraine, the situation in Nagorno‑Karabakh …
This week, the EU and Azerbaijan agreed to strengthen the existing cooperation, signing a new Memorandum of Understanding on a Strategic Partnership in the Field of Energy, in a bid to secure alternative gas supplies for Europe. Both sides are also negotiating a new comprehensive agreement, to allow for enhanced cooperation in a wide range …
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On Sunday, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to “advance discussions” on a peace treaty follolwing the war in 2020. The war erupted once again over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, situated in Muslim-majority Azerbaijan with mostly Christian Armenian residents. It is the focus of a decades-long territorial dispute between the two ex-Soviet Caucasus neighbours, Euractiv …
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At the upcoming fourth meeting of the EU-Armenia Partnership Council in Brussels, the EU and Armenia will report visa liberalization, Public Radio of Armenia reports. EU member states and Armenia will also exchange views on the state of implementation of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, and of the Economic and Investment Plan. Furthermore …
By Pieter Cleppe ABC News reports that Iran has detained two Europeans, just before the EU coordinator of the Iran nuclear talks, Enrique Mora, once again met Iran’s nuclear negotiator in Tehran, over last-ditch attempts to revive the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal. The Iranian regime has refused to provide a lot of details on the …
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