Region/Armenia

September 17, 2019 - 13:49 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the ceasefire on the line of contact between the armed forces of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and Azerbaijan, in the south-east direction of the Martuni region, on Wednesday, September 18. From the Artsakh Defense Army positions,...

September 17, 2019 - 12:51 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The ANCA held talks this week with senior State Department officials regarding sustainable pathways to a durable and democratic peace between Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and Azerbaijan. The meeting included the participation of Cheryl Fernandes, Director of the Office of Caucasus A...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out negotiations with the United States, Tasnim news agency reported. “There will be no negotiations between the Iranian and US authorities. Such contacts will mean the success of the US policy to pressure Iran”, the supreme leader said. Earlier the Iranian foreign ministry spok...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Administration’s Foreign Policy Director Hikmet Hajiyev has said that Baku doesn’t plan to join the Collective Treaty Security Organization (CSTO) as an observer, Interfax Azerbaijan reported. According to the report Hajiyev has emphasized that Azerbaijan maintains close relations with all CSTO...

Tehran’s relations with Moscow and Ankara have reached their highest level ever, a spokesman for Iran’s government Ali Rabiei said, reports TASS. “Our relations with Russia and Turkey are at the highest level of their entire history,” Rabiei was quoted by the IRIB radio and television corporation as saying. He added that Tehran’...

12 civilians have been killed in an attack in the town of Chobanbey in Syria's Aleppo province near the Turkish border, Diken reported. According to reports, an explosion has been registered as a result of the attack near a hospital of the town. Multiple people have been injured. Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan ...

The annual International Hrant Dink Award ceremony took place in Istanbul, on September 15, the birthday of Istanbul-Armenian scholar Hrant Dink, Diken reported. The award was handed over to former Turkish teacher, advocate of women’s right Nebahat Akkoch. An Indian women’s right activist Agnes Kharshiing also received an award....

Iran has dismissed accusations by the United States that Tehran is behind the attacks on Saudi Arabian oil fields. “Iran has unequivocally announced that it is defending the Yemeni people’s resistance, however such announcements against Tehran are nothing but an attempt by the US to exert maximum pressure on us,” Iranian foreign...

The Turkish defense ministry has announced that it has received the second batch of the Russian S-400 air defense systems, Anadolu reports. According to the report the Turkish military continue receiving training required to operate the systems. Turkey and Russia signed the deal in 2017. The first batch was supplied by Russia in...

Iran is still expecting steps on preserving the nuclear deal from European participants of the deal, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi said on September 16, according to Press TV. “We are still waiting that Europe will make steps aimed at preserving the nuclear deal,” he said. “Iran is negotiating with European...