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TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, will visit Russia and Azerbaijan next week to discuss the situation in Karabakh. In a statement Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Zarif’s visit to Moscow and Baku on Monday and Tuesday was aimed at “talking to regional parties”. He said …

YREVAN – A few days after the signing of an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, the withdrawal of troops and the establishment of a patrol line peacekeepers to help with the ceasefire process, Russian peacekeepers were ambushed and shot by enemy troops, BulgarianMilitary.com has learned. …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Tuesday that Iran had prepared a peace proposal for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Press TV reported. “Iran’s proposal for a permanent resolution of the conflict is in the schedule for today or tomorrow,” Zarif said. Senior officials in the country designed …

MOSCOW – Russia believes that only a diplomatic solution is possible to the Karabakh crisis and calls on all external actors to refrain from promoting the military scenario, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said in an interview with the Athens News Agency. “It is no secret that we do not …

BRUSSELS – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is not part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. “I reminded the [Armenian] president that NATO is not part of this conflict. Armenia and Azerbaijan have been valued NATO partners for over 25 years,” said Jens Stoltenberg at …

ANKARA – The Turkish parliament speaker, Mustafa Sentop, on Sunday criticized attacks violating Armenia’s truce against Azerbaijani settlements. “These attacks are a war crime because they directly target civilians,” Mustafa Sentop said on Twitter, calling for a trial. “Armenia is now a global problem,” Sentop said. An Armenian missile attack …

MOSCOW – The commitments of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a military alliance of six former Soviet states, do not apply to the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the spokesperson for the Russian presidency said on Wednesday. Responding to a question about the possibility of Russia sending troops to the Nagorno-Karabakh region, …

BEIJING – Chinese and Russian forces will participate in joint military exercises in southern Russia later this month with troops from Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan and others, the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced Thursday. The “Caucus 2020” exercises will deploy wheeled vehicles and small arms that will be transported …

MOSCOW – Away from border hostilities, the military from Pakistan, China and India will jointly conduct exercises in Russia next month. An Indian military contingent will participate next month in “Kavkaz 2020” (“Caucasus 2020”), a strategic command post exercise in which various countries, including China and Pakistan, will also participate. …

ANKARA – According to Turkey’s Communications Directorate, Turkish and Russian presidents spoke on the phone on Monday and discussed a variety of issues, including bilateral relations and developments in the region. The management said that Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin discussed bilateral relations, the recent escalation between Azerbaijan and …