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ISLAMABAD – The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan will hold the second Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan trilateral meeting on Wednesday in Islamabad, Trend reports citing Pakistan’s foreign ministry. The first round of trilateral meetings was held in Baku in November 2017. The ministry said three parties will exchange views on global …

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. …

BAKU – The liberation of the strategically important city of Shusha gave way to street celebrations as the President of Azerbaijan announced it on national television. Thousands of Azerbaijanis went to celebrate the defeat of Armenian forces in the occupied key city. In the capital Baku, people hoisted Turkish and …

BAKU – Azerbaijan shot down another Armenian SU-25 fighter jet, according to the country’s defense ministry on November 2, Azerbaijani forces shot down the third SU-25 in the past four days. In a statement, the ministry said that the SU-25 fighter jet launched airstrikes on Azerbaijani positions in the Zangilan …

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 Defense minister, Hulusi Akar, in a phone call, told his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoygu, on Monday that Armenia must end attacks on civilian settlements in violation of a new ceasefire and leave the occupied Azerbaijani territories. Akar and Shoygu discussed the Armenian attacks on Azerbaijan and …

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 …