Author: Ani Narcessian

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least four people ISLAMABAD — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least four people. Seven others were critically wounded in the attack Thursday evening, according to Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief. Islamic State affiliates claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement late Friday through its news agency Aamaq, saying it “managed to leave a booby-trapped suitcase” inside a Shiite gathering place…

Armenia has been taking part in a meeting aimed at preparing for a forthcoming summit on Ukraine’s proposed peace formula in Malta for the first time. Source: Armenian Radio Liberty service, as reported by European Pravda Details: Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, travelled from his country to attend the meeting held at the level of foreign policy and national security advisers. Previously: In September 2023, Anna Hakobyan, the wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia, delivered the country’s first humanitarian aid for Ukraine since the war started. On 5 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the first time on the sidelines of…

Defense Minister Yaşar Güler announced on Monday that Turkish Armed Forces ‘neutralized’ more than 150 terrorists from the PKK in Syria and Iraq since Oct. 1 as Türkiye steps up counterterrorism efforts following an attack in Ankara New videos of Turkish counterterrorism operations abroad emerged on Monday as the country’s top defense official gave the number of “neutralized” (eliminated) terrorists of the PKK since early October. Videos shared by the Defense Ministry showed tanks and mortars pounding targets in Syria’s north, accompanied by a message, “We tirelessly continue hitting terrorist targets as part of our self-defense efforts.” Addressing an event…

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi stated that the Indonesian government will send 10 million polio vaccine doses to Afghanistan as a form of Indonesia’s commitment to help the country in facing the polio endemic. Along with Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin and Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Marsudi conveyed this statement at the High-level Side Event: Global Solidarity with Afghan Women and Girls and the Women’s Forum on Afghanistan, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Session in New York, the United States, on Tuesday (September 19). During the meeting, she expressed Indonesia’s commitment to helping the people of…

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. A Russian government official has met with the Mayor of Meghri in Armenia to discuss the upcoming opening of the Russian consulate-general in Kapan.  The head of the delegation in charge of the works from the Russian side and the Meghri mayor discussed the prospects of swiftly opening the consulate ‘which will significantly simplify access to consular services for Russian citizens living in Armenia’s south,” the Russian embassy said in a readout. “In addition, it was noted that the new consulate-general will contribute to the further strengthening of Armenian-Russian relations and stabilization of the situation in…

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has released a statement on the 32nd anniversary of the adoption of the declaration of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. “Dear people, dear compatriots, “32 years ago on this day, the joint session of the deputies of all levels of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region and Shahumyan region, referring to the right to self-determination, made a decision on the adoption of the declaration of independence of Nagorno Karabakh. “During that period, the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh witnessed the massacres of Sumgait, Baku, and Kirovabad, and the adoption of the declaration of independence was also conditioned by an existential threat. “As…

Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, combating authoritarian aggression has taken center stage in Washington’s foreign policy agenda. But given the West’s inaction in the face of yet another Azerbaijani assault on Nagorno-Karabakh this week—which resulted in the death of at least 32 people and the forced displacement of several thousand more—it is clear that not all crises are made equal. During U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks on Tuesday before the United Nations General Assembly, he asked “if we abandon the core principles of the United States to appease an aggressor, can any member state of this body feel confident that they will be…

Azerbaijan says it shelled Sotk in retaliation of Armenia’s attack on Kalbajar region that wounded two of its soldiers. Four Armenian soldiers have been killed after Azerbaijani shelling near the border town of Sotk, northwest of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh according to Armenia’s Ministry of Defence. Tensions between Baku and Yerevan have escalated sharply in recent months, as both sides accuse the other of violating agreements and cross-border gunfire. “As a result of an Azerbaijani provocation, four servicemen were killed and one wounded on the Armenian side,” Armenia’s defence ministry said on Friday, after earlier reporting two were killed.…

The National Interest has published an article by Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev headlined “Does Armenia Want to Derail Peace in the South Caucasus?”. “For more than thirty years Armenia occupied some 20 percent of the internationally recognized sovereign territory of Azerbaijan. Close to a million Azerbaijanis who were living there were forced to flee their homes, becoming internally displaced persons within their own country. The land won back after a 44-day war in 2020 was one wrought with the unprecedented destruction of the…

Kyiv is ‘deeply saddened’ by diplomat’s death in ‘tragic circumstances.’ Ukraine’s acting ambassador to Armenia has died while serving in the country, Kyiv’s foreign ministry confirmed Monday. In a statement, the ministry said it was “deeply saddened” to announce the death of chargé d’affaires Oleksandr Senchenko in “tragic” circumstances in the South Caucasus country. Officials expressed “their deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased in connection with this irreparable loss.” On Sunday, Armenia’s national rescue service reported that lifeguards operating at Lake Sevan, a popular tourist destination just outside Yerevan, had lost visual contact with a swimmer around 25 meters from the…