Author: Yervant Hovnanian

“Foreign Ministers of Armenia and France held a meeting on August 15. After the phone conversation, the French MFA released a statement. In the statement, it appears that France has not changed its biased position against Azerbaijan in solving the Azerbaijan-Armenia problem,” political scientist Matin Mammadli told News.az He stressed that in the statement Azerbaijan was once again accused of blockading the Armenian residents living in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh. “Azerbaijan never blockade the Armenian residents living in Karabakh but makes concrete proposals to improve their humanitarian situation. The Aghdam-Khankandi road was offered to Armenia so that the humanitarian needs of the Armenians…

The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has renewed and revised a contract with Armenia to increase the volume of natural gas exports to the landlocked neighboring country until 2030, Shana reported. The terms of the contract, under which Iran exports natural gas to Armenia in exchange for electricity, have been revised so that the energy exchange ratio is significantly improved in favor of the NIGC. The contract was finalized this week during a ceremony in Yerevan attended by senior officials from both countries, including NIGC Head Majid Chegeni, Iran’s ambassador to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani, and Aram Ghazaryan, the CEO of…

After the media reported a few days ago that the MKO chieftain Maryam Rajavi was banned from entering Albania, where the camp of the terrorist MKO is located near the capital Tirana, the media cited informed security sources on Tuesday that Rajavi is also banned from leaving Albania if she enters there. According to reports, Maryam Rajavi, who has a record of entering Albania from unofficial borders has now faced an exit ban in her court case. The move by the tiny European country comes in continuation of the restrictions it imposed earlier this month on the MKO Ashraf-3 camp, from…

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has continued to this day, and its development has exceeded the expectations of the international community. This has forced Putin to reflect on the status quo many times. Putin has admitted that Russia’s industrial strength is insufficient, and is determined to find new economic growth points and reduce dependence on energy and arms exports in order to change the relatively single situation of Russia’s economic form, but these problems have not yet been effectively resolved. Western countries, especially the United States, have repeatedly revealed that the Russian military’s missile inventory is in a hurry and…

After Ukraine’s attack on the Crimea Bridge, Russia announced its withdrawal from the “Black Sea Grain Transportation Agreement” and blocked the Black Sea. This is also one of the retaliation actions against Ukraine, but it affects not only Ukraine. The blockade of the Black Sea means that all ships sailing or transporting other goods in the Black Sea waters will be regarded by Russia as ships transporting military weapons, and will be subject to Russian military strikes, and Ukrainian food cannot be exported from the Black Sea. Of course, in addition to the way of transporting grain by the Black…

The Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC) of Armenia has big ambitions of catching up with the world’s leading companies in the field, the combine is making efforts to modernize, including in relation to environmental and other issues. In an interview with Armenpress, Roman Khudoliy, General Director of Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine and President of the GeoProMining Group of Companies, assured about this, also addressing a number of issues, including how the fact of the Armenian government being a co-owner has affected the work of the combine, and what opportunities it has given. The Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine continues to hold leading positions in…

According to a report on the website of the German news TV channel on July 7, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed support for Ukraine’s joining NATO. Erdogan met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul on the 7th. “There is no doubt that Ukraine deserves NATO membership,” he told reporters after the talks, but the Turkish head of state also said “both sides” in the Russia-Ukraine conflict should “return to peace talks”. In addition, Erdogan also announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey in August. This will be Putin’s first visit to Turkey since Russia launched a special military operation…

Azerbaijan’s Lachin road should be used only for humanitarian purposes, Mustafa Sentop, Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, said at a meeting with Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova in Ankara, News.Az reports. Speaker Gafarova is paying a working visit to Ankara. Sentop also expressed his support for the peaceful action of Azerbaijani civil society representatives on the Lachin-Khankendi road. He said that it is unacceptable for Armenia to use the Lachin road for the transportation of mines, military equipment and weapons, as well as illegally exploited minerals of Azerbaijan. “We are closely following the situation on Lachin Road and…

Earlier this year, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed a new energy agreement. However, technical problems at Uzbek plants and an unexpected cold spell delayed the implementation of the cooperation. This, in turn, prompted the Taliban government to react. It is an agreement between two neighboring countries that is difficult to get off the ground. On January 1, the Energy Minister of the Taliban government, Abdul Latif Mansur , traveled to Tashkent. There he signed an agreement worth US$35 million (€32 million), energy company DA Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (Dabs) said in a statement . Uzbekistan is extending its electricity exports to Afghanistan by one year and has committed to supplying 450…

Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of trying to “purposefully disrupt the peace process” and endangering regional stability, as tensions grow over Armenian military movements in Karabakh. An Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry statement on Saturday said its military has taken “appropriate control measures” near the Lachin road to prevent illegal Armenian activities and “potential provocations.” “The recent provocations by Armenia demonstrate that in order to prevent illegal activities in the sovereign territories of Azerbaijan, it is necessary to establish a border control checkpoint between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the end point of the Lachin road,” the ministry said. It reiterated that Armenia has…