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YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Syunik Governor Robert Ghukasyan claims the planned opening of a Russian consulate in Armenia’s southern province would help enhance its security. Speaking to reporters in the parliament on June 6, he[...]
YEREVAN (JAM News) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in an interview with CNN Prima News on June 1, talked about the country’s geographic and geopolitical problems, and the need to improve relations with its closest neighbors.[...]
The presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey were perhaps the most anticipated political events of 2023. There was a feeling among politicians, experts, and academicians that the 21-year rule of Erdogan may end. Given the[...]
By Artak Khulian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Armenia appeared to boycott on Thursday, May 25, a regular meeting of the defense ministers of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states, highlighting its deepening rift with the[...]
By Fehim Tastekin ISTANBUL (Al-Monitor) — Having won May 28’s runoff vote, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will extend his rule into a third decade with piles of foreign policy issues on his plate. The strategy that won him[...]
Whatever Armenia and Azerbaijan will agree upon regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is not at all important, as Moscow has its own interests to promote in the South Caucasus region. If Moscow once lost Georgia and withdrew its forces[...]
MOSCOW (Azatutyun) — The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan have narrowed their differences on a bilateral peace treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, May 19, after hosting fresh talks between them in[...]
Whatever Armenia and Azerbaijan will agree upon regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is not at all important, as Moscow has its own interests to promote in the South Caucasus region. If Moscow once lost Georgia and withdrew its forces[...]
“So I’m not crazy? Or if I am, I’m not alone.” “That last part looks more like it.” The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan’s The Gray House (amazon crossing, 2017) opens with a boy and a woman carrying a suitcase approaching “the[...]
(Note: This article was already completed when news of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s health issues spread at lightning speed, but the Turkish president is still considered the main contender for the office.) There are only a few weeks left[...]