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Armenia and Azerbaijan have made a joint statement expressing their belief in the possibility of achieving peace after decades of conflict over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. This rare direct contact between the two countries is seen as a potential breakthrough and has been welcomed by the US, European Union, Russia, and Turkey. As a sign of goodwill, Azerbaijan has released 32 Armenian military prisoners, while Armenia has withdrawn its bid to host the COP29 United Nations climate summit and is supporting Azerbaijan's candidacy instead. The international community is urging both countries to sign a peace deal as soon as possible to promote stability in the region. [Extracted from the article]

Backed by Erdogan, Aliyev is pushing for a transport corridor across southern Armenia to link Baku to Azerbaijan's exclave of Naxcivan, bordering Turkey and Iran. (Bloomberg) -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has canceled plans to attend peace talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after Baku's military took control of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, local media reported Wednesday. [Extracted from the article]

Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, last week warned that Russia regarded Armenia's decision to seek ICC membership as "extremely hostile." (Bloomberg) -- Armenia defied outrage from the Kremlin and voted to ratify membership of the International Criminal Court that's issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Armenian leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh said they'd disband their unrecognized administration and hand power to Azerbaijan after more than half the disputed region's population fled. Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and those who have already left will decide if they accept the terms of re-integration offered by Azerbaijan, Shahramanyan said. Mass Exodus to Armenia as Nagorno-Karabakh "Ceases to Exist". [Extracted from the article]

The Foreign Ministry in Baku said the offer to allow UN officials to visit Nagorno-Karabakh was Aliyev's response to the US request for an international mission. (Bloomberg) -- Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev offered to let the United Nations into Nagorno-Karabakh as the US pressed him over security for Armenians in the region to stem an exodus that's approaching half of the declared population. Former Moscow investment banker Ruben Vardanyan, who was briefly state minister in Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian administration, was detained as he tried to cross the border into Armenia, Azerbaijan's state border service reported Wednesday. [Extracted from the article]

Former Moscow investment banker Ruben Vardanyan, who was briefly state minister in Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian administration, was detained as he tried to cross the border into Armenia, Azerbaijan's state border service reported Wednesday. (Bloomberg) -- Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev offered to let the United Nations into Nagorno-Karabakh as the US pressed him over the exodus of Armenians from the region that's approaching half of the declared population. [Extracted from the article]

More than 6,600 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have entered Armenia from Azerbaijan as of 5.p.m Monday local time, the Armenian government said, as local media reported long lines of vehicles at the border. (Bloomberg) -- Senior US officials arrived in Armenia amid growing fears of an exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan's military operation to take control of the region that's at the center of a decades-long conflict. [Extracted from the article]

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he accepts Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan but wants security mechanisms to guarantee that its Armenian population can live safely. (Bloomberg) -- Senior US officials arrived in Armenia amid growing fears of an exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan's military operation to take control of the region that's at the center of a decades-long conflict. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The US and the European Union called on Azerbaijan to restore movement along a vital road to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh that's been blocked by protesters for a third day. Why Azerbaijan-Armenia Dispute Draws Big Powers In: QuickTake Nagorno-Karabakh faces an imminent threat of a food and humanitarian crisis, Armenia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. [Extracted from the article]

Why Azerbaijan-Armenia Dispute Draws Big Powers In: QuickTake Vardanyan, 54, said in September that he'd moved to Nagorno-Karabakh to "take my share of responsibility for the future" of the mostly Armenian-populated region. The leadership of Artsakh should become a party to the negotiation process, relying on the opinion of the residents who voted for the independence of the Artsakh Republic during a referendum in Dec. 1991, Vardanyan said. (Bloomberg) -- Ruben Vardanyan, a founder of one of Moscow's first investment banks who renounced his Russian citizenship last month, said he's taking up a top post to help run the Armenian administration of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. [Extracted from the article]

Vardanyan, an ethnic Armenian, became a citizen of Armenia last year after the country's defeat in a 44-day war with Azerbaijan in 2020 that killed thousands of troops on both sides. (Bloomberg) -- Ruben Vardanyan, a founder of one of Moscow's first investment banks who renounced his Russian citizenship last month, said he's taking up a top post to help run the Armenian administration of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Why Azerbaijan-Armenia Dispute Draws Big Powers In: QuickTake Vardanyan, 54, said in September that he'd moved to Nagorno-Karabakh to "take my share of responsibility for the future" of the mostly Armenian-populated region. [Extracted from the article]

Read more: Armenia, Azerbaijan Say Truce Holding After Clashes Kill 212 "Territorial security and sovereignty of Armenia is a value for the United States. (Bloomberg) -- US Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned what she called "deadly attacks" on Armenian territory by Azerbaijan after a meeting on Sunday with Armenian officials in Yerevan. [Extracted from the article]

Read more: Armenia, Azerbaijan Say Truce Holding After Clashes Kill 212 "Territorial security and sovereignty of Armenia is a value for the United States. (Bloomberg) -- US Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned what she called "deadly attacks" on Armenian territory by Azerbaijan after a meeting on Sunday with Armenian officials in Yerevan. [Extracted from the article]

"Armenia's position is that Azerbaijan should withdraw its military forces from the territory of Armenia", he told the government meeting. (Bloomberg) -- Azerbaijan and Armenia reported that a truce appeared to be holding after border clashes that killed more than 200 troops on both sides in the worst fighting between the Caucasus neighbors since a 2020 war. [Extracted from the article]

While Azerbaijan and Armenia have held talks to try to delineate their common border and open up transport routes as part of the truce Putin negotiated, they have yet to reach a final peace agreement. (Bloomberg) -- Azerbaijan and Armenia reported that a truce appeared to be holding after border clashes that killed more than 200 troops on both sides in the worst fighting between the Caucasus neighbors since a 2020 war. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Azerbajian and Armenia resumed fighting at their border despite appeals from the US and France for them to respect a Russia-brokered cease-fire amid the worst death toll since a 2020 war. While Azerbaijan and Armenia have held talks to try to delineate their common border and open up transport routes as part of the truce, they have yet to reach a final peace agreement. Russia's Foreign Ministry announced early Tuesday that it had negotiated a cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenia. [Extracted from the article]

Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of seizing Armenian territory and told parliament Wednesday he was asking for help from the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization under Article 4 of its defense pact providing for military assistance. (Bloomberg) -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan formally invoked a defense pact calling on Russia and other allies to send military assistance after saying that 105 of his country's troops had died in two days of border clashes with Azerbaijan. [Extracted from the article]

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced early Tuesday that it had negotiated a cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenia. (Bloomberg) -- Azerbajian and Armenia resumed fighting at their border despite appeals from the US and France for them to respect a Russia-brokered cease-fire amid the worst death toll since a 2020 war. While Azerbaijan and Armenia have held talks to try to delineate their common border and open up transport routes as part of the truce, they have yet to reach a final peace agreement. [Extracted from the article]

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced early Tuesday that it had negotiated a cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenia. (Bloomberg) -- Azerbajian and Armenia resumed fighting at their border despite appeals from the US and France for them to respect a Russia-brokered cease-fire amid the worst death toll since a 2020 war. [Extracted from the article]

Despite the truce that Putin brokered, Azerbaijan and Armenia have yet to reach a peace agreement, even as the two sides have held talks to try to delineate their common border and open up transport routes. (Bloomberg) -- Fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Tuesday, killing at least 99 troops in the deadliest clash between the Caucasus neighbors since they fought a war two years ago. Russia has a military base in Armenia and sent 2,000 peacekeeping troops to Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the truce that halted the 2020 war. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has resigned from the largely ceremonial role after four years. "I thought for a very long time and decided to resign from the post", Sarkissian said in a video message posted Sunday on the president's official website. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The success of talks that began Friday in Moscow to normalize ties between Armenia and Turkey can be measured in the distant village of Margara, where people live next to Europe's last Cold War-era closed border. Genocide recognition "has never been a precondition for normalization of relations with Turkey", Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a Dec. 24 news conference. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The success of talks that begin Friday in Moscow to normalize ties between Armenia and Turkey can be measured in the distant village of Margara, where people live next to Europe's last Cold War-era closed border. A 2009 attempt at "football diplomacy" when Armenia and Turkey played each other in soccer World Cup qualifying games led to a visit by the then Turkish president to Yerevan to watch the match alongside his Armenian counterpart, who made a reciprocal trip to Turkey. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Special envoys from Turkey and Armenia will meet for the first time in Moscow on Jan. 14 for talks to try and normalize ties between the longtime foes, the foreign ministries of both countries said Wednesday. Turkey shut the frontier in 1993 in solidarity with its ally Azerbaijan, which was fighting a war with Armenia over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. [Extracted from the article]

The Azeri Defense Ministry said Armenians were leaving their military positions "in panic."Tensions remain high between Azerbaijan and Armenia after six weeks of fighting last year that killed over 6,000 troops on both sides. (Bloomberg) -- Russia brokered a truce between Armenia and Azerbaijan Tuesday after deadly clashes prompted Yerevan to ask Moscow for military assistance in a new flare-up between the Caucasus neighbors that fought a 44-day war last year. [Extracted from the article]

The Azeri Defense Ministry said Armenians were leaving their military positions "in panic."Tensions remain high between Azerbaijan and Armenia after six weeks of fighting last year that killed over 6,000 troops on both sides. (Bloomberg) -- Deadly clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia, prompting the latter to ask Russia for military assistance in a new flare-up between the Caucasus neighbors that fought a 44-day war last year. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said his party won a commanding majority in snap parliamentary elections, while he signaled bitter divisions over last year's war defeat to Azerbaijan will only grow wider. Pashinyan's Civil Contract party won 53.9%, according to preliminary results, beating rivals backed by each of the Caucasus republic's three previous presidents since Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. [Extracted from the article]

A Russia-brokered truce in November ended the fighting after Azerbaijan, with Turkey's backing, reclaimed seven districts occupied by Armenia since a 1990s war and took control of part of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Bloomberg) -- Armenia holds parliamentary elections Sunday after a campaign dominated by bitter divisions over last year's war defeat to Azerbaijan and the fate of the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. [Extracted from the article]

Pashinyan hit back at Sargsyan, whom he ousted in Armenia's 2018 "Velvet Revolution", by accepting the proposal. Pashinyan said his statement was an invitation to Sargsyan and his main election rival, former President Robert Kocharyan, to "go and negotiate" the release of hundreds of prisoners Armenia says are being held in Azerbaijan. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he'll sign a new Russia-brokered agreement with Azerbaijan on a mechanism to mark out their shared border amid military tensions over disputed territory. Pashinyan, who faces June 20 parliamentary elections, said more than 500 Azerbaijani troops have crossed into Armenia's Syunik and Gegharkunik regions since May 12, and that there had been clashes including shooting between the two sides. [Extracted from the article]

ALLTOP, ASIA, ASIATOP, EUROPE, EURTOP, FRA, GEN, GOV, NORTHAM, RUSSIA, US, WORLD, WWTOP, WWTOPEU Keywords: ALLTOP; ASIA; ASIATOP; EUROPE; EURTOP; FRA; GEN; GOV; NORTHAM; RUSSIA; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPEU EN ALLTOP ASIA ASIATOP EUROPE EURTOP FRA GEN GOV NORTHAM RUSSIA US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPEU Russia and France have stepped into the most serious crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan since last year's war as a deepening border dispute threatens to erupt into fresh confrontation. [Extracted from the article]

QT3UYTT0AFBA (Bloomberg) -- Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he's asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for military assistance to end a deepening border dispute with Azerbaijan, raising fears of a renewed conflict. Keywords: ALLTOP; ASIA; EUROPE; FRA; GEN; GOV; NORTHAM; RUSSIA; TOP; US; WORLD EN ALLTOP ASIA EUROPE FRA GEN GOV NORTHAM RUSSIA TOP US WORLD Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he's asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for military assistance to end a deepening border dispute with Azerbaijan, raising fears of a renewed conflict. [Extracted from the article]

Pashinyan faced mounting demands to step down after more than 3,600 Armenian soldiers were killed in the 44-day war with Azerbaijan before he signed a Russia-brokered truce accord on Nov. 10 to halt the fighting over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Bloomberg) -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned to trigger new parliamentary elections, following months of opposition protests and calls from top army officers to resign over defeat in last year's war with neighboring Azerbaijan. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Armenia's military demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, plunging the Caucasus nation into fresh political crisis following its defeat to Azerbaijan in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh. The military said its demand was triggered by Pashinyan's dismissal of the first deputy head of the army a day earlier. "The Armed Forces obey the people of the Republic of Armenia, the Prime Minister, there can be no other option", Pashinyan later told supporters in Republic Square, while appealing for calm. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Protesters demanding Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over the defeat in the war against Azerbaijan took to the streets after he ignored an ultimatum to step down. Supporters of the prime minister gathered in city's main Republic Square, as Armenia's Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan warned against raising political tensions. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Armenia launched Russian-made Iskander missiles into Azerbaijan during the fighting over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a top military official said a day after he resigned his post. Armenia's Prosecutor General's office said in a Facebook post that it would investigate Hakobyan's allegations. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Armenian President Armen Sarkissian called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and for snap parliamentary elections, amid a deepening political crisis over the country's defeat against Azerbaijan in fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Pashinyan has accepted responsibility for the loss of territories that Armenian forces had held since a 1994 cease-fire halted an earlier war for control of Nagorno-Karabakh. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin brokered a deal to end a 44-day war over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenians, facing defeat at the hands of the Azerbaijani army, agreed to stop fighting and withdraw their forces. The pact effectively sidelines the U.S. and France, enabling Putin and Erdogan to dominate talks on the terms of any future settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin brokered a deal to end a 44-day war over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenians, facing defeat at the hands of the Azerbaijani army, agreed to stop fighting and withdraw their forces. The pact effectively sidelines the U.S. and France, enabling Putin and Erdogan to dominate talks on the terms of any future settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. [Extracted from the article]