Reflecting to Russia’s role and approaches in the region, that these projects will be banned by Russia, Barzegar said it should be taken into consideration that in the South Caucasus and in the region, where Armenia is located, Russia traditionally has had positions of a leading power. In his words this means, like in case of any other country following its national interests, in case of a superpower those interests are being imposed on other countries.
“We do not insist on holding meetings or consultations. We offer and try to get consent from respective sides. Agenda of Bonn and Munich meetings is still being developed,” Zakharova said, adding that in case a final decision is reached, press will be informed about that.
Russia has just sent Syria the largest shipment of missiles between the two countries to date, the latest delivery between the two allies that could further change the stakes in the Middle East, U.S. officials told Fox News on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump is considering adding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard to the list of prohibited terrorist organizations as part of a wave of new executive orders, the Daily Mail reports.
During the phone talk the two Presidents talked about Turkey-US relations and reaffirmed their readiness to fight against terrorism. Trump said the US supports Turkey as a NATO ally and strategic partner.
“We have listened to Trump’s promising statements both during the campaign and after that who said the priority must be given to fight against terrorism, and, in particular, the “Islamic State”, we have proposed this during the last 6 years,” Assad told the Belgian media.
“It’s clear, that Azerbaijan is using internal political debates on parliamentary level as certain messages to Tehran. Aliyev’s visit to Tehran is also planned: it may be used as well, attempting to somehow balance activating cooperation with Armenia.”
Zakharova said every country must assess itself the threats to its security. “I think that the conict is first of all a direct threat to the security, stability and further development of Armenia and Azerbaijan,” she said.
One of Europe’s most venerable human rights bodies has been warned it risks falling into irrelevance unless it sets up a robust investigation into allegations of vote-rigging in favour of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian regime, the Guardian reports.
The mother of the 22 year old Azerbaijani soldier, who was captured by Nagorno Karabakh forces when Azerbaijan attempted to infiltrate the line of contact, denied the Azerbaijani defense ministry’s report that the captive isn’t their serviceman, Istipress.com released footage.
