AZE.US REAL party chairman Natig Jafarli has warned that Iran should not follow what he called Ukraine’s path, saying Tehran risks paying a heavy price if it delays an agreement with the United States and places too much faith in outside backers. He made the remarks in a video message posted on Facebook after the … Read more
AZE.US Direct U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad matter not because the two sides are suddenly on the verge of reconciliation, but because both appear to be testing whether they can stop the slide toward a wider escalation. That alone makes the meeting consequential. U.S. and Iranian officials met in Islamabad on April 11 in rare direct … Read more
AZE.US The war around Iran is no longer just a military story or a market story. It is increasingly becoming an infrastructure story. The more fragile the Strait of Hormuz looks, the more urgently governments, traders and regional powers will search for routes that reduce dependence on a single chokepoint. Reuters reported on April 10 … Read more
AZE.US A roundtable bringing together representatives of Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society was held in Azerbaijan under the Peace Bridge initiative. According to local media reports, the event included a second panel discussion focused on the current state of the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process. Participants exchanged views, assessed the progress made so far, and put forward … Read more
AZE.US The war with Iran has not ended. What the world is seeing now is only a pause, not a real settlement, Azerbaijani political commentator and head of the South Caucasus Politologists Club Ilgar Velizade said in an interview on the Echo Baku channel. According to Velizade, the current reduction in hostilities does not mean … Read more
AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory message to Azerbaijan’s Orthodox Christian community ahead of Easter, emphasizing the country’s traditions of religious tolerance and multiculturalism. According to Vesti Baku, Aliyev addressed the message to Azerbaijan’s Christian community, extending his wishes for happiness, peace, and well-being on the holy holiday. In the message, the president … Read more
AZE.US Tucker Carlson has called on Washington to put distance between itself and Tel Aviv, arguing that the United States should stop treating Israel as an exceptional ally and end military and economic support once the current crisis subsides. The remark surfaced as the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire was already coming under strain from continued Israeli … Read more
AZE.US Any political force in Armenia that calls for additional territory is, in effect, calling for a new war with Azerbaijan, political analyst and columnist Ruslan Aysin said in an interview on the YouTube channel Daily Europe Online. Aysin was commenting on remarks by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who said any party seeking “additional … Read more
AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene on April 9, with the two sides discussing bilateral ties, regional peace efforts, post-conflict reconstruction, and cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union. According to Azerbaijani officials, Aliyev said he hoped Ruginiene’s visit to Azerbaijan would be productive and would contribute to the … Read more
AZE.US The South Caucasus is beginning to move beyond the old logic in which outside powers largely set the rules, according to Farhad Mammadov, chairman of the Center for South Caucasus Studies. Speaking on the YouTube channel News of the Caucasus, Mammadov said the region is increasingly starting to act in its own interests rather … Read more