South Caucasus

Armenian Cheese In Baku? Food Safety Agency Checks Claims After Market Allegations

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s Food Safety Agency is examining claims that cheese with Armenian labeling may have been offered for sale at Baku’s “8th Kilometer” market, after...

Azerbaijani Observers At Armenian Elections? Baku Has Not Confirmed Yet

AZE.US Azerbaijan has not confirmed whether its representatives will participate in observation of Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections. MP Fariz Ismayilzade said it would be premature to...

Pashinyan Tells Putin Armenia Is Not Leaving The EAEU For Now

AZE.US Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has pushed back against Vladimir Putin’s remarks that Armenia will eventually have to choose between the European Union and...

Pashinyan’s Choice: Cheap Russian Gas Or Expensive European Freedom

By AZE.US Editorial Team Armenia is moving away from Russia faster than at any point in recent memory. The harder question is where exactly it...

Moscow Raises Prospect Of A ‘Soft Divorce’ With Armenia

AZE.US Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Armenia should decide as soon as possible whether its economic future lies with the European Union or the...

Azerbaijan Says Russian State TV Map Was A Provocation

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has sharply criticized Russia’s state-run Channel One after a program aired a distorted map of Azerbaijan that included a reference...

Azerbaijan Risks Losing The Economic Race To Armenia, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan risks falling behind Armenia in the economic race if Baku’s relations with the West remain tense and the country’s internal economic environment does...

European Parliament Again Plays Against Peace Between Baku And Yerevan

By AZE.US Editorial Team The European Parliament has again placed itself on the wrong side of the peace process in the South Caucasus, Azerbaijani political...

Moscow Cannot Digest Zelensky’s Visits To Baku And Yerevan, Rajabov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Rauf Rajabov has said Moscow is struggling to accept President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent contacts in the South Caucasus, including his visits...

Peace Without Embrace: Iskandaryan On The Future Of Armenians And Azerbaijanis

AZE.US A peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan may stop the shooting, but it will not immediately reconcile the two societies, Armenian political analyst Alexander...

Aliyev And Kallas Discuss Energy, Peace With Armenia And New Routes In Baku

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev received a European Union delegation led by Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President...

Aliyev At Yerevan Summit: Peace With Armenia Is Real

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev addressed the 8th European Political Community summit in Yerevan by video link on May 4, marking a rare political moment in...

Zelenskyy In Baku And Yerevan A Blow To Russian Influence, Kopchak Says

AZE.US Ukrainian analyst Volodymyr Kopchak said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visits to Baku and Yerevan represent a political blow to Russian influence in the South Caucasus...

European Parliament Is Helping Russia And Hurting The Peace Process, Mammadov Says

AZE.US The European Parliament’s actions on the Armenia-Azerbaijan agenda are damaging the peace process and weakening trust in European institutions in Baku, Farhad Mammadov, chairman...

Ocampo Let It Slip: Who Opens Doors For The Armenian Lobby In Brussels

By AZE.US Editorial Team A video released by Azerbaijani media on Thursday has placed Luis Moreno Ocampo back at the center of a familiar but...

Baku Is Losing Tourists From Gulf Countries As Arab Market Slows

AZE.US The tourist map of Azerbaijan is changing, and one of the most visible shifts is happening in a market that once helped define Baku’s...

Revanchists Could Throw Armenia Into The Meat Grinder Again, Musabekov Says

AZE.US Armenia is approaching elections that could affect not only its domestic politics, but also the future of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani lawmaker...

Baku Is Not Going To Return Azerbaijanis To Armenia With Tanks, Velizade Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan is not considering a forced scenario for the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia, Azerbaijani political analyst Ilgar Velizade said, arguing that the issue...

Azerbaijan Should Not Lower Its Guard In Relations With Armenia, Yunus Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan should continue the peace agenda with Armenia, but must not assume that the old risks have disappeared, political analyst Ramiz Yunus said in...

Azerbaijan’s Meat Market Faces A Systemic Problem

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s meat market is facing a problem that has been building for years: local production is weakening, livestock numbers are falling and imports are...

S7+ And Azerbaijan: A New Route In The Great Eurasian Game

By Leyla Mammadli for Aze.US Central Asia is moving closer to the center of global geopolitics. The region was long viewed largely through the lens of outside powers: Russia,...

Will The European Union Grant Visa-Free Travel To Azerbaijan?

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s relations with the European Union are entering a more practical phase, with visa policy again becoming one of the most sensitive issues on...

“The Child Does Not Know Who His Father Is”: Lawyer Warns of IVF Risks

AZE.US A public debate has flared in Azerbaijan over anonymous donation in IVF procedures after reports of open advertising for sperm and follicle donation on...

The South Caucasus Is No Longer a Periphery, Alili Says

AZE.US The South Caucasus is no longer being treated as a distant periphery and is instead becoming a region of growing strategic importance, political analyst...

Azerbaijan and Armenia Are Still Far From Genuine Societal Dialogue, Ibrahimov Says

AZE.US A real public dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia is still a long way off, Azerbaijani political analyst Rovshan Ibrahimov said in an interview with...

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