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When a video of former President of Armenia Levon-Ter Petrosyan confessing to ethnic cleansing against non-Armenians in Armenia and the Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the congress of the terrorist organization “Yerkrapa” in 1993 was revealed 31 years later, it led to serious debate. Yerkpara was founded by Armenia’s first defense minister,…
October 2024. Istanbul hosts what is known as the 3+3 regional cooperation platform, more precisely its third edition, albeit at the ministerial level. This format came to life following the 2020 Karabakh War, which not only made de facto territorial changes in South Caucasus for the first time in three decades but also heralded new…
The crash of the Azerbaijani Airlines Flight 8243 on December 25, which took 38 lives from the 67 people onboard has not only shaken the international community and become one of the most widely discussed news at the end of the year. The initial reports and then the proof on the external interference left no room about…
During a press conference on January 8, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, made the following statement: “We have never denied that during the Soviet era, Azerbaijanis lived in Armenia and left the country after the Soviet Union collapsed. Azerbaijanis departed from Armenia in a peaceful and orderly…
Executive Summary: On December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, planned to fly from Baku to Grozny, Chechnya, crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, after a Russian surface-to-air missile exploded near the aircraft mid-flight. The incident has strained Azerbaijan-Russian relations. Azerbaijani officials criticized Moscow’s denial, lack of transparency, and open airspace amid tensions, leading President Ilham Aliyev…
The official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan announced that the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17C Block-III was “integrated into the arsenal of Azerbaijan’s Air Force,” On 25 September 2024. Azerbaijan is currently the third foreign country to purchase this aircraft after Myanmar and Nigeria; some others, including Iraq, are now considering to do the same…
On December 30, Germany’s Der Spiegel, a publication often perceived as critical and biased against Azerbaijan – similar to many other German media outlets – reported on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s reaction to Russia’s handling of a recent aeroplane crash crisis between the two countries. The publication noted, “Aliyev’s reaction is a testament to the increased…
During a press conference on January 8, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, made the following statement: “We have never denied that during the Soviet era, Azerbaijanis lived in Armenia and left the country after the Soviet Union collapsed. Azerbaijanis departed from Armenia in a peaceful and orderly…
A recently leaked video of former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan has reignited debates over Armenian-Azerbaijani deportations. This footage challenges the widely accepted narrative of “mutual” ethnic cleansing, shifting focus to Armenia’s policies during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The mainstream narrative on Armenian-Azerbaijani “mutual” deportations In the late 1980s, weakening Soviet control fueled violence…
The signing of a strategic partnership document in Washington between Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken can be considered an unsurprising and anticipated development. Over the past four years, the Biden administration’s Armenia-focused regional policies, the deepening of bilateral cooperation in various spheres, and the June 2024 decision by…
