Hostilities break out between Armenia & Azerbaijan over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, both countries say — RT

 

Azerbaijan launched “an offensive” against Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian PM said amid reports of Azeri aircraft being shot down. Baku insists it is taking “retaliatory measures” in the disputed Armenian-populated region.

Арцах : Armenian government approves draft law on recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia’s government approved at a session on Thursday a legislative initiative of opposition lawmakers on recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh and sent it for consideration to the republic’s parliament.

Armenia began thinking about the recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh (Арцах)

The government of Armenia on Thursday, may 5, will consider a draft law on recognizing Nagorno Karabakh Republic. On Tuesday, may 3, reports news Agency ARKA.

Арцах : Sarkisian Honors Soldiers, Visits Wounded

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday, accompanied by the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic visited wounded soldiers at the Central Military Hospital.

Azeri provocation

The facts that are taking place in Artsakh are not neutral and are consequences of Azeri provocation. Every time we see the Azeris making such attacks to change the facts vainly, but we realize that alongside the Armenian strategy tries to explain for years now that there are no problems and that we are very far from the war in 1994.

Stepanakert Applauds Hawaii’s Artsakh Recognition. (Hawaii Recognizes Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s Independence)

Tuesday’s vote by the Hawaii legislature to recognize the independence and self-determination of the people of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was hailed by the country’s presidential office, whose spokesperson, David Babayan calling it “one more step toward” Artsakh’s international recognition.

State of Georgia Recognizes Independence of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

The Georgia State House adopted legislation Wednesday recognizing the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh and calling upon the international community “to give appropriate recognition to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic as a free, independent, and sovereign democracy,” reported the Armenian National Committee of America – Eastern Region.

Azerbaijan Uses Tank to Shell Karabakh Positions

STEPANAKERT, YEREVAN (Combined Sources)—The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Ministry reported Wednesday that Azerbaijan deployed a battle tank to fire on Artsakh positions—the first time since the 1992 cease-fire agreement.

Karabakh Rejects Council of Europe Report That Is ‘Lacking in Value,’ Says Presidential Spokesman

STEPANAKERT (News.am)—Davit Babayan, spokesman for the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, has said that a report authored by British parliament member for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Robert Walter, is lacking in any value and will “collect dust in [an] archive,” according to News.am.

Armenia, Azerbaijan clash leaves seven troops dead

Seven Armenian soldiers were killed in clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces during the last week, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sept. 5.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Injuries and Deaths Mount as Azerbaijan Intensifies Attacks

STEPANAKERT, TAVUSH, Armenia—Overnight shelling by Azerbaijani forces claimed the lives two soldiers in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and injured two in the southern border of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the defense ministries of both republics confirmed Friday.

US will not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's elections (State Department)

Results of Nagorno-Karabakh’s May 3 elections will not be recognized by the U.S., the State Department said Friday.

“We will not accept the results of the elections on May 3 as affecting the legal status of Nagorno- Karabakh,” State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told reporters.

Azeri, Armenian Presidents Discuss Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute

VIENNA, November 19 (RIA Novosti) – The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia met Tuesday in Vienna in an attempt to resolve a decades-old territorial conflict, an Armenian diplomat said.

Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan met in Vienna’s Palais Coburg hotel for about two hours to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, the diplomat said.

The negotiations, mediated by the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, marked the first time the presidents have met in two years.

Russia, Azerbaijan Agree on Oil, Gas JV as Putin Visits Baku. According to Aliyev, his country’s defense industry cooperation with Russia is worth $4 billion and keeps growing

MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian and Azerbaijani state oil companies on Tuesday agreed to establish a joint venture on a parity basis to prospect and produce oil and gas in Russia and Azerbaijan and in other countries as Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a one-day working visit to Baku.

Energy Cooperation
During Putin’s visit – designed to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues, including trade, energy, transportation and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – Rosneft reported that it had also agreed with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) to jointly use some pipelines and terminals to optimize supplies to consumers.

Azerbaijan bans 335 foreign nationals over visits to Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan on Aug. 2 banned 335 foreign nationals - including European lawmakers, journalists and academics - from entering the country over visits they allegedly made to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani foreign ministry released a list - including several deputies from France's National Assembly, a member of the British House of Lords and a Spanish opera singer - of people declared personae non grata in the oil-rich former Soviet state. All those on the list had "broken the law on Azerbaijan's state borders and disrespected the national sovereignty and territorial unity of Azerbaijan," the ministry said in a statement. "Armenia-backed separatists" (sic) seized Nagorn0-Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a 1990s war that killed 30,000 people. Despite years of negotiations since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides have still not signed a peace deal.

Armenia-Azerbaijan likely to meet for disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. A summit may be held and Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents may come together.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard  Nalbanyan said on Monday that Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents were likely to come together to negotiate the disputed territory of  Nagorno-Karabakh by the end of 2013.
A conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia  broke out  in 1991 over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

Negotiations have so far failed to produce a permanent peace agreement.
Nalbandyan said Armenia supported  the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, which encourages  peace negotiations  to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, and would keep supporting it. 

Aliyev praises his army, warns Armenia

 BAKU
Azerbaijan President Ilham  Aliyev said we will never let another form of Armenian state in the land of Azerbaijan.

Speaking at a parade devoted to the country’s Armed Forces Day in Baku, Aliyev warned Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Aliyev said as a country in armed conflict zone, Azerbaijan place special emphasis on military.

Need for a "stronger army"-

Underlining Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have not been solved by years and Armenia has ignored the decisions taken by international organizations and has not brought the armed conflict to an end, Aliyev said, "we could not reach any agreements after talks and that's why there is a need of stronger army". 

ΣΥΝΤΟΝΙΣΜΕΝΗ ΔΡΑΣΗ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ-ΑΡΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ-ΕΒΡΑΙΚΟΥ LOBBY ΣΤΙΣ ΗΠΑ

Μια κοινή δράση Ελλήνων, Αρμενίων και Ισραηλινών στην Ουάσινγκτον, ματαίωσε την παραχώρηση  2 φρεγατών από τις ΗΠΑ στην Τουρκία. Η αμερικανική Γερουσία απέρριψε την παραχώρηση στην Τουρκία δύο φρεγατών κλάσεως «Oliver Hazard Perry» («Gabya» στην Τουρκία), τις φρεγάτες USS Halyburton (FFG–40) και USS Thach (FFG–43), παρά το γεγονός ότι η παραχώρησή τους είχε προηγηθεί εγκριθεί από το Κογκρέσο. Κρίσιμο ρόλο στην απόρριψη έπαιξε το ελληνικό λόμπι (HALC) της Ουάσιγκτον το οποίο συνεπικουρείται και από το αρμενικό, αλλά στο παρασκήνιο και από το ισραηλινό, το οποίο δεν εκδηλώθηκε αλλά ήταν σαφές ότι οι επηρεαζόμενοι από το Ισραήλ γερουσιαστές πέρασαν αρνητικό κλίμα για το νομοσχέδιο.

Οι ελληνο-αρμενικές σχέσεις/ The Greek-Armenian relations (Σπάρτη/Арцах)

 
Арцах

Ν. Λυγερός (OPUS)
Οι ελληνο-αρμενικές σχέσεις δεν πρέπει να είναι μόνο θεωρητικές και να βασίζονται αποκλειστικά σε ένα συμβολικό χαρακτήρα. Οι ελληνο-αρμενικές σχέσεις υπάρχουν εδώ και αιώνες. Ζήσαμε μαζί και στην ζωή και στο θάνατο. Ξέρουμε και οι δυο μας τι σημαίνει η λέξη γενοκτονία και τη μάθαμε από τον ίδιο θύτη. Ζήσαμε το θάνατο των δικών μας από τη βαρβαρότητα και τώρα έχουμε ο καθένας μας μια χώρα, όπου ζούμε ελεύθεροι. Δίχως αυτό να σημαίνει ότι δεν είμαστε πολιορκημένοι. Συνεπώς δεν μπορούμε να στεκόμαστε ουδέτεροι, όταν υποφέρει ο ένας από τους δυο μας. Οι Σπαρτιάτες έδειξαν το παράδειγμα στους μαχητές του Αρτσάχ και αυτοί με τη σειρά τους μάς έδειξαν την ουσία της αντίστασης.