Day: January 26, 2025

Russian and Ukrainian media outlets are publishing US President Donald Trump’s so-called

The geopolitical chessboard of the South Caucasus is being reshaped as Armenia boldly shifts its orientation toward the West. January has witnessed a flurry of strategic moves: Yerevan approved a bill initiating its bid to join the European Union and inked a Charter of Strategic Partnership with the United States in Washington. While these developments signal Armenia’s deepening ties with Western powers, they have not gone unnoticed in Moscow.

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Officials from Iran and Saudi Arabi emphasized the need for strengthening and enhancing bilateral ties in the field of Information and communications technology (ICT).

Michael_Novakhov shared this story from Oilprice.com. Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus by unexpectedly reviving a demand for extraterritorial rights on a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan proper to its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenian territory. But some experts in Baku believe that the issue can be managed. Aliyev surprised regional analysts by seemingly tossing a diplomatic grenade into the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process during an early January interview with Azerbaijani journalists. He repeatedly referred to Armenia as “fascist” and restored the issue of what is known as the Zangezur corridor to the top of the negotiating agenda. In the months prior to Aliyev’s comments, both sides had sent signals that a peace deal seemed close. Armenian and Azerbaijani officials announced last August that they had set aside the Zangezur issue, saying the two countries would first finalize a peace deal, then return to the corridor matter. From Armenia’s standpoint, the issue was problematic for two reasons; one, officials in Yerevan did not want to surrender sovereignty over the land route connecting two Azerbaijani territories; and two, Armenia was leery of allowing Russia to act as a guarantor of stability along the corridor. Yerevan’s relationship with Moscow has soured since Azerbaijan inflicted a decisive defeat of Armenia in the Second Karabakh War, which ended in late 2023: many Armenians believe Russia betrayed their country by not fulfilling treaty obligations to defend Armenian sovereignty. A 2020 agreement had enshrined a Russian peacekeeping role over the Zangezur corridor, but the August bilateral decision to defer the issue effectively froze Moscow out of any future presence.ADVERTISEMENTSaudi Arabia to Cut Oil Supply to China Amid Weak DemandRussian officials at first bitterly complained about the Armenian-Azerbaijani move to defer Zangezur but eventually backed off after Iran forcefully supported shelving the corridor issue. In recent months, as Armenian-Russian relations have continued to spiral downward, the Armenian government’s interest in reducing the Russian presence in the country has taken on increased importance. A key for Armenia, then, is that Aliyev’s revival of the Zangezur issue doesn’t imply that Baku wants Russian peacekeepers along the route, independent analyst Shujaat Ahmadzade told Eurasianet.“I think Azerbaijan is equally unhappy with [the idea of] Russian control [of the Zangezur corridor],“ said Ahmadzade, an expert in South Caucasus affairs, adding that Baku is content to leave Armenia to act as the main point of resistance because the issue is “more of an Armenian-Russian dispute.” Aliyev’s early January interview served as a reminder to Armenia that while Zangezur may have been deferred, it would not be forgotten by Baku. At the same time, Ahmadzade indicated that there was potentially a certain amount of flexibility in Baku’s approach on the issue. Zangezur, in Baku’s view, is linked to the broader issue of expanding regional trade networks, he added. Over the past year, Azerbaijan has actively pursued projects with other neighboring states to boost East-West trade via the Middle Corridor route, including the restoration of a railway with Georgia and an ambitious plan with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to export electricity.“There are three tracks [in the bilateral dialogue] – a peace agreement, borders, and connectivity – that both countries have disputes in, yet connectivity is the only space over which Armenian-Azerbaijani bilateral negotiations have not begun,” Ahmadzade noted. “I think at this point the parties are trying to recalibrate their stakes over this matter.”Ahmadzade believes Azerbaijan wants to explore unblocking all bilateral connectivity routes. As for Zangezur, Azerbaijan doesn’t necessarily insist on Armenia sacrificing complete sovereignty over the corridor; Baku’s bottom line is it wants Azerbaijani vehicles traveling on the corridor between the mainland and Nakhchivan to move freely without any inspections. “I think this is where Armenia is resisting,” he said. By Eurasianet.orgMore Top Reads From Oilprice.comAluminum Market Wavers Amidst Tariff UncertaintySupertanker Rates Double After U.S. Sanctions on Russian Oil TradeWill U.S. Tariffs Disrupt Copper and Aluminum Markets?

A three-story building collapsed Friday in the central Konya province of Turkiye, triggering an extensive search and rescue operation, Azernews reports citing Anadolu Agency.

#Kanal13 #likekanal13​ #subscribekanal13 #warinukrainehttps://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1 – SUBSCRIBE TO US!Four weeks before the German parliamentary elections, tech billionaire Elon Musk addressed supporters of Germany’s far-right party via videocall Saturday. “I very much hope that the Alternative for Germany does do well and Alice Weidel does become chancellor. I think that would be very good for Germany,” he said during an appearance at the party’s official campaign launch in Halle. According to Assosicted Press Germany is to vote in an early election on February 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed in a dispute over how to revitalize the country’s stagnant economy. The AfD’s candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel has no realistic chance of becoming Germany’s leader as other parties refuse to work with AfD. Musk previously caused uproar by backing the party in a guest opinion piece in a major newspaper ahead of the upcoming elections. He spoke via a video message at the campaign. “Children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great grandparents,” apparently referring to Germany’s Nazi past. “There is too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that.” Weidel gave a speech at the event calling for tougher migration restrictions, saying “on day one we will close the borders of our beloved fatherland.” The comments came after a knife attack in Aschaffenburg by a rejected asylum-seeker left a man and a 2-year-old boy dead and spilled over into the election campaign. Thousands of Germans protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right and anti-immigrant party on Saturday. An opposition bloc of Germany’s center-right parties, the Union, led by Friedrich Merz, is leading pre-election polls with AfD in second place.http://youtube.com/kanal13az/join – click here and support Kanal13 monthly for distributing more videos and independent journalismhttp://t.me/kanal13tv & https://bit.ly/37BVMqU https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1https://bit.ly/2Rs6MB3 #lastminutenewsfromukraine #kanal13ukraine https://bit.ly/2V19FdyClick here and just subscribe to Kanal13 – https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1https://www.youtube.com/KANAL13AZ/join*ATTENTION: If you woul like to contact with US please, write to +49176 75077516 WhatsApp▌▌►Website: http://kanal13.tv/http://www.facebook.com/tvkanal13https://twitter.com/Kanal13Azhttps://www.instagram.com/kanal13.azClick & Subscribe to the main youtube Channel© KANAL13 [ Azərbaycanın ilk peşəkar internet televiziyası ] The First Internet TV of AzerbaijanTags: #Ukriane, #Russia, #Putin, #Putler, #Russian invasion of Ukraine, #Zelenski, #Kiev, #Kyiv, #Kadirov army, #Kadirov, #Kherson, #Bucha, #Kharkiv, #Ukrainian pilots, #vagners, #Russian tanks, #NATO, #drones, #Moscow, #Kreml, #war victims #Ukraina, News, The Washington Post, waPo Video, Washington Post Video, Washington Post YouTube, a:politics, aid, biden, putin, s:Politics, support, t:Other, Ukraine, war, fact check, news coverage, Donald Trump, news, wp video, forbes, nytimes, newspaper, media, journalism, Ilham Aliyev, Baku, Azerbaijan, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Tel-Aviv, Garabag, Karabakh, football, ronaldo, messi, brian tyler cohen

Turkish Foreign Minister visits Iraq to meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.Hakan Fidan’s visit takes place amid repeated calls from Türkiye for the Kurdish YPG militia in Northeast Syria to disband, following the end of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Watch our full report here#tuerkiye #Iraqi #Syria #MiddleEast #anewz

Georgian PM starts official visit to UAE  Agenda.ge

Editorial: As Trump Administration Mulls Saudi Abraham Accords Inclusion, It Should Recognize Azerbaijan as of the Pillars of Israel’s Regional Security System  VINNews

#aztv #sondeqiqe #video #azerbaijan #xeberler #xəbərlər #sonxeberler #trend #gündem #sondakika #haber #haberler Copyright © AZTVYouTube kanalına abunə olun: https://bit.ly/2ZKtzKOFacebook – https://bit.ly/38x28YPİnstagram – https://bit.ly/2Z3BBPXTwitter – https://bit.ly/2VPe976Youtube – https://bit.ly/31Qb1eYTelegram: https://bit.ly/3heof98Rəsmi sayt: https://bit.ly/3e28gJJ AZhttps://bit.ly/3dZP4MJ RUhttps://bit.ly/2Z4EMH9 EN

Armenia’s geopolitical gamble risks regional stability as Yerevan plays both sides  AzerNews.Az

Как изменятся отношения России и Ирана в ближайшее время после подписания нового соглашения? Что в Иране ждут от прихода к власти Дональда Трампа в США? Как власти Ирана справляются с экономическими проблемами? Об этом и о многом другом мы побеседовали с политологом из исламской республики Мохаммадом Мохаммадзаем.Наши новости в социальных сетях:https://www.youtube.com/user/wcbcazhttps://www.facebook.com/cbctvazhttps://t.me/cbctvazhttps://www.instagram.com/cbc.az/https://twitter.com/cbctvazhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cbcazerbaijanweb: https://cbctv.azCBC Азербайджан – международный круглосуточный канал на русском языке. Вещает от европейской части России до полуострова Индостан, от Балканского полуострова до восточной границы Китая #иран #тегеран #сша #трамп

NPR News: 01-26-2025 10AM ESTLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy