Lydia Izovitova

Latest

Editor's choice

News

Gulf and Red Sea Regions

Iran to hold large-scale naval exercises in the Indian Ocean in February

29 January 2017

Iran's Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, said the Iranian navy will soon embark on missions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as well

Editor's choice

News

May meets with Erdogan in Ankara

28 January 2017

May flew into Ankara on Saturday morning, after her meeting yesterday with the new US President Donald Trump.

Editor's choice

News

South Caucasus

Azerbaijan says it has "eliminated a religious extremist".

27 January 2017

The State Security Service stated that "Ceyhun Ojagov put up armed resistance as the Security Service was trying to arrest him, and the extremist was eliminated."

Editor's choice

News

"The EU and Armenia are close to finalising negotiations on a new framework agreement, but there are still open issues"

25 January 2017

The Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Piotr Switalski, gave a positive assessment of relations between the European Union and Armenia when he spoke to journalists on Tuesday (24 January) at the Media Centre in Yerevan.

Editor's choice

News

Lavrov and Mammadyarov met in Moscow

25 January 2017

Russia and Azerbaijan clearly have different impressions of what was agreed in the Vienna and St Petersburg summits, and the follow up that was expected. There is no indication that these differences have narrowed

Editor's choice

News

South Caucasus

Armenian soldier killed on Karabakh line of contact on Sunday night

23 January 2017

The 21 year old soldier was named as Karen Ulubabyan (born in 1995), a member of the military formation of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Editor's choice

Commentary

Commentary: Armenia and the European Union try again

23 January 2017

The progress in the negotiations between the EU and Armenia on a new framework agreement is welcomed, but there are still “open issues”, and political hurdles to overcome; and whatever is agreed will still fall short of the Association Agreement envisaged in 2013.

Editor's choice

News

South Caucasus

Sargsyan: "For Armenia, a combat-ready army is a must"

21 January 2017

The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, told recently decommissioned soldiers they still remain the soldiers of the fatherland, regarless of where and in what area they continue their activities.

Editor's choice

News

South Caucasus

Azerbaijan marks the 27th anniversary of Black January

20 January 2017

20 January was a defining moment in Azerbaijan's quest for statehood and independence. It shook Soviet rule in Azerbaijan, and led to the regaining of independence on 18 October 1991.

Filter archive

Iran to hold large-scale naval exercises in the Indian Ocean in February

May meets with Erdogan in Ankara

Azerbaijan says it has "eliminated a religious extremist".

"The EU and Armenia are close to finalising negotiations on a new framework agreement, but there are still open issues"

Lavrov and Mammadyarov met in Moscow

Armenian soldier killed on Karabakh line of contact on Sunday night

Commentary: Armenia and the European Union try again

Sargsyan: "For Armenia, a combat-ready army is a must"

Azerbaijan marks the 27th anniversary of Black January