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The South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - is one of strategic importance, not only for adjacent countries, such as Turkiye, Russia, Iran and the Central Asian states, but also for neighbours such as the European Union and the GCC states, and globally for the United States, India, China, Pakistan and Japan.

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The restoration of all regional communications is the only viable path to lasting peace in the South Caucasus
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The restoration of all regional communications is the only viable path to lasting peace in the South Caucasus

16 October 2025
Will the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) set to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhijevan and Türkiye via Armenia help establish lasting peace and prosperity for all?  Interestingly, if the Washington Declaration speaks about restoration of all communications, with reciprocal benefits for Armenia, the spotlight has been about the TRIPP and only about it. This oversight misses a vital point necessary for lasting peace and stability in the region.
Benyamin Poghosyan
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Azerbaijan Calls for Deeper Cooperation within the Organization of Turkic States
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Azerbaijan Calls for Deeper Cooperation within the Organization of Turkic States

16 October 2025
The 12th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held on 7 October 2025 in Gabala, Azerbaijan, marked a decisive stage in the evolution of integration within the Turkic world. Under the theme “Regional Peace and Security,” the summit, chaired by President Ilham Aliyev, brought together leaders from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, and observer states Hungary, Turkmenistan, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Gabala’s historical symbolism as a crossroads of the Caucasus and Central Asia reflected the OTS’s broader vision of unity, connectivity, and shared destiny.
Vasif Huseynov

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Norway shares concern of OSCE MG co-chairs regarding extradition and pardoning of Azerbaijani killer Ramil Safarov
Norway shares concern of OSCE MG co-chairs regarding extradition and pardoning of Azerbaijani killer Ramil Safarov
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Norway shares concern of OSCE MG co-chairs regarding extradition and pardoning of Azerbaijani killer Ramil Safarov

7 September 2012
Norway shares concern of OSCE MG co-chairs regarding extradition and pardoning of the Azerbaijani killer Ramil Safarov, the statement of Foreign Ministry of Norway says.
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Chairman of European Parliament Delegation to EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee urges Azerbaijan to show commitment to the European values
Chairman of European Parliament Delegation to EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee urges Azerbaijan to show commitment to the European values
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Chairman of European Parliament Delegation to EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee urges Azerbaijan to show commitment to the European values

7 September 2012
Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees Milan Cabrnoch has expressed his deep concern about the Azerbaijani President's decision to pardon Ramil Safarov, who was supposed to serve a life sentence for brutally murdering Gurgen Margaryan, an Armenian military officer, in Hungary in 2004.
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Armenian President: Armenia develops cooperation with both CSTO and NATO as they are not conflicting structures
Armenian President: Armenia develops cooperation with both CSTO and NATO as they are not conflicting structures
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Armenian President: Armenia develops cooperation with both CSTO and NATO as they are not conflicting structures

7 September 2012
Armenia is successfully developing cooperation with both the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and NATO as they are not conflicting structures, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during a joint press-conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday.
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Armenian President urges world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan
Armenian President urges world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan
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Armenian President urges world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan

7 September 2012
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has urged the world community not to be too much "politically correct" with respect to Azerbaijan as this encourages the Azeri authorities to act impudently and to take steps like the pardon of murderer Ramil Safarov.
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NATO Secretary General: Pardoning Safarov is a crime
NATO Secretary General: Pardoning Safarov is a crime
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NATO Secretary General: Pardoning Safarov is a crime

7 September 2012
Extradition of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov and Azerbaijani president's decision to pardon the murderer hinder confidence building between Armenia and Azerbaijan, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a joint press conference with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Thursday in Yerevan.
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Lithuanian FM: "We are interested in stability in South Caucasus"
Lithuanian FM: "We are interested in stability in South Caucasus"
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Lithuanian FM: "We are interested in stability in South Caucasus"

7 September 2012
Lithuania is interested in stability of the South Caucasus, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronis Azubalis said at the Ministerial Meeting of Nordic Baltic Eight, NBB in Vilnius, when commenting on extradition of Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov and Yerevan's protests against that.
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Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in connection with Safarov's extradition
Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in connection with Safarov's extradition
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Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in connection with Safarov's extradition

7 September 2012
In connection with the extradition and presidential pardon for Ramil Safarov, Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Vassily Atajanyan addressed a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore.
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Armenian community of Estonia demand apologies from Hungary
Armenian community of Estonia demand apologies from Hungary
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Armenian community of Estonia demand apologies from Hungary

7 September 2012
Armenian public organizations of Estonia have appealed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Estonia Mr. Erik Haupt with an open letter demanding apologies by the Hungarian Government to the family of the murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan and the Armenian people.
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