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Azerbaijan and China Forge Defence Ties
19 September 2025
At the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, which was held from Wednesday to Friday (17 - 19 September), Azerbaijan’s Defence Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, led Baku’s delegation and held high-level discussions with his Chinese counterpart on advancing joint military capabilities.
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NATO marks 70th anniversary with decisions to strengthen its posture in the Black Sea
5 April 2019
Meeting in Washington D.C. on Thursday (4 April 2019), NATO Foreign Ministers agreed a package of measures to improve NATO's situational awareness in the Black Sea region and strengthen support for partners Georgia and Ukraine.
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NATO will guarantee free passage of ships through the Kerch Straits
3 April 2019
US Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison, said that a package of measures will be approved during a two-day conference to begin in Washington on Wednesday
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Opinion: Armenia's "other choices"?
27 March 2019
Benyamin Poghosyan argues in this op-ed for commonspace.eu that it is time for Armenia to deepen its relations with Iran and China, out of necessity rather than choice.
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NATO Secretary-General visits Georgia
26 March 2019
Last summer in Brussels, NATO leaders reconfirmed the 2008 Bucharest Summit decision that Georgia will become a member of NATO. In Tbilisi, the Secretary General praised Georgia's progress in making important reforms and encouraged it to continue these efforts.
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NATO defence ministers meet to discuss pressing security issues
14 February 2019
Ahead of the meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance will continue to call on Russia to come back into compliance with the INF Treaty
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Ukraine's parliament passes constitutional amendment making EU and NATO membership strategic goals
8 February 2019
President Petro Poroshenko called the vote a "historic day" that will strengthen his government's resolve to carry out economic reforms.
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Lavrov: "Life will put everything in its place"
5 February 2019
"We can see that our Western colleagues are reluctant to communicate on an equal footing on various platforms," the Russian Foreign Minister noted during a speech in Bishkek. "We are calm about it. Arrogance and a sense of superiority never made anyone more attractive," he said..
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US guided missile destroyer on its way to the Black Sea
20 January 2019
A statement by the US Sixth Fleet, based in Naples, said the U.S. Navy routinely operates in the Black Sea consistent with the Montreux Convention and international law.
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US Navy ship sails through Bosphorus on the way to Black Sea
7 January 2019
The USS Fort McHenry, with embarked elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, began its north-bound transit of the Dardanelles Strait, en route to the Black Sea, on January 6, 2019.