Darya Grevtsova, Deputy Head of the Russian Institute of Political Studies and Azerbaijani MP Mushfig Jafarov commented to UWI. By Tehran Tapdygov, Azerbaijani journalist, political observer, Baku / Azerbaijan The signing of a strategic partnership agreement between Russia and Iran signifies a further strengthening of ties between the two countries. However, most neighboring countries remain noncommittal in expressing a clear ...
How foreign agents endanger existing national borders in West Asia. Ankara Center for Crisis and Policy Studies (ANKASAM) is among the prominent institutions which produces national strategies for Türkiye’s foreign policy. We asked the chairman Prof. Dr. Mehmet Seyfettin Erol about a wide range of issues on the Caucasus. Geopolitics of the South Caucasus and US plans in the region, ...
The country’s members of parliament propose to end the activities of USAID in Azerbaijan. By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku / Azerbaijan The relationship between the United States and Azerbaijan has always been filled with ups and downs. Although both countries are strategic partners, the U.S. has resorted to imposing sanctions on official Baku whenever it does not need Azerbaijan. A similar ...
Currently, the struggle over the corridor is more between Iran and Russia than between Azerbaijan and Armenia. By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku / Azerbaijan The statement that ended the Second Karabakh War between Azerbaijan and Armenia contains several clauses. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a statement related to this on November ...
Tehran’s reasons to object to the corridor and the future of the tensions. By Mehmet Akif Akıncı Following a meeting between Iran’s former president, Ebrahim Raisi, and Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, on the banks of the Aras River, many believed that the tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan over the Zangezur Corridor had finally subsided. It was thought that ...
In the distant future, China will start to see Türkiye as a competitor and try to limit Ankara’s influence, says the US expert. By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku, Azerbaijan Armenia drifting westwards, Azerbaijan applying officially for BRICS membership, Russian President Putin making one of his rare travels to Baku, turmoil in Georgia and a steady balance of tension and cooperation between ...
Experts comment on Azerbaijan’s application for BRICS membership. By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku, Azerbaijan Russian President Vladimir Putin, who visited Azerbaijan on August 18-19, discussed many issues of the region with Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. Many intergovernmental documents were signed. After the meeting, Azerbaijan submitted an application to the organization for membership in BRICS. The fact that the Russian leader invited ...
Wide range of issues on the agenda from the final peace in the South Caucasus to Azerbaijan’s membership in the SCO. Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a two-day visit to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It is noteworthy that the visit will last two days and that he will not visit Armenia afterward. It seems that the effects of ...
By Sabina Alizade In an interview with TGRT Haber, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu confirmed plans to start the construction of this railway line by the end of this year, stating that the project will be completed within five years. A tender for the construction of the 224-kilometre railway was announced earlier this year, and negotiations regarding ...
Georgia and Armenia, which opened their doors to the West, received mass protests, clashes and chaos, United World International author Mehmet Perinçek has stated. “What is happening today in two South Caucasian countries, Georgia and Armenia, which have opened their doors to the West? Mass protests, clashes, chaos,” Perinçek told Russian news agency RIA Novosti. At the same time, the ...