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Separate talks between Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan are envisaged

Talks between President of Russia, President of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister of Armenia on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh will be held in Moscow. This was reported by Evropeyska Pravda with reference to the Kremlin press service.

 

It is noted that the meeting will be held at the initiative of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

 

"It is planned to consider the implementation of the statement of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia on Nagorno-Karabakh dated November 9, 2020 and discuss further steps to resolve the problems existing in the region," the Kremlin said in a statement.

 

In addition, separate talks between Putin and Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan are envisaged.

 

In November, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed an agreement on a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave that is recognized throughout the world as part of Azerbaijan, but is mainly inhabited by ethnic Armenians, with the mediation of Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

By Nick Kampouris –  

Jan 10, 2021

 

Greece sends a second planeload of humanitarian aid to Armenia. Credit: Spokesperson of MFA of Armenia / Twitter

 

Greece sent a massive planeload of humanitarian aid to Armenia destined for the victims of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on Saturday.

 

Organizations such as the Armenian Blue Cross of Greece, the Armenian Charity Cross, and the Armenian Relief Society coordinated this colossal effort.

 

The Greek Government and the Armenian Embassy in Greece supported this action, by facilitating the whole procedure.

 

Second Humanitarian Aid to Armenia

 

The transfer of tons of aid consisting of medical supplies and food was the second one in less than a month.

 

 

In December, the Greek Ministry of National Defense provided a transport aircraft, which landed in Armenia to assist the nation.

 

The aid of December and January is primarily aimed towards the thousands of Armenians who became refugees after they were forced to abandon their homes at Artsakh following the Azeri military attack.

 

Following the recent ceasefire signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, thousands of ethnic Armenians who used to live in the contested region of Nagorno-Karabach left their homes and lands.

 

The Azeri government took control of these lands in mid-December 2020.

 

 

 

 

Russian President Putin had deployed peacekeeping contingent of Russian Federation which included 1,960 soldiers and 90 armoured carriers on Lachin corridor.

  

Written By

Zaini Majeed

President Vladimir Putin will host talks between the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev for the first time since Russia brokered ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Kremlin said in a statement. Azerbaijani and Armenian forces escalated a military conflict over the internationally recognised breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, geographically a part of Azerbaijan but ruled by ethnic Armenians. After three failed truce, Armenia’s prime minister and the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia signed a joint declaration agreeing to the cessation of all hostilities and deploying Russian peacekeepers in the conflict region.

 

In the agreement between the two nations, Russia ordered that the territories held by the Armenian Party in the Gazakh District of the Azerbaijani Republic had to be ceded to the Azerbaijani Republic. Russian President Putin had instructed the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation which included 1,960 Russian soldiers, 90 armoured personnel carriers, and 380 military vehicles and other special equipment to be deployed along the line of control between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachin Corridor.

 

 

In the truce, Russia listed the peacekeeping contingent’s deployment for up to 5 years to monitor the ceasefire violations between the two countries. Furthermore, the terms of the agreement stated that the Azerbaijani Republic would guarantee the safety of traffic along the Lachin Corridor of persons, vehicles, and freight in both directions and will take back the refugees returning to the Nagorno-Karabakh territory. In the fresh talks, Russia aims to remove the economic blockade in the war zone and free the transportation links in the disputed region between the western regions of the Azerbaijani Republic and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic [Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave], as mentioned in the truce terms and conditions.

 

Putin is expected to instruct the Units of the Russian Federal Security Service’s Border Service to guard the transport passage and all the economic and transportation links in the region following the meeting between the two nations. The agreement also listed the construction of new transportation links for connectivity of Azerbaijan with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

 

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International

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TEHRAN– Among the countries having good relations with Azerbaijan, Iran enjoys high capabilities for reconstruction of the war-hit Karabakh region.

 

Azerbaijan is scheduled to implement large-scale development and reconstruction projects in the liberated territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Azeri government has announced that it is to allocate $1.3 billion to this sector.

 

In his recent statements, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev invited companies from friendly countries to take an active part in the implementation of such projects in the named region.

 

In his recent visit to Tehran in December 2020, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev hailed Iran as a friend country and a brotherly neighbor of Azerbaijan, saying his country holds strategic relations with the Islamic Republic.

 

During the visit, Mustafayev met with the Head of the Iranian Presidential Administration Mahmoud Vaezi, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian, and Defense and Armed Forces Support Minister Amir Hatami. In these meetings, besides political ties, he investigated possibilities of cooperation in the field of electricity in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories and the participation of Iranian companies in the restoration work were discussed.

 

واعظی: ایران برای کمک به حل قطعی مناقشه باکو – ایروان آماده است

 

In his recent visit with Iran's Vaezi, Mustafayev said the two countries should do their best to accelerate the implementation of joint projects such as the construction of railways, dams, and power plants in order to pave way for the expansion of interactions and relations.

 

Iran planning to gain share in regional (Azeri) market

 

Tehran is looking for a more highlighted presence and a bigger role in regional transit corridors for it believes it can have a main part in ensuring stable regional security.

 

Iran has recently exchanged views with Azerbaijan on issues of military-technical cooperation, as well.

 

Being warmly welcomed by the Azeri side, Iran has been improving novel policies for fortifying its presence and participation in economic, trade, reconstruction, and development projects in Azerbaijan. The Islamic Republic has expressed its readiness to share with Azerbaijan its experience and capabilities in the field of mines and explosives defusing in the liberated territories.

 

As one of its major policies Iranian government seeks to define new multilateral partnerships with regional countries, to complete semi-finished corridors, i.e., the International North-South Transport Corridor and the Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor, in a bid to improve, accelerate and facilitate regional trade.

 

In the past two years, Iran has prioritized transit and transportation projects with both national and international functions to lubricate the country’s connection with neighboring nations. Tehran has also sought the establishment of multilateral transport partnerships with regional countries.

 

Accordingly, the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs is paying special attention to this area and has started improving its cooperation with Iranian ministries of road, finance, and trade as well as the private sector and commerce chambers on the way to hit the set targets and beat the regional rivals.

 

Along with the Iranian government come the domestic companies and the private sector that are inclined and resolved to have a share in the technical and engineering market of the region, including Azerbaijan. The northern neighbor enjoys oil reserves and high incomes, therefore, with low investment risks. In better words, Azerbaijan seems a lucrative target market and a safe haven for Iranian companies.

 

Iranian firms active in construction, hardware, and software are well-equipped to renovate the freed parts of Karabakh by their experienced workforce.

 

They have a brilliant history in implementing major development projects in different countries including Iraq, Pakistan, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Syria, etc. They have worked in other countries as independent contractors or under the framework of consortiums with foreign partners.

 

It is worth noting that they act self-sufficiently in accomplishing road, railway, and port development and construction projects relying on Iranian technicians and engineers and domestically produced machinery.

 

This is while the Islamic Republic is a major producer of construction materials such as cement, steel, rebar, aluminum, as well as heavy-duty vehicles, and construction machinery, etc. that is an advantage in Iran's participation with any foreign countries.

 

In addition to the technical issues, Iran and Azerbaijan enjoy geographical adjacency as well as warm political ties. Compared with other countries' applicants, having a share in the renovation of Karabakh, the geographical adjacency gives Iran an upper hand due to the ease of transporting equipment, machinery, and workforce with lower costs.

 

Iran-Azerbaijan collaboration on the reconstruction of Karabakh can be win-win cooperation for both sides. Reconstruction of these areas can serve the political and economic interests of both parties.

 

The presence of the Iranian companies and exporters of engineering services in Azerbaijan can strengthen the economic relationship and strategic and political relations between Tehran and Yerevan.

 

Strengthening political ties is for sure a prerequisite for the economic presence of Iran in Azerbaijan for diplomatic ties would act as a lubricant for economic relations.

 

Iran major peace-supporter in region

 

Reconstruction of the liberated areas of Nagorno-Karabakh can lead to regional development as well as long-lasting stability and security.

 

Iran has always respected the long-term interests of all regional countries, in particular those of its neighbors, their sovereignty, principles, and standards considering the international regulations.

 

In the recent war between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, took a clear stance towards the issue noting that the main solution to the problem is a return of all occupied lands of Azerbaijan by Armenia and “this must be done and international borders must be respected.” He underscored that the security of ethnic Armenians in the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh must be protected.

 

The point is that Iran seeks not only short-term interests but also peace and security in the region in the long run.

 

Iran forever gateway of Armenia & Azerbaijan to PG, Sea of Oman

 

Under the current circumstances, some experts discuss the possibility of the construction of future corridors to link Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and to connect Nakhichevan with the Republic of Azerbaijan, in case the signed peace pact would calm down the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

 

Presently, in addition to using the internal corridor of the former Soviet Union, the Republic of Azerbaijan is using the transit route via Iran to get access to Nakhichevan and as experts believe, the case would not change if the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would be resolved i.e. Iran would remain a safe route for Azerbaijan.

 

Peace settled, Iran would be converted into a golden gateway for both Yerevan and Baku to get access to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman via rail and road through the Iranian soil.

 

Moreover, peace secured between Azerbaijan and Armenia leaves no reason for opportunist transregional countries including the Zionist regime to continue presence in the northern neighboring regions.

 

Certainly, the Zionist regime will not have a place in this region in case of peace and it will be isolated but in war and conflict, zionists can find a chance to keep the fire of war warm by selling weapons to the parties and find an excuse for being present in the region.

 

Zionists' presence besides the presence of Takfiri terrorists is considered a big threat to regional security.

 

The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia denies rumors claiming the chiefs of the National Security Services of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet in Tavush region tomorrow.

 

The NSS says a meeting in that format was held days ago in the neutral zone in the vicinity of Yeraskh community in Ararat province.

 

The chiefs of the security services of the two countries held another meeting today on the territory of Vorotan and Shurnush communities in Syunik province to discuss issues related to the exchange of prisoners and search for the missing.

 

The NSS notes that Mediaport and a number of other information platforms have been spreading false news and obvious misinformation in recent days claiming that territorial and border issues are on the agenda of the meetings, thus deliberately misleading the public.

 

“Based on the overriding interest of the nation and the state, the director of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia exclusively exercises the powers vested in him by law, has never engaged an will not engage in any function outside the scope of those powers,” the NSS said in a statement.

 

Source: Xinhua| 2021-01-10 22:42:49|Editor: huaxia

MOSCOW, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed via telephone on Sunday the upcoming trilateral meeting of leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, the Kremlin said.

 

Macron expressed support for Russia's efforts to end the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, it added.

 

According to another statement published by the Kremlin on Sunday, during the trilateral meeting special attention will be paid to providing assistance to residents affected by the hostilities as well as to resuming and developing trade and economic relations.

 

Putin will also hold separate talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, it added. Enditem

 

 

 

01/10/2021 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – Azerbaijani state media appear to have increased their production of English-language articles dedicated to how their country will “revive” Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh). The President established a Karabakh Revival Fund for the so-called benefit of “liberated” territory. Different articles in Azeri press describe various kinds of infrastructure developments intended to bring “big profits” to Azerbaijan.

 

When reading Azeri press, it is important to recognize that their international press freedom index ranking is quite low and stands at 168.  Press freedom and religious freedom are entangled within the context of analyzing the challenges facing Nagorno-Karabakh following the Turkish-backed Azeri invasion of the territory. Azerbaijan is attempting to rewrite the narrative not only of the area’s Christian history, but also why and how their government is behaving, the end result of which is the massive displacement of Armenian Christians whom cannot return to areas under Turkish-Azeri control. English-language articles of Azeri-Turkish press are meant for a foreign audience and do not necessarily reflect what is being published in the local language.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, the parties discussed issues related to the meeting of Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders, which will be held in Moscow on January 11, Kremlin said.

 

“Taking into account the consistent implementation of the joint Statement of November 9, 2020 and the stabilization of the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh, it was noted that, first of all, at this meeting it is meant to consider further steps to establish a peaceful life in the region,” the Kremlin said.

 

The French President supported Russia’s efforts to promote the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.

 

“The emphasis was placed on the importance of urgent humanitarian assistance to the population affected by the clashes, including through specialized international organizations,” the press service said.

 

Trilateral talks between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan will be held in Moscow on January 11.

 

Vladimir Putin will hold separate talks with Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan.

 

Jan 10 2021