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Armenian MP accused of promoting Genocide denial

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

An Armenian MP has come under fire for claiming that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for the compilation of the names of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. MP Andranik Kocharyan, the chair of the Armenian Parliament’s Defence Committee, claimed on Sunday that Pashinyan aimed to make a complete list of victims to ‘build real foundations’ for documentation the Armenian Genocide. He stated the following day that the creation of the list was ‘very important for building our relations in

The chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Defence Committee, Hulusi Akar, during a visit to Baku on 31 January 2024. Image via Azertac.

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Turkey warns Armenia to accept ‘hand of peace’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Turkey has warned Armenia that it would suffer ‘serious damages’ if it failed to secure a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. The comments came from the chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Defence Committee, Hulusi Akar, during a visit to Baku on Monday. ‘[Armenia] should accept the hand of peace extended by Azerbaijan, otherwise it will suffer serious damages just like in the 2020 war’, he said. Akar previously served as minister of defence and the chief of staff of the Turkish armed forces. In re

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Armenia proposes opening regional transport links as part of ‘Crossroads of Peace’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has unveiled the ‘Crossroads of Peace’ — a regional transport proposal that would connect Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Georgia through Armenia. Pashinyan announced the details of the proposal on Thursday at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum in Georgia as an ‘important part of the peace agenda’ in the South Caucasus. The project would see the renovation and development of roads, railways, pipelines, cables, and electricity lines between Armenia and Turkey an

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (left) and Kemal Kılıcdaroğlu (right).

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What an opposition win in Turkey could mean for the Caucasus

by Ismi Aghayev

•7 min read

Turkey’s elections threaten to dislodge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after two decades in power. Amongst the country’s neighbours in the South Caucasus, the impact of such a turn of events could have vastly differing impacts. Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections on 14 May will see President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan face his biggest challenge in years, facing an opposition alliance headed by Kemal Kılıcdaroğlu. Given Turkey’s geographical proximity and geopolitical influence in th

Yerevan’s Deputy Mayor Tigran Avinyan unveiling the Operation Nemesis statue. Via Armenpress.

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Turkey closes its airspace to Armenia

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

Turkey has closed its airspace to Armenian planes in response to the unveiling of a statue dedicated to Operation Nemesis, a campaign to assassinate the Ottoman perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. FlyOne, an Armenian airline, broke the news on 29 April, stating that it had to cancel some of its flights to and from Europe because of the sudden closure of Turkey’s airspace to Armenia. On Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu told NTV that the closure was a response to the unv