🇦🇲🇹🇷 The private meeting of the Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Mevlut Çavuşoğlu took place in Ankara, which will be followed by an extended meeting, after which the ministers will make statements.
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🗣 Ararat Mirzoyan’s announcement during the press conference with Çavuşoğlu.
🔸 "Today's meeting is due to the disaster that took many lives, but being in Turkey at this difficult moment, I want to once again reaffirm the issue of building peace in the region and, in particular, the full normalization of relations with Turkey, the establishment of diplomatic relations and the full opening of the borders between Armenia and Turkey, our readiness and aspiration.
🔸 We have an agreement to repair the Ani bridge with joint efforts, as well as take care of the relevant infrastructure before the full opening of the border."
🔸 "Today's meeting is due to the disaster that took many lives, but being in Turkey at this difficult moment, I want to once again reaffirm the issue of building peace in the region and, in particular, the full normalization of relations with Turkey, the establishment of diplomatic relations and the full opening of the borders between Armenia and Turkey, our readiness and aspiration.
🔸 We have an agreement to repair the Ani bridge with joint efforts, as well as take care of the relevant infrastructure before the full opening of the border."
🇦🇲🇹🇷 Çavuşoğlu mentioned that during the bilateral meeting with Ararat Mirzoyan, they also discussed the ongoing work on the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
🗣 "The process of normalization of relations continues in the South Caucasus. We are sure that the cooperation that took place these days will contribute to this process. I believe that the normalization processes between Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan will contribute to the establishment of stability and well-being in our region.
📌 Our three countries can bring lasting stability in the Caucasus region with their sincere steps," the Turkish Foreign Minister said.
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🗣 "The process of normalization of relations continues in the South Caucasus. We are sure that the cooperation that took place these days will contribute to this process. I believe that the normalization processes between Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan will contribute to the establishment of stability and well-being in our region.
📌 Our three countries can bring lasting stability in the Caucasus region with their sincere steps," the Turkish Foreign Minister said.
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The delegation headed by Ararat Mirzoyan has arrived in Adyaman, Turkey, where Armenian rescuers are carrying out search and rescue operations.
The special representative of Turkey, Serdar Kilic, will accompany the RA Foreign Minister in the negotiations on the settlement of Armenia-Turkey relations in the area of the disaster. |armenpress.am|
The special representative of Turkey, Serdar Kilic, will accompany the RA Foreign Minister in the negotiations on the settlement of Armenia-Turkey relations in the area of the disaster. |armenpress.am|
❗️Azerbaijan has partially restored the gas supply from Armenia to Artsakh, which it had blocked on February 8. Considering the insufficient volume of supplied gas, gas will be supplied to subscribers-residents of Stepanakert city for now.
📌 After ensuring sufficient gas pressure, it is planned to restore the supply to gas stations in the capital and regional centers late in the evening. [Artsakh Information Center]
📌 After ensuring sufficient gas pressure, it is planned to restore the supply to gas stations in the capital and regional centers late in the evening. [Artsakh Information Center]
🇦🇲🇹🇷 The special representative of Turkey, Ambassador Serdar Kilic expressed his gratitude to Armenia in Armenian for the help provided to the victims of the earthquake on Twitter.
"The doors of the trucks containing the second party aid from Armenia were opened by our aid reception teams in Adıyaman, under the supervision of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who came to the region to visit the earthquake victims. Շնորհակալություն, Հայաստան,” he wrote.
"The doors of the trucks containing the second party aid from Armenia were opened by our aid reception teams in Adıyaman, under the supervision of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who came to the region to visit the earthquake victims. Շնորհակալություն, Հայաստան,” he wrote.
🇦🇲🇫🇷🇹🇷 France welcomes the visit of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to Turkey in the context of Armenia's contribution to providing assistance to the population affected by earthquakes. [French Foreign Ministry] |armenpress.am|
Azerbaijan has again blocked the operation of the only gas pipeline entering Artsakh from Armenia. [Artsakh Information Center]
On February 15, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov had a telephone conversation with US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried. The parties discussed the current situation in the region and the prospects of negotiations on the peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Bayramov noted that according to the tripartite declaration, Azerbaijan guarantees only the safety of citizens, vehicles, and cargo on the Lachin road, but Armenia abuses the Lachin road for illegal economic activities, the rotation of Armenian soldiers, and the transportation of mines. [MFA of Azerbaijan] |tert.am|
Bayramov noted that according to the tripartite declaration, Azerbaijan guarantees only the safety of citizens, vehicles, and cargo on the Lachin road, but Armenia abuses the Lachin road for illegal economic activities, the rotation of Armenian soldiers, and the transportation of mines. [MFA of Azerbaijan] |tert.am|
Since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan has closed the Lachin Corridor connecting Artsakh to Armenia, as a result of which 120,000 residents of Artsakh, including 30,000 children, are under siege.
It is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine from RA to Artsakh every day.
4 children are in neonatal and intensive care units, 12 patients are in the intensive care unit, 4 are in critical condition. During this period, 97 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to RA through the mediation of the Red Cross. One of the patients died in Artsakh.
Azerbaijan has blocked the only gas pipeline feeding Artsakh from Armenia. Fan power outages are carried out 6 times a day for 1 hour. There is a food coupon system.
Artsakh is under siege.
Photo: Artsakh Information Center
It is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine from RA to Artsakh every day.
4 children are in neonatal and intensive care units, 12 patients are in the intensive care unit, 4 are in critical condition. During this period, 97 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to RA through the mediation of the Red Cross. One of the patients died in Artsakh.
Azerbaijan has blocked the only gas pipeline feeding Artsakh from Armenia. Fan power outages are carried out 6 times a day for 1 hour. There is a food coupon system.
Artsakh is under siege.
Photo: Artsakh Information Center
🗣 Nikol Pashinyan announced that the Armenian rescuers who went to Syria have already returned to their homeland, and the rescuers who went to Turkey will return today.
🤝 Ararat Mirzoyan met with Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The interlocutors discussed issues related to RA-CE cooperation, as well as regional stability.
🗣 "We live in a region full of many security threats. For more than two months, the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh continues as a result of Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan continues to hold hostages of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians, and the fates of many missing persons and forcibly disappeared remain unclear. 2021 in May and November, as well as in 2022. As a result of the aggression undertaken in September, the sovereign territories of RA came under Azerbaijani occupation, and the risk of inciting a new escalation by Azerbaijan remains high," said Mirzoyan.
🗣 "We live in a region full of many security threats. For more than two months, the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh continues as a result of Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan continues to hold hostages of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians, and the fates of many missing persons and forcibly disappeared remain unclear. 2021 in May and November, as well as in 2022. As a result of the aggression undertaken in September, the sovereign territories of RA came under Azerbaijani occupation, and the risk of inciting a new escalation by Azerbaijan remains high," said Mirzoyan.
🇦🇲🇫🇷 At the end of February, the first France-Armenia economic summit will be held in Paris, in which the delegation headed by the RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan will participate. It will also be presented at the SIA international agricultural exhibition. The decision to send the delegation to France was made by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.