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In a response to statements by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell about concerns on Azerbaijan’s territorial claims to Armenia, Baku harshly criticized the European organization. On January 22, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan stated that it “strongly rejects the unfounded accusations”.
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Several international media outlets, citing Foreign Policy magazine, write that the White House and the Pentagon no longer consider it appropriate to extend American contingent’s mission in Syria. It is about at least 900 American troops who, in collaboration with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – opposition to the Assad government – are allegedly fighting ISIS in this Arab republic.
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The sentencing of the Bashkir activist Fail Alchinov by the Baymak city court (RF) on January 17, 2024, led to unrest in Bashkortostan. Back on April 28, 2023, Alchinov spoke at a citizen meeting near the Ishmurzino house of culture with a speech of negative content towards “Armenians, Caucasian nationalities and nationalities of Central Asia” whom he also called “kara khalik” (in Bashkirian – “black people”).
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On 19Jan.2024, during the traditional annual address of the French President to the army, Emmanuel Macron stated that the French Republic had made a historic choice, especially with regard to Armenia.
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On January 16, 2024, RIA Novosti with reference to a statement by European MPs, reported that: “The European Parliament will not observe this electoral process and consequently will neither comment on the process nor on the results that will be announced afterwards”.
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Republican Vivek Ramaswamy may become US Vice President if Donald Trump is elected President. The 38-year-old businessman of Indian origin dropped out of the race on 01/16/24 and announced his support for Trump. During a speech in New Hampshire, Ramaswamy asked his supporters from the stage to vote for his recent midterm rival, Trump.
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On January 14, 2024, the AzR Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the presidential elections held in Taiwan. The statement notes that Baku supports the “one-China policy” and has rejected the idea of separating the island: “Azerbaijan was opposed to interference in the internal affairs of China”.
The article examines the specifics of the role of the South Caucasus in the system of international relations within the light of the previous (until 2020) balance of interests between Russia and the West, as well as their current confrontation. The author presents a brief analysis of the history of the relations between the centers of power in the South Caucasus after the collapse of the USSR, and also highlights the key problems that may arise in the process of revising the place of the South Caucasus region within the context of the modern geopolitics.
Today, the world is again on the verge of global upheavals, which is signaled by the situation happening with a handful of surrounded and blockaded people, who wish to live freely on their land in line with their values and traditions
as it has been for millennia.
At the end of January 2023, one of the military facilities located in the center of the city of Isfahan, Iran, was subjected to an air attack. According to Iranian official sources, the air attack was carried out using launched UAVs and did not cause serious damage to the infrastructure of the military facility.
