Nagorno-Karabakh Forces ‘Committed’ To Cease-Fire (Payvand Iran News)
Military officials in Nagorno-Karabakh have denied violating a cease-fire following a report of casualties by Azerbaijan on February 18, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reports. Military spokesman Senor Hasratian said on February 19 that Stepanakert remains committed to the cease-fire regime along the line of contact with Azerbaijani armed forces. -RFE
GEORGIANS SUE RUSSIA FOR WAR (EurasiaNet)
Georgian victims of the 2008 Georgia-Russia war have filed suits against the Russian government in the European Court of Human Rights, Georgian media reported on February 16.
Exchanges of fire in Karabakh conflict zone claim lives of 3 soldiers (Itar-Tass)
BAKU, February 18 (Itar-Tass) – Exchanges of fire that broke out on the line of contact between the Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the zone of conflict in the much-troubled enclave of Nagorny Karabakh have claimed the lives of three Azerbaijani soldiers, Eldar Sabiroglu, the chief press officer at Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Azerbaijan irritated by Armenian-Iranian relations (PanARMENIAN.Net)
The World Congress of Azerbaijanis and Civil Solidarity Party held a protest action at the Iranian Embassy in Baku.
Azerbaijan sets obstacles on the way to Karabakh conflict settlement (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Edward Nalbandian: Issues with Martakert, Martuni and Shahumyan, occupied by Azerbaijan, have to be resolved.
Police blamed for deaths (Straits Times)
MOSCOW – A RUSSIAN regional human rights official said on Tuesday that federal forces killed innocent civilians during an operation to root out insurgents in the north Caucasus. Chechnya’s rights ombudsman said four passers-by died along with 18 suspected Islamic militants in a bloody three-day shootout that ended on Saturday in the mountains of Ingushetia, along the border with Chechnya.
Regular misinformation of Azeri Defense Ministry (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Senor Hasratyan: Azerbaijan should look for the reason of death of three soldiers in a neglected conditions of the Azerbaijani army.
Georgia to demand from Russia USD 40 billion for damage (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Georgia intends to prove the guilt of Russia in international courts not only in the events of August 2008, but also in provoking the Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhazian conflicts after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Two killed, 28 injured in southern Russia blasts (People’s Daily)
Two people were killed and 28 others injured on Friday in a series of explosions in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, Russian news agencies reported. At least three blasts rocked a derelict house in Ingushetia’s largest city of Nazran on Friday morning as police were inspecting the site. “The explosions killed one local and one police officer,” Svetlana Gorbakova, a …
Israel, Azerbaijan enjoy excellent relations (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Alexander Goldenshtein: Azerbaijan is Israels major oil supplier. Besides, there are near 100 thousand Azerbaijani migrants in Israel.
AZERBAIJAN: VISA-FREE TRAVEL TO IRAN IS A HIT (EurasiaNet)
Azerbaijani border guards report that Azerbaijani citizens have been crossing into neighboring Iran in droves since Tehran eased visa requirements.
Azerbaijani parliament speaker calls for Armenia to leave ‘Azeri’ soil (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov has said the withdrawal of Armenia’s military forces from “Azerbaijani occupied territories” is the main factor which can improve the strained situation in the region, Azerbaijan’s state-run AzerTAc news agency has reported.
Day of non-identical twins: Kosovo, Abkhazia… (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
By an odd coincidence, February 17 has linked two unrecognized (or semi-recognized) non-identical twins – Kosovo and Abkhazia.
