Azerbaijan May Recall its Ambassador From Washington

The Azerbaijani Presidential Administration categorically condemned the adoption of the resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide by the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.

Such step by the U.S congressmen is mistaken and unfair, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Socio-Political Department Head Ali Hasanov told reporters.

Hasanov said the Azerbaijani government condemns this step by the U.S. congressmen, and brings to attention that this decision was unilateral, unjust, pro-Armenian and anti-Turk in spirit. “We believe this decision also does not correlate strongly with the interests of the United States and the American people, and seriously damages the international image of this country,” he said.  Read more... (276 words)

Azerbaijan Renews War Threats With Armenia

Azerbaijan stepped up its threats to win back Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-controlled territories surrounding it by force on Thursday, with Defense Minister Safar Abiyev speaking of a growing likelihood of “a great war” with Armenia.

“Now it’s the military’s turn and the threat is growing every day,” Abiyev was quoted as telling the French ambassador to Baku, Gabriel Keller. “If Armenia does not end its occupation of Azerbaijan’s territory, the beginning of a great war in the South Caucasus is inevitable.”  Read more... (343 words)

President Ahmadinejad Declares Iran a Nuclear State

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Iran had produced a first batch of uranium enriched to a level of 20 percent and that it was capable of achieving much higher levels of purity – up to 80 per cent.

Iran is now a nuclear state, President Ahmadinejad told a huge rally of supporters on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

Today, Iran is celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians were reported carrying flags and banners through Tehran’s streets in support of the Islamic regime.

State television showed the people, carrying images of the late Islamic leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his successor incumbent leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and moving to Tehran’s Azadi (liberty) Square.  Read more... (145 words)

Azeri Official Criticize ‘International Support’ For Armenia

The chief foreign policy aide to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday accused Russia and the West of supporting Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and thereby delaying its peaceful resolution.

“Some virtual powers support them, otherwise, knowing Armenians’ trait, they would immediately beg for mercy from Turkey and Azerbaijan and ask to rescue them. They are still being supported by that virtual power.”  Read more... (322 words)

The Feast Of St. Sarkis In India

On 30^th January, 2010 Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy  celebrated the feast of St. Sarkis the warrior and his son, St. Mardiros in a special way. St. Sarkis is considered to be the Saint of youth and love. To commemorate this wonderful event, the Management of the Armenian College organized a drawing competition.

 The theme of the competition was “St. Sarkis” and his son “St. Mardiros”. The competition was held in the College auditorium. Very Reverend Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, the Pastor of the Armenians in India and the Manager of the Armenian College & Philanthropic Academy started the event by blessing the students and made them aware about the importance of the day and spoke about St. Sarkis, the Martyr. He advised them to love each other, the church and their motherland.  Read more... (164 words)

Ilham Aliyev Interview With The Wall Street Journal

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said in his interview with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that he was confident that Turkey would not ratify the Armenia-Turkey protocols until Armenia “returned” the liberated territories around Karabakh and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic itself to Azerbaijan’s control.

“There is a common understanding in the region that there should be a first step by Armenia to start the liberation of the occupied territories,” President Aliyev told the Wall Street Journal in the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

He said he was “fully satisfied” with Turkey’s understanding of the issue, despite harshly criticizing Turkey’s handling of it in the past.  Read more... (248 words)

Will Karabakh Participate in The Negotiation?

Armenia and Azerbaijan have two weeks to forward their proposals regarding the uncoordinated parts of the agreement on Nagorno Karabakh.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters following the trilateral meeting between the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan in the Krasnaya Polyana resort near Sochi that the parties had reached an agreement on the preamble of the document.

“The talks were productive: concrete suggestions were considered and presented to the Co-Chairs. There is a common understanding on the preamble to the agreement on the Karabakh conflict.”

Later the Russian Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Yuri Merzlyakov, later noted the concrete timeframe, when the parties have to prepare their tangible ideas of how to formulate the text where there is no agreement.  Read more... (285 words)