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New Armenia corridor will not affect transit through Iran: Transportation ministry
Nov 18, 2020 03:12Iran says transit through its northern roads and railways will remain unaffected by a new corridor planned to be opened in Armenia following a peace treaty between the country and its neighbor the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Armenia president urges PM to resign amid discontent at truce deal
Nov 17, 2020 14:05Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has called for the resignation of the prime minister and his administration, amid deepening outrage across the South Caucasus country at a truce deal with Azerbaijan.
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Iran, Russia-led trade bloc push regional convergence
Nov 17, 2020 11:32Representatives of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a trade bloc with an integrated market of 180 million people, are attending a conference in Iran’s port city of Anzali on the Caspian Sea to enhance regional convergence in economic and transit relations.
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Turkey to send peacekeeping troops to Azerbaijan to monitor Karabakh truce
Nov 16, 2020 11:49Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked for parliamentary authorization for the deployment of peacekeeping troops to the Republic of Azerbaijan, in the wake of an agreement with Russia to jointly monitor a ceasefire that has brought weeks of fierce fighting to an end in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Azerbaijan extends deadline for Armenian pullout from Kalbajar
Nov 15, 2020 13:38Azerbaijan has agreed on the extension of a deadline by which Armenians must pull out of the Kalbajar district as part of a Russian-brokered ceasefire that puts an end to six weeks of fierce fighting.
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Armenia begins handover of Azerbaijani lands under Karabakh peace deal
Nov 15, 2020 08:30Armenia was expected Sunday to begin giving back Azerbaijani lands it had held for about 30 years, as part of a Russian-brokered ceasefire that puts an end to six weeks of fierce fighting.
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Armenia PM agrees to Karabakh truce to avoid ‘full collapse’
Nov 11, 2020 10:18Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he agreed to a Russian-brokered peace deal with Azerbaijan to avoid further losses in the disputed Karabakh region, adding that the continuation of fighting would have resulted in “full collapse.”
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Iran welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire agreement
Nov 10, 2020 14:01Iran has welcomed the recent agreement between republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan to cease fire in the Karabakh region and offered to help establish lasting peace.
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Karabakh war is over; Armenia agrees to withdraw forces from occupied lands
Nov 10, 2020 02:48Yerevan has signed a Russia-brokered deal to end its conflict with Baku over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, committing itself to withdrawal of all its forces from the occupied territories in a move that has outraged Armenians who consider it as “concession of defeat”.
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Iran won't accept any change in region’s geographical status: Commander
Nov 07, 2020 02:50A senior Iranian military commander says the Islamic Republic will accept no change in the region’s geographical and geopolitical status, amid fighting between forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and near the Iranian border.