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India.com
2 days ago
- Politics
- India.com
‘Graveyard For Trump's Mercenaries': Iran Reacts Angrily To Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal, Know India's Response
Baku: A historic peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan has raised hopes of ending decades of conflict. The agreement, signed in Washington on Friday, aims to bring lasting peace to the troubled region. However, reactions from regional powers have created uncertainty about the deal's future. Russia responded cautiously, while Iran rejected the U.S.-proposed transit corridor. India also shared its views on the agreement. The accord focuses on resolving the long-standing conflict and includes a transit corridor connecting Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave through Armenian territory. Baku has long sought this corridor. The route has been named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). Under the deal, the United States gains rights to develop this strategic and resource-rich corridor, signalling a decline in Russia's traditional influence in the region. Iran strongly opposed the corridor. According to Tasnim news agency, Akbar Velayati, advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the plan a conspiracy that threatens security in the South Caucasus. He described it as an 'impossible idea' and warned it would become a 'graveyard for Trump's mercenaries'. Russia expressed concerns as well. Moscow stated it would analyse the corridor's provisions carefully. The Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, reminded that Moscow still guards Armenia's borders with Iran. Russia's long-standing trilateral agreements with Armenia and Azerbaijan remain in place, with no party withdrawing so far. Moscow was once Armenia's supporter and still maintains a military base there. But its focus on the Ukraine conflict since 2022 limited its involvement in the recent Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes. This has caused tensions in Russia-Armenia relations and pushed Yerevan closer to the West. India welcomed the peace agreement and called it a significant achievement in dialogue and diplomacy. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and congratulated him on the Washington peace summit outcome. He posted on X, 'Good to speak with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. Congratulated him on the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement in Washington DC. This is an important step for dialogue and diplomacy, which India supports.'
Times of Oman
3 days ago
- Politics
- Times of Oman
Indian EAM Jaishankar congratulates Armenian FM on historic peace accord with Azerbaijan
New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday spoke to Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and congratulated him on the signing of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace accord, reached on Friday (local time) in Washington DC, US. Sharing the update on X (formerly Twitter), Jaishankar wrote, "Good to speak to Armenian FM. Congratulated him on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty reached in Washington DC." He further said, "This is an important achievement for dialogue and diplomacy that India advocates." The peace agreement, brokered by the United States, ends decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The deal was hailed by US President Donald Trump as a major diplomatic breakthrough that would boost regional stability and open opportunities for trade and investment. At the signing ceremony, Trump said, "It's a long time. Thirty-five years they fought and now they're friends and they're going to be friends for a long time." He explained that the new transit route would give Azerbaijan full access to the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh while respecting Armenia's sovereignty. The US will develop the corridor for "up to 99 years." "They're going to be able to really live and work together," Trump added. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev assured that there would be no reversal of the deal. "There should be no doubt and no suspicion that any of the sides would step back. If any of us, Prime Minister Pashinyan or myself, had in mind to step back, we wouldn't have come here. So you can be absolutely sure, as well as the Azerbaijani community, that what has happened today will result in peace, long-lasting peace, eternal peace in the Caucasus," Trump added. Speaking alongside the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump described his "highest aspiration" as bringing "peace and stability to the world." He added, "Today's signing follows our success with India and Pakistan. They were going at it. They were going at it big. And they were great leaders that came together just prior to what would have been a tremendous conflict, as you know, a nuclear conflict probably."
Deccan Herald
3 days ago
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Jaishankar congratulates Armenian FM for Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty
Good to speak to Armenian FM @AraratMirzoyan. Congratulated him on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty reached in Washington DC. This is an important achievement for dialogue and diplomacy that India advocates. 🇮🇳 🇦🇲
South China Morning Post
03-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China's first home-grown carrier, Trump's shipbuilding plans: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP's biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing A new book contending that Apple went too far in consolidating its operations in China is prompting debate among analysts of the country – some of whom say the company may have had no realistic alternatives. The Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan says his country's Crossroads of Peace and China's belt and road project are interdependent. Illustration: Henry Wong Observers say the US may struggle to match China's fast-growing naval fleet and commercial shipbuilding, even with the support of Asian allies.
South China Morning Post
03-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Armenia looks to deepen ties with China while eyeing foreign relations beyond Russia
Armenia is looking to deepen ties with China with no limits, its foreign minister said, as the South Caucasus republic intensifies efforts to diversify its foreign policy away from Russia following the Nagorno-Karabakh war five years ago. 'Not only is there no impediment and any obstacle on the way of deepening our relations, but also there is openness and readiness to deepen these relations without any limitations,' Armenia's top diplomat Ararat Mirzoyan told the South China Morning Post in an exclusive interview in Beijing. Unlike Georgia and Azerbaijan, Armenia is the only one of the three South Caucasus countries yet to establish a strategic partnership with China, but Mirzoyan said both sides were ready to elevate bilateral ties to a higher level. 04:49 Why Azerbaijan and Armenia went to war over Nagorno-Karabakh Why Azerbaijan and Armenia went to war over Nagorno-Karabakh 'I already mentioned that with our Chinese colleagues. We see the need for levelling up our relations to this and we noted the strategic nature of our relations, and we see the mutual interest in levelling up these relations officially as well,' he said. Mirzoyan made the comments on the sidelines of his visit to the Chinese capital last week, when he was hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The trip was Mirzoyan's first official visit to China since becoming foreign minister in 2021. It comes as Armenia is actively diversifying its foreign policy following the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020, when it lost much of the region to Azerbaijan before Russia brokered a truce. The 44-day conflict in 2020 resulted in the deaths of more than 3,800 Armenian soldiers and more than 2,700 Azerbaijani forces. After Azerbaijan breached the ceasefire and launched a large-scale military offensive against the self-declared breakaway state of Artsakh in September 2023, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Upset with Russia's failure to intervene, Armenia announced in June last year that it would withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a Moscow-led military alliance of several post-Soviet states.
