Nakhijevan / НАХИДЖЕВАН / Նախիջեվան
The Armenian name for where Noah first descended from Mount Ararat | Нахиджеван, армянское название, то место, куда Ной впервые спустился с горы Арарат
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has stated that Russia, along with Turkey, Armenia and Iran, will be able to use the new transport corridor from Nakhchivan, RIA Novosti reported.
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DAVID O’BYRNE
eurasianet.org
Turkey’s state gas grid operator Botaş has opened a tender for a gas pipeline to supply Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhichevan. The new supply route would sideline Iranian gas sales to Azerbaijan and comes as Ankara is trying to repair its relationship with the United States.
Sandwiched between Iran and Armenia and sharing a tiny border with Turkey, Nakhichevan has long relied on Iran for natural gas for both domestic heating and power generation.
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Yerevan/Mediamax/. Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian army, Lieutenant General Artak Davtyan has stated that “we are often forced to conduct retaliatory measures against Azerbaijani armed forces to stop the attacks they initiate”.
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By: Can Kasapoglu
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 17 Issue: 69
Baku has initiated large-scale weapons readiness efforts in Nakhijevan. The official YouTube channel of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense features a video showing Turkish-manufactured multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) stationed in the strategic western exclave (YouTube, May 2). Of these arms, the 300-millimeter TRG-300 Kaplan (Tiger) deserves special attention, particularly in light of the delicate regional military balance between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Armenia’s Defense Ministry announced that on Tuesday an Armenian contract soldier was killed as a result of cross-border shooting into Armenia by Azerbaijani armed forces.
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The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has issued a statement on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian massacres in Agulis.
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CATHERINE WOMACK
For centuries the sacred khachkars of Djulfa stood tall along the banks of the River Aras — hulking and ornately carved 16th-century headstones, an army 10,000 strong, steadfastly guarding the world’s largest medieval Armenian cemetery. Earthquakes, war and vandalism diminished their ranks, but by the middle of the 20th century, thousands of khachkars still remained.
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PanARMENIAN.Net – The troops of the Nakhijevan garrison of the Azerbaijani army have begun three-phase Command and Staff Exercises on the terrain, Trend reports citing the country’s Defense Ministry.
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Author: Bournoutian, George
Source: Iran & The Caucasus . 2015, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p97-107. 11p.
Document Type: Article
Subject: * BOUNDARIES * MAPS * TREATIES — History * TWENTIETH century * HISTORY IRAN — Foreign relations — 1925-1941 TURKEY — Foreign relations — 1918-1960
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EDITORIAL
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
by Edmond Y. Azadian
The news that Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev is suffering from poor health and has not made a public appearance in the last two weeks does not bother that country’s citizens too much, because their government apparatus is on auto-pilot; it is teleguided from Ankara, following the policies of its Big Brother.
Indeed, Ankara, particularly during the era of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has set its sights on its neighbors’ territories. After occupying 38 percent of Cyprus, Turkey has been involved in a landgrab rampage in Iraq and Syria.
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