Between yesterday and today, seven Turkish military heavy transport aircraft of the A400M type have landed in Ganja airport, Azerbaijan.
According to Azerbaijani and Turkish info, Turkey is preparing to open three military bases in Azerbaijan. 1. Ganja (to cover Armenia and Georgia). 2. Gabala (where the USSR had a major radar station). 3. Lankaran (the south of Azerbaijan on the Caspian coast, to cover Iran).
Azerbaijani MoD just denied.
Russian war journalist Yuri Kotenok: the Azerbaijani MoD actively denies any information about the establishment of Turkish bases in the country. Considering 35 Turkish military transport planes landed in Azerbaijan in the last 3 days alone, such excuses look very funny.
Turkish Air Force heavy military transport plane flying from Kayseri, Turkey to Lankaran, Azerbaijan. Lankaran is one of the locations where the Turks will reportedly open a base as I mentioned earlier.
Turkey continues the transfer of military equipment/troops to Azerbaijan. A Turkish Air Force C-130 transport aircraft seen arriving to Azerbaijan.
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MP Sofia Hakobyan from ruling majority "My Step" block defects from the faction, says she's now an independent MP. "I will be against all the issues that will not be in the interests of our country and nation."
Sofia Hovsepyan* not Hakobyan.
N.B. there is significant difference between leaving the faction, becoming an independent MP, and turning down the mandate of an MP altogether. Under Armenia law, if an MP resigns, another person can be appointed in their place, and thus, the faction remains intact.
I know I will get hate for this from some circles, but will write whatever I experienced myself. Over the course of the holidays I met so many people in Armenia and I am surprised that not one supported Pashinyan [anymore]. Some told me they are not...
...Pashinyan supporters at core but voted for him in 2018 riding the wave. I made sure to dig as deep as I could to find out if they can list some friend & family who support Pashinyan, and all the time they listed someone who supports him that he/she was a party member of...
...Pashinyan, or within his team. I even met government employees who unlike my expectations were against him. I am positive I got the opinion of 100-150 people real time. Each time I congratulated someone, they were with relatives, some 10-15 people.
Aliyev: “I was informed that Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan paid a visit to 'Khankendi'. What are you doing over there? Let Armenia not forget the war. These visits must end. We warn you that if such provocative steps are taken again, Armenia will regret it even more ”
(Khankendi = Stepanakert)
Aliyev said that the Russian Federation, along with Turkey, Armenia and Iran, will be able to use the new transport corridor from Nakhichevan.
(So Aliyev is allowing Armenia to use a "transport corridor" which runs through it's own territory)
Pashinyan posted an article on the official website of the PM of Armenia about the reasons of the war in Karabakh: In a nutshell, the article puts blame on Russia, says the former Presidents did nothing, the current government is the only one who tried [but didn't succeed].
1. Starting from 1995 until 2018, when a change of power took place in Armenia, the logic of the negotiations around Karabakh was reduced to the surrendering of territories to Azerbaijan.
Assuming the Shurnukh community library building is the one inherited from the Soviet Union. How is it that it's passing to the Azeri side if we're going back to the Soviet borders?!