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The Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Netanyahu's statements about recognizing the Armenian genocide, calling it an attempt to cover up the bloodshed in Gaza.

Georgia’s right-libertarian party Girchi has nominated its leader, Iago Khvichia, as a candidate for Tbilisi mayor in the October 4 local elections, which many opposition parties are boycotting in protest

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first head of an Israeli government to recognize the Ottoman Empire's mass killings of Armenians that happened 110 years ago as a genocide, the Times of Israel reported

The Tbilisi City Court has granted the Prosecutor’s Office’s motion to freeze the bank accounts of 7 CSOs as part of a sabotage investigation. Authorities allege the groups bought gas masks, goggles, respirators, masks and pepper spray for protesters

Ilham Aliyev: The Organization of Turkic States currently has great potential. Azerbaijan has always been committed to strengthening this organization. It began its activities as a kind of advisory group, council, group of countries, and then transformed. It has great potential.

Ilham Aliyev: We have supported and continue to support the territorial integrity of Ukraine from the first days of Russia's intervention in Ukraine.

Ilham Aliyev: There have been many rumors in some media outlets and on some websites about Azerbaijan's plans to occupy Zangezur and cut the border between Iran and Armenia. This is completely false. We have no such intention. In any case, if we wanted to do it, we would have done it. It was very easy to do it in November 2020. It was very easy to do it over the past five years. It's only 40 kilometers, it wouldn't take much time from a military point of view. You just come and take it from both sides - from Nakhchivan and from this side of Azerbaijan.

Ilham Aliyev: After the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established. It was the first democratic republic in the Muslim world, established in May 1918. However, it existed only until April 1920 - at that time the Russian army entered Azerbaijan and occupied it. The Bolsheviks who made the revolution in 1917 made false promises to the people. There were slogans: "factories for workers, land for peasants, freedom for the people". We established our own state, but the Bolsheviks took this state from us. In April 1920, the Russian army entered Azerbaijan and occupied it. Just a few months later - in November of that year, the government of Soviet Russia decided to take Zangezur - the territory we call "Western Zangezur" - from Azerbaijan and give it to Armenia. Thus, Azerbaijan was divided into two parts: the main part and Nakhchivan.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 17 km E of Novokayakent, Russia

A Tbilisi court has sentenced 29-year-old Archil Museliants to four years in prison on charges of damaging surveillance camera cables outside parliament during protests — a case critics call emblematic of the Georgian Dream regime’s campaign against dissent

High-level meeting between Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan begins

For the 266th day in a row, Rustaveli Avenue is blocked in Tbilisi. Protests continue in 8 cities across Georgia

Tbilisi City Court Judge Eka Barbakadze remanded protesters Tornike Toshkhua and Mindia Shervashidze in pretrial custody on August 18, two days after their detention on group violence charges over a disputed August 1 rally incident

Russian drones have attacked oil depot of Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR in Odesa region

March in support of Ukraine on Rustaveli now. They chant names of two Ukrainians arrested during anti-govt protests in Tbilisi - Sergei Kukhachuk and Ruslan Sivakov. March is to support Ukraine ahead of Alaska meeting

On the 256th day of protests, supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered on the square near the country's parliament and blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue

Calls for mass protests against power outages are spreading on social networks, Makhachkala officials reported, and reminded about the responsibility for unauthorized actions

Appeal from Yerevan and Baku on dissolution of Minsk Group sent to OSCE countries — Armenian MFA

Azerbaijan–Armenia Peace Agreement – Main Conditions: The Soviet-era republican borders are confirmed as the recognized borders of the independent states. Both sides pledge to respect each other’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, border inviolability, and political independence. No territorial claims now or in the future; no actions undermining territorial integrity or political unity. No use or threat of force, no interference in internal affairs, and no allowing third parties to use their territory for force against the other. After exchanging ratification documents, the two countries will establish diplomatic relations in line with the 1961 and 1963 Vienna Conventions

Armenia and Iran to hold consultations today and tomorrow - Iranian Foreign Ministry

US Air Force aircraft arrive in Yerevan. Two US Air Force KC-135Rs landed in Yerevan, delivering troops to participate in joint exercises scheduled for August 12-20

No deadlines work, they don't want to stop the killings, - Volodymyr Zelensky. President of Ukraine: Spoke today with the Prime Minister of Sweden, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and France. Clear support for our independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity

Pezeshkian's first reaction regarding the Zangezur corridor: "Regarding this corridor, I must say that the issue is not as exaggerated as reported in the news, and according to the information we have, Iran's demands regarding territorial integrity have been met."

Ilham Aliyev and Zelensky condemned Russia's targeted air strikes on SOCAR's warehouse and other Azerbaijani facilities in Ukraine. It was noted that such incidents will in no way lead to the suspension of energy cooperation between Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

Pro-European protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building for the 254th day in a row. Before that, they had held a protest in front of the government building because of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's words, who said that Georgia started the war

Iranian MFA statement on Trump-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan declaration: Islamic Republic expresses concern over the negative consequences of any form of foreign intervention, especially near its shared borders, that could undermine the security and lasting stability of the region

Details of the agreement signed between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the US: — The US will operate the Zangezur Corridor until 2125. — US restrictions on Azerbaijan will be lifted. — The period may be extended until 2125. — The corridor will be named the "Trump Route."

President Trump Participates in a Trilateral Signing with Armenia and Azerbaijan

President Donald J. Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign peace and economic agreements at the White House

The crowd is today in Tbilisi, Georgia, after journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli got sentenced to 2 years in prison for slapping a rogue cop.This is day 252 of daily, nationwide protests