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April 25, 2026 5:13 PM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy signs security and energy deals with Azerbaijan

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed deals on security and energy co-operation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Saturday, he said, as Kyiv seeks to leverage its experience in defending its airspace from Russia. Following the latest wave of conflict in the Middle East that began with U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran in late February, multiple nations have sought Ukraine's assistance and expertise in downing Iran's long-range drones. Zelenskiy said the countries ...

April 2, 2026 7:14 PM

India evacuates around 1,200 nationals from Iran via Armenia, Azerbaijan: MEA

More than 1,200 Indian nationals have been safely evacuated from Iran amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing in the national capital, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that of the total evacuees, 845 are students. He added that 996 Indian nationals have been moved to Armenia, while 204 have been taken to Azerbaijan, from where arrangements are being made for their return to India. The MEA is...

February 9, 2026 4:21 PM

US Vice President Vance heads to Armenia, Azerbaijan to push peace, trade

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan this week to push a Washington-brokered peace agreement that could transform energy and trade routes in the strategic South Caucasus region. His two-day trip to Armenia, which begins later on Monday, comes just six months after the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders signed an agreement at the White House seen as the first step towards peace after nearly 40 years of war. Vance, the first U.S. vice president to visit Armenia, is seekin...

August 10, 2025 2:57 PM

Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal

Iran threatened on Saturday to block a corridor planned in the Caucasus under a regional deal sponsored by U.S. President Donald Trump, Iranian media reported, raising a new question mark over a peace plan hailed as a strategically important shift. A top Azerbaijani diplomat said earlier that the plan, announced by Trump on Friday, was just one step from a final peace deal between his country and Armenia, which reiterated its support for the plan. The proposed Trump Route for International Pea...

November 24, 2024 11:16 AM

India drives global climate dialogue through key initiatives at CoP29

India actively participated in various side events during the CoP29 UN Climate Change Conference, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. Through collaborations with international agencies, India showcased its commitment to tackling climate challenges and highlighted several key initiatives both domestically and globally. One of the significant events was a panel discussion on integrating disaster-resilient infrastructure into national adaptation strategies, co-organized by Indi...

November 18, 2024 11:01 AM

G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance, sources say

Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded U.N. talks in Azerbaijan. Heads of state arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit and will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions. The talks must now also grapple with how to address escalating violence in U...

November 18, 2024 6:36 PM

Carbon Capture Technologies in West asia

As COP29 unfolds in Baku, Azerbaijan, the global spotlight is firmly on nations’ efforts to tackle the escalating climate crisis. Following the successful COP28 summit in Dubai, West Asia has emerged as an unlikely leader in carbon capture technology, signaling a transformation from a region known primarily for oil production to one pioneering innovative climate solutions. UAE’s Bold Commitment and Action The United Arab Emirates (UAE), host of COP28 in 2023, has set an ambitious target of...

November 13, 2024 11:03 AM

Nepal addresses COP29; meets Maldivian counterpart to join hands in climate negotiations

President of Nepal Ramchandra Paudel addressed the 'World Leaders Climate Action Summit' on Tuesday. The conference, which began on November 11, will continue until November 22. In his statement, he highlighted issues such as climate justice and climate finance, including reparations for loss and damage to vulnerable nations. President Paudel arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on Monday, leading a Nepali delegation to the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Fra...

November 9, 2024 5:02 PM

COP29: What is a carbon credit? What is Article 6?

Countries at the U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree rules for a global system for trading carbon offset credits. Here's what you should know: WHAT ARE CARBON OFFSETS? Some governments and companies may struggle to reduce their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to meet their climate targets. Supporters of carbon offsets see them as a key means to help meet these goals. These offsets allow one nation or company to offset some of their emissions by paying for ac...

October 7, 2024 10:13 PM

Armenia hopes to sign peace articles with Azerbaijan within a month, president says

Armenia hopes to sign provisions of a peace deal with Azerbaijan in the next four weeks, a step that could ease tensions in the conflict-ridden South Caucasus, even as Baku has signalled that the process is stalled. The two countries have been engaged in peace talks for the past year, since Azerbaijan in September 2023 retook the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after 30 years of de facto independence, prompting almost its entire ethnic Armenian population of around 100,000 to flee t...