ArmInfo. Video footage circulating in the media and social networks, indicating the destruction of the Artsakh Parliament building and the desecration of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, once again confirms Azerbaijan's intentions to destroy the Armenian trace in Nagorno-Karabakh, reads a statement of the initiative "We are!".

ArmInfo. Armenia Struggles to Cope with Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia is having problems  integrating over 100,000 refugees who fled Nagorno-Karabakh when Azerbaijan took control of the enclave in September 2023. Olesya Vartanyan Senior Analyst in the South Caucasus at the International  Crisis Group said in her commentary.

ArmInfo.The seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh boosted the domestic popularity of President Ilham Aliyev, who has ruled Azerbaijan since inheriting the post from his father in 2003, and raised fears that an emboldened Azerbaijani leadership could launch a full-scale invasion of the Republic of Armenia, the borders of which have already been violated.

ArmInfo. "I express my deep condolences to all those who lost relatives and friends 36 years ago  in Sumgait," Head of the EU delegation to Armenia, Vassilis Maragos wrote on his Twitter (X) account.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) commemorates the 36th anniversary of  the Sumgait pogrom, a ruthless massacre against the Armenian population in the former Soviet Azerbaijan, the Assembly's statement on the36th anniversary of the first of the Armenian pogroms committed  by Azerbaijan notes.  As the Assambley's press service reports, the staement reads as follows:

ArmInfo. We are very much interested in closer and more substantive cooperation with your Committee: Chair of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan said, receiving with the Committee members the delegation led by Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of  the FRG Bundestag Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker on February 26, the press service of the RA NA reports.

ArmInfo. The ANCA was proud to join the AYF Washington DC "Ani" Chapter-led protest at the  Azerbaijani Embassy commemorating Azerbaijan's anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait-Baku- Maragha-Kirovabad (1988-1992) and demanding justice for the Artsakh Genocide of 2023.

ArmInfo. More than 30 Armenian non-governmental organizations issued a statement calling on  civil society representatives not to participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ("COP29") in Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo. "In commemoration of the Baku and Sumgait pogroms, the executive of the Washington D.C.  "Ani" Chapter of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) has announced that it will hold a protest outside the Embassy of Azerbaijan on Sunday, February 25, at 2 p.m, the AYF's press release reads.

ArmInfo.The "Europeans for Artsakh" movement has sent a letter to the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) concerning Azerbaijan's participation in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris and has  called on the IOC to undertake concrete measures.

ArmInfo. According to the monitoring results of the Caspian Defense Studies Institute,  Azerbaijan's security and defense sector lost at least 260 military personnel in 2023. 212 of these are combat casualties (Armenian bullets and mine explosions) and 48 are non-combat casualties.

ArmInfo. The situation in the South Caucasus and Central Asia is far from stable. CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov wrote in his article for the "The International Affairs" magazine.

ArmInfo. The movement that began in February 1988 was invincible, since the Armenian people  formed their own agenda, which was completely free from foreign influence, propaganda cliches and alien programs imposed from outside. Vice-chairman of the Armenian National Congress party Levon  Zurabyan wrote on his Facebook page on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Artsakh movement.

ArmInfo. On the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Artsakh Movement, President of Artsakh Samvel Shahramanyan, Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of Artsakh, Acting Head of the National Assembly Gagik Bagunts and other Artsakh officials visited the Yerablur Pantheon this morning and paid tribute to those who died for the defense and freedom of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

ArmInfo.The role and importance of the Caucasus for Indian foreign policy in the process of transformation from a regional power to a world power is increasing.  Russian political scientist Sergei Markedonov shares a  similar opinion.  

ArmInfo.If the Armenian society does not stop the destructive process taking place with the knowledge of the authorities, they will face a new genocide.  Member of the opposition Together movement, leader of the ®Freedom¯ party, former Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan, stated on February 16 at a  press conference in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. French MP Hubert Julien-Laferriere posted the following message on his X account: 

ArmInfo. As in Ukraine, so in the South Caucasus, 2024 will be a critical year, and one that will also test European decisionmakers. Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, wrote in his article published on the website of the Carnegie Endowment.

ArmInfo.Preparations for the next Russian-Azerbaijani contacts regarding the activities of the  Russian peacekeeping contingent (RPC) in Nagorno-Karabakh continue. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, stated on February 14 during a weekly briefing.

ArmInfo.The possibility of a new war in the South Caucasus again ceases to be a speculative prospect. And it  becomes clearer why Ilham Aliyev was in such a hurry to hold early presidential elections. A well-known expert on the Caucasus and Central Asia, political scientist Arkady Dubnov, shares this opinion.