In the morning on November 8 Turkish authorities forced the Armenian transport plane, bound with humanitarian aid to Syria to land at the airport in Erzurum in the north-east. It is reported by Reuters citing local media.
Turkish troops withdrew humanitarian cargo for inspection. Official comments from Ankara have not followed. Yerevan also says nothing on the incident.
A similar incident occurred on 15 October 2012, when the Turkish Air Force ordered an Armenian transport plane to land in Erzurum. Then the stop of the aircraft had been previously arranged with Yerevan.
A week earlier, a similar incident occurred involving a Syrian passenger plane en route from Moscow to Damascus. F-16 fighters of the Turkish Air Force escorted the civilian vessel, forcing it to land in Ankara. During the inspection on board the plane a "military cargo" was found, said the official Turkish representatives. At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry categorically denied all of the allegations, saying that the plane did not carry prohibited goods. Turkish soldiers seized part of the shipment, and then the plane was allowed to continue flying.
Moscow and Ankara continue negotiations on the return of the goods confiscated by the Turks. According to some media reports, it is a product of the Tula defense design company, reports RBC. -0
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During the ongoing COP29 climate conference in Baku on November 14, a group of activists staged a protest condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The activists also denounced countries that supply oil and weapons to nations waging aggressive wars. The protest featured placards with slogans such as: "From fossil fuels to peace!", "End war crimes!", "Punish the aggressor!", and "Phase out fossil fuel use to achieve peace!" among others.
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The United States and the European Union, which tried to position themselves as mediators in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, have come up with nothing and merely copied Russia's ideas, distorting their essence in order to "hijack" the peace process for themselves. However, their true goal was to take control of the region, to insert themselves into it, and to push out Russia, as well as Iran and Türkiye, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing on November 13.
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The body of Vera Agasyan, a 70-year-old Armenian woman who passed away on October 20 in Khankendi, remains unclaimed after 15 days, as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not provided an explanation for the delay, according to Azerbaijani media reports.
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At the venue of the COP29 conference in Baku, a group of activists held a protest under the slogan ‘Pay up’.
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