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 3.5-magnitude quake hits Eastern Azerbaijan province of Iran in the morning on March 10, APA reports quoting IRNA. Geophysics Institute of the Tehran University said the quake center was in north of Sharbia City predominantly populated by Azerbaijanis. |
 OSCE PA President Joao Soares’ visit to South Caucasus begins on March 9. The visit is scheduled for March 9-16, beginning in Georgia, (March 9- 10), to be continued to Armenia (March 10-13), before ending in Azerbaijan (March 13-16), APA reports. |
 Turkish foreign minister on Monday said his country would not bow down to any pressure over the course of relations with Armenia after a U.S. House panel had adopted a resolution over the tragic events of 1915 -- shortly before the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Anadolu Agency reported. |
 It is wrong to use the fictional facts for political purposes, so the adoption of a resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian genocide" is a wrong step of the U.S. Congress towards such an important ally like Turkey, Turkish MP and Azerbaijan-Turkey Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Co-chair Mustafa Kabakci believes. |
 Armenians of Turkey protest against the adoption of the resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian genocide" by the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee," CNN Turk reported. Head of the Armenian Church of the Turkish province of Kastamonu Zadik Toker opposed this decision. |
 Turkish Parliament member Shukri Elekdag said that Turkey can abandon the protocols signed with Armenia after the adoption of a resolution by U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, or make changes to the text of the document, following the example of the Armenian Constitutional Court, CNN Turk reported. |
 Turkey calls on Armenia to open all archives and not to exert pressure through the U.S. Congress, and negotiate face to face, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. "The adoption of the resolution on" Armenian genocide "is comical, as the difference in one voice seems very strange," he added. |
 An Iranian state television journalist was arrested in Rome, the Asriran news agency reported. The Iranian channel referred to Hamid Masuminedjad as a freelance journalist last night. A representative of an Iranian airline in Rome, Masuminedjad was arrested after preparing case materials against racism. |
 The Turkish delegation mulls consideration of the resolution on the so-called "Armenian genocide" by the U.S Congress in the United States, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying by CNN Turk. The U.S-Turkish relations have reached a higher level, and the U.S. should not risk the progress made in resolving the Armenian-Turkish relations, considering the matter, he added. |
 Informal meeting of heads of the GUAM member states' delegation, who arrived in the capital of Hungary to attend a meeting on the Eastern Partnership with the European Union troika, the Baltic countries and the Visegrad Group, was held in Budapest. |
 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries, APA reports quoting CNN. Taiwan’s interior ministry reported 11 minor injuries. |
 White House Official Michael Hammer said the White House urges Turkey and Armenia not to return to historical events, but live for today, Hammer was quoted as saying by the Turkish newspaper Milliyat. U.S. Congress International Relations Commission Chairman Howard Berman proposed to submit the issue for consideration March 4. |
 General Assembly of the United Nations passed resolution on the 65th Anniversary of the World War II. Azerbaijan was one of the authors of the resolution presented on the initiative of Russia. The General Assembly offered all member states, UN agencies, non- governmental organizations and individuals to note this date as a memory of the World War II victims. |
 Leading US and British arm and energy companies seeks lobbying to prevent hearing on so-called “Armenian genocide” resolution at the US Congress. APA reports quoting the Associated Press as saying that US “Northop Grumman”, “Raytheon”, ‘United Technologies”, “Goodrich” corporations, as well as British BAE Systems spent 14 million dollars within three months to lobby activities at the Congress regarding “Armenian genocide”, climate changes, tax cuts, hybrid technologies, technological researches. |
 Two groups of Turkish parliamentarians will visit Washington, DC, to lobby against the “Armenian genocide” bill that will be voted on by the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4, APA reports. Members of the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the Turkey-US Parliamentary Friendship Group are expected to lobby in the US capital starting March 1. |
 A magnitude 5.0 quake struck Kyrgyzstan near the capital Bishkek on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, Reuters reported. The epicentre of the quake, shallow at a depth of 10.8 miles (17.38 km), was 48 miles (77.25 km) southeast of Bishkek, said the U.S. Geological Survey. |
 Hungary-Azerbaijan relations became more active after the meeting of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in Davos two years ago, Hungarian ambassador to Azerbaijan Jeno Boros told APA exclusively. |
 Broadcasting in ethnic minorities' languages in the Georgian Public Broadcasting will start in the new format from March 1. Azerbaijani studio is also among them, which will broadcast in the Azerbaijani language. The purpose of the new format is quickly broadcasting the events taking place in the country to the representatives of national minorities. |
 RA President Serzh Sargsyan did not have a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Kiev, the RA presidential press service told NEWS.am, commenting on Turkish media reports, APA reports. Both the Armenian President and the Turkish FM attended the inauguration ceremony of Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich in Kiev. During a reception, the Ahmet Davutoglu approached the Armenian President and exchanged views with him. |
 A huge explosion followed by gunfire shook a commercial district of Kabul early Friday, witnesses in the Afghan capital said, APA reports citing AFP. The blast was followed by the wail of sirens and a loudspeaker announcement telling residents of the city to stay inside. |
 MP Ganira Pashayeva will take part in events devoted to the role of Turkish-Azerbaijani relations in achieving the truce in Caucasus, which will be held Feb. 25-28 in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany. The event was organized by the Azerbaijani Coordination Centre in Germany \(ACCG\) and Ataturk Dusunce Merkezi," the parliament told Trend News. |
 Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich was sworn in on Thursday as president following his Feb. 7 runoff victory over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko which she tried to contest as fraudulent, Reuters reported. |
 Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has departed from Ankara on Wednesday and is on his way to Ukraine where he will attend a ceremony for the newly elected Head of State of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, Anadolu Agency reported. |
 The Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group will be replaced this summer, a senior diplomatic source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told Trend News. "Russia's current co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov is likely be replaced by Igor Popov," the source said. "Popov's candidacy to this post has been discussed over the past few months." |
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