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Daily Brief

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

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Armenia * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a visit to Brussels, where the Armenia–EU Partnership Council meeting will be held. The sides are expected to sign a new partnership agreement. Azerbaijan * Yesterday, Amnesty International condemned the detention of Ali Karimli, chair of the opposition Popular Front Party. Denis Krivosheev, the organisation’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, stated that this is ‘further evidence’ of the strengthening of the authoritar

Daily Brief

Monday, 1 December 2025

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Regional * On 28 November, the Armenian and Azerbaijani commissions on border delimitation held a meeting in the city of Gabala, Azerbaijan, marking their first such meeting inside either country. They agreed to set the date of the next meeting in an Armenian city. Armenia * Ten high-ranking priests have released a statement saying they expected Catholicos Karekin II ‘will voluntarily go on leave, and in this way, it will be possible to organise new elections’. The statement follows their

Armenia

A group of senior clergy sides with Pashinyan against Catholicos Karekin II

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Pashinyan thanked them for what he described as their ‘principled stance’.

Daily Brief

Friday, 28 November 2025

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Regional * Azerbaijan and Georgia have taken part in military drills in Ankara with Turkey. Armenia * Armenia’s Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan said the draft of the country’s new constitution must be finalised by March, as the Constitutional Reform Council held its latest meeting to review provisions related to the Prosecutor’s Office and investigative bodies. In a video released by the ministry, Galyan reiterated the government’s commitment to delivering the text within the set deadline,

Aidgylara members Eshsou Kakaliya (left) and MP Kan Kvarchiya (right) discussing the charges pressed against them in Russia. Screengrab via Abaza TV.

Abkhazia–Russia Relations

Russia places three Abkhazian opposition figures under investigation

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The opposition figures were placed under investigation on charges of armed robbery following an assault on three Russian political consultants in Abkhazia.