Armenia
Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Simonyan says country is ‘de facto out’ of CSTO
Another official had previously said there were no plans to officially withdraw from the Russia-led bloc as of yet.
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Azerbaijan–EU Relations
EU’s Russia gas exit seen boosting BP-led projects in Azerbaijan
A draft regulation proposes to prohibit new Russian gas contracts from January 2026 and terminate long-term agreements by January 2028.
Daily Brief
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Regional * Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan has seemingly contradicted Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan’s statement yesterday that Armenia is not considering withdrawing from the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) at this stage. In response to a reporter’s question about why Armenia was not leaving the CSTO if it was not fulfilling its obligations, Simonyan said ‘in fact, we are out. As for the rest, leave that to our political expediency and our negotiation’. * Simo
Armenia
Pashinyan says Armenian constitutional referendum to take place after 2026 elections
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Georgia’s EU U-turn
Rutte says NATO is ‘very worried’ about ‘what’s happening in Georgia’
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Armenia
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