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Daily Brief

Thursday, 25 December 2025

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Regional * US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the Trump administration prevented a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. * The Armenian Foreign Ministry, in response to Sputnik Armenia, has revealed that the actual implementation and construction phase of the Trump Route will begin in 2026. Armenia * Armenian MPs have received over ֏3 million ($7,800) in holiday bonuses. These reportedly include their salaries for December and January, in addition to double bonuses. * Former

An overhead view of the newly-inaugurated Victory Park in Stepanakert. Official photo.

Nagorno-Karabakh

Aliyev inaugurates new ‘Victory Park’ in Stepanakert

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The park is situated in the centre of Stepanakert and commemorates Azerbaijan’s victory in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 24 December 2025

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Regional * Armenia is set to receive a third batch of grain transported through Azerbaijan. On Tuesday, Russian Railways reported that eight grain tankers were dispatched to Yerevan station and 30 more ‘are planned to be transported along this route by the end of this year, totaling over 2,000 tonnes of grain’. * Vagif Khachatryan, a Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian sentenced to 15 years in November 2023 for committing war crimes during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, has been hospitalised and his h

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 23 December 2025

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Armenia * While in Russia, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in the non-formal summit of the heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member countries held at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The leaders of CIS states had a tour in the museum, including in the Armenian Hall of Culture and Art, accompanied by Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky. * Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a tête-à-tête meeting yesterday. In his opening remarks

Daily Brief

Monday, 22 December 2025

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Regional * Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced on Sunday that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan would participate in an informal summit of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries on Monday. They were also expected to have one-on-one meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Later, the state-run media outlet Azertac wrote that Aliyev would not attend the summit due to ‘a tight work schedule’. Armenia * On Sunday, Pashiny

Daily Brief

Friday, 19 December 2025

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Armenia * On Thursday, the inaugural meeting of Armenia–US Bilateral Working Group in Support of the Outcomes of the Washington summit was held, Armenian Foreign Ministry reported. The sides ‘highlighted the substantial steps towards the implementation’ of the signed Memoranda of Understanding and ‘shared their respective progress reports in that direction’. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he had asked Russia, which manages Armenia’s railways, to ‘urgently address’ the full restoration

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