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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for Switzerland, where he is set to participate in the signing of the Charter of the Board of Peace as a founding member at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. * Pashinyan said on Wednesday that the energy systems of Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘will definitely and unconditionally be interconnected’. Azerbaijan * The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)’s annual report says Azerbaijan ranks third in Europe and Central Asia with 24 im
Regional * Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan has participated in a panel discussion at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. According to Armenpress, Khachaturyan said that ‘a peaceful and stable’ South Caucasus can become a key hub between Europe and Asia. Armenia * ‘It’s obvious to anyone familiar with the operating principles’ of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the EU that ‘it is impossible
Regional * The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, initialled but not signed yet, will receive the UAE’s Zayed Award for Human Fraternity. Armenia * ‘With pleasure and a sense of responsibility’, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accepted an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join the Gaza Board of Peace as a founding member. Azerbaijan * Mail Karimov, an imprisoned member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), began a hunger strike on Friday to complain ab
Armenia * On Saturday, Interior Minister Narek Sargsyan told Armenpress that seven people protesting against Iran were arrested for failing to comply with police orders. The protesters had wanted to march from the Iranian Embassy in Yerevan to the Blue Mosque, but were not authorised to do so by the authorities, leading the demonstrators to instead begin a sit-in in front of the embassy. * According to his lawyer, the courts have upheld the decision to replace Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel K
