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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has published a statement on the reform of the Armenian Apostolic Church, signed by himself and 10 senior clergymen. The document outlines a roadmap for reform to be implemented by a ‘Coordinating Council’ composed of the signatories. One of the document’s stated aims is the removal of Karekin II from office. * Pashinyan has also called for an anti-Karekin II march in Yerevan tomorrow to coincide with Armenia’s Christmas celebrations. The march is desc
Editor’s note: We will be taking a very brief break from publishing the daily brief between 29 December and and 2 January. Thank you for reading us every day, see you soon, and happy holidays! Regional * Azerbaijan has sentenced Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian Karen Avanesyan, who according to RFE/RL has mental health issues, to 16 years in prison on charges of terrorism. Avanesyan was one of the handful Armenians who stayed in Nagorno-Karabakh after the 2023 exodus. He was arrested in September 2
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
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
