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Armenia * Indian Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan arrived in Armenia on Sunday on an official visit. No details have been reported yet regarding his visit. * Criminal proceedings have been initiated against seven high-ranking clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, with a ban on leaving the country selected as a preventive measure. The case falls within the framework of proceedings concerning Bishop Gevorg Saroyan who had filed a lawsuit against the Church seeking to be reinstated as Prim
Armenia * Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticised Armenia for its EU integration aspirations, pointing at ‘potential negative consequences of forced rapprochement with Brussels’ for Armenia as a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). * All member states of the EU have approved the allocation of €20 million ($24 million) in aid to Armenia from the European Peace Facility (EPF), the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenpress. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan thinks that Armenia ‘should
Regional * President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree as part of a cooperation agreement between the Interior Ministries of Azerbaijan and Georgia. The agreement between two ministries was reached in November 2025. * Armenia will receive €20 million from the European Peace Facility (EPF), after Hungary lifted its veto, RFE/RL reported citing its sources. In 2024, Armenia received its first support package from the EPF, which in a similar manner was initially blocked by Hungary, which demande
Regional * Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘have reached an agreement’ on the transportation of liquefied gas and bitumen to Armenia by rail through Azerbaijan’s territory, Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan has announced on Tuesday. Armenia * In his message on Army Day, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia had previously been unable to acquire modern weapons and military equipment for two reasons. According to Pashinyan, international partners refused to sell weapons to Armenia as the
