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Regional * Azerbaijan and Georgia have taken part in military drills in Ankara with Turkey. Armenia * Armenia’s Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan said the draft of the country’s new constitution must be finalised by March, as the Constitutional Reform Council held its latest meeting to review provisions related to the Prosecutor’s Office and investigative bodies. In a video released by the ministry, Galyan reiterated the government’s commitment to delivering the text within the set deadline,
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
Regional * Azerbaijani lorries have been held at customs checkpoints in Batumi and Tbilisi for over 20 days, wrote Report. Aslan Karimov, a lorry driver, told the publication that they were not provided with any answers as to why they were being held up. The problem appears to have only affected vehicles carrying tobacco. Armenia * Narek Karapetyan has claimed in a video address that his uncle, detained business tycoon Samvel Karapetyan, had spent ֏11 billion ($29 million) from his own fun
Regional * RFE/RL reported that Armenian civil society representatives who visited Azerbaijan on 21–22 November requested to meet with Armenian prisoners held in Baku were denied. A member of the delegation, Naira Sultanyan, stressed that both sides did not impose any restrictions on them raising this issue. ‘Unfortunately, we did not receive a clear and specific answer regarding the number and names of those detained’, Sultanyan said, according to RFE/RL Armenia * Armenian emergency servi
