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Regional * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter of condolence to his Georgian counterpart Irakli Kobakhidze on the occasion of the death of Georgian Patriarch Ilia II. Catholicos Karekin II also sent similar condolences. It remains unclear if Karekin II will be able to attend Ilia II’s funeral, considering he has been under travel ban since February. * This morning a total of 488 tonnes of grain were shipped from Baku, bound for Armenia from Russia via Azerbaijan. Armenia * EU Enl
Armenia * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi during his official visit to Oman. According to the Armenian readout, they discussed ‘prospects for expanding cooperation in a number of areas of mutual interest’. They also signed a memorandum of understanding on holding political consultations between Foreign Ministries of the two countries. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a Security Council meeting yesterd
Regional * Earlier in March, former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan ‘attempted to deliver a public address’ to Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Defender Sabina Aliyeva during a phone call with his family, but the call was ‘forcibly’ cut off, relatives say. They add he had spent 10 days unsuccessfully trying to contact her. Vardanyan is serving a 20-year sentence in Azerbaijan on war crimes charges, which he denies. Armenia * The EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas has reaffirmed that th
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced plans to publicly present a list of weapons acquired under his tenure after 2022, citing high public interest. * On Monday, Armenian MPs, along with Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan, will travel to Istanbul to participate in the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. * An Armenian court has prolonged the house arrest of Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan for another month. Azerbaijan * Drones were seen flying over
