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Regional * On Thursday, Karen Avanesyan, one of the few Armenians who remained in Nagorno-Karabakh, stood trial in Azerbaijan on charges of planning an ‘armed provocation’. * Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians held in Azerbaijan delivered some of their final statements yesterday. Levon Balayan and Garik Martirosyan pleaded not guilty in their statements, Madat Babayan stated that he did not kill anyone but merely fired into the air, and Melikset Pashayan said he did not participate in combat operatio
Regional * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has made an ‘open and public proposal’ to Azerbaijan to ‘adopt a joint roadmap aimed at simultaneously’ putting aside Baku’s ‘western Azerbaijan’ narratives and the return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh. ‘Because removing this issue means, from a long-term strategic perspective, eliminating any potential conflict situation’, Pashinyan said. Armenia * Pashinyan’s plane was forced to land in St. Petersburg, instead of Moscow, after circlin
Regional * Armen Grigoryan, the Armenian Secretary of Security Council, and Azerbaijani Presidential Aide Hikmet Hajiyev gave a joint interview to EuroNews regarding the peace process between the two countries. Grigoryan said that they had confidence that the ‘implementation of regional economic projects will increase interdependency and strengthen peace’. * On Tuesday, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry commented on their concerns regarding the strategic agenda which was signed between Armenia
Regional * The Armenian Economy Ministry has confirmed that a discussion was held with Tbilisi regarding the possible transit of Azerbaijani fuel to Armenia via Georgia. The Georgian Economy Ministry had stated that it received a request from ‘partner countries’ earlier in December for the transit. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze approved the request and confirmed that no tariffs would be imposed on it. * A native of Chechnya, Aishat Baymuradova, found dead in Yerevan in October, re
