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Regional * The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated its travel advice for countries bordering Iran – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and Turkey – ‘amid ongoing tensions in the region’. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his intention to increase pensions in line with inflation each year starting from 2027 or 2028. This follows decision adopted days earlier to increase pensions by up to ֏10,000 ($27) by April, ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for J
Regional * Georgian Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said at the 7th Azerbaijan–Georgia–Turkey Business Forum that total Azerbaijan investment to Georgia since 2003 has exceeded $3.1 billion. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan are separating, Hakobyan announced on Friday. Pashinyan released a statement later saying he ‘respected’ her decision. * Pashinyan travelled to Poland, where he met with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, Polish President Karol
Armenia * The government has announced plans to increase pensions by up to ֏10,000 ($27) by April. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that pensions will be increased from 1 April, noting that ‘relatively low pensions will increase by ֏10,000, higher ones by less’, according to Civilnet. Azerbaijan * Nigar Hazi, the daughter of imprisoned politician Tofig Yagublu, stated that he began a hunger strike on 22 February in protest of him being placed in solitary confinement, which he had ju
Regional * The Deputy Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council session in Geneva. * Azerbaijani pro-government media outlet APA has reported that 4,500 tonnes of diesel would be sent to Armenia today via rail. Armenia * Defence Minister Suren Papikyan has met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as part of his working trip to Tehran. Papikyan ‘emphasised the need to resolve the situation around Iran through diplomatic means’, in
