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Armenia * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi. Aside from bilateral issues, they also discussed the unblocking of regional infrastructures. Takht-Ravanchi’s visit followed criticism from Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who in December called the Trump Route ‘effectively the same as the Zangezur project’, adding that Tehran was ‘firmly opposed to it’. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated th
Regional * On Thursday, Azerbaijan will ship a second batch of fuel to Armenia, Azerbaijani pro-government APA reported. The shipment will include ‘1,000 tons of 92-octane gasoline, 1,000 tons of diesel fuel, and 1,800 tons of 95-octane gasoline’. In December 2025, in a historic first, Azerbaijan sent a shipment of petrol to Armenia through Georgia. Armenia * Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi has visited Armenia for ‘political consultations’, Iranian Mehr Agency report
Armenia * Mikael Mikaelyan, an Armenian skier, has been fined for covering the word Azerbaijan on his uniform during the Italian stage of the Tour de Ski competition. The incident took place on 31 December. The ski suit had Azerbaijan written across the torso as part of a sponsorship agreement signed by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Gagik Sargsyan, the president of the Ski Federation of Armenia, defended the athlete and said the federation was ready to pay the fine imposed on
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is scheduled to lead an anti-Catholicos Karekin II march in Yerevan in the afternoon, following the Christmas liturgy. * The acting head of the Armenian Diocese of Switzerland, Proto-Archimandrite Goossan Aljanian, has joined a ‘church reform’ statement signed by 10 senior clergy members alongside Pashinyan. The statement announced the launch of church ‘reforms’ and renewed demands for the resignation of Karekin II. Shortly after Aljanian’s statement,
