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Armenia * The homes of more figures affiliated with the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) were searched by Armenian authorities on Thursday, resulting in the arrest of at least seven individuals. The ARF’s supreme council called the raids part of a ‘campaign against the ARF’. * In addition, Vaghinak Kazaryan, the director of Tashir Pizza — owned by detained Russian–Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan — has also been arrested and remanded into one month of pre-trial detenti
Regional * Today, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are meeting face to face in Abu Dhabi as part of the ongoing peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia * Yesterday, Pashinyan met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, Pashinyan emphasised the potential of bilateral cooperation in the economic, investment, and humanitarian spheres. * MP Artur Sargsyan has been arrested and remanded
Regional * Azerbaijani media has reported that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet in Abu Dhabi tomorrow for peace talks. Armenia * The authorities have charged the leader of Armenia Alliance faction’s parliamentary leader, Seyran Ohanyan, for illegally seizing land around Lake Sevan. Parliament had stripped Ohanyan of immunity earlier this week to allow the Prosecutor General to charge him. * Yesterday, the Investigative Committee cond
Armenia * Since early hours on Tuesday, news has been circulating that law enforcement officers are currently conducting a search at the head office of the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) and the home of its chair, Narek Karapetyan. Armenia’s Investigative Committee has only responded to official inquiries that ‘urgent investigative actions’ were being carried out as part of the criminal proceedings initiated by the Economic Crimes and Smuggling Department and that an official statement wou
