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Regional * The 11 Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians transferred to Armenia on 23 January were reportedly not informed of their final destination, RFE/RL wrote, citing second-hand comments from other Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in Armenia. Some apparently believed they were being taken to be killed. On the day of the transfer, Armenian officials and Azerbaijani pro-government media claimed the move was based on petitions submitted by those individuals to both Azerbaijani and Armenian authorities. * Th
Regional * US Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan in February, President Donald Trump has announced on his social media. The visit aims to ‘build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity’, Trump said. Armenia * Parliament has adopted a draft law allowing the authorities to revoke electoral observation accreditations from missions that do not ‘maintain political neutrality’ during the election period. Azerbaijan * RFE
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed the Charter of the Board of Peace, created by US President Donald Trump. Later, the Armenia Foreign Ministry told Armenpress that the country joined the board without the mandatory $1 billion membership fee ‘for a period of up to three years’. * The Armenian Apostolic Church has filed two lawsuits against the defrocked pro-Pashinyan priest Stepan Asatryan. The Church is demanding Asatryan return the keys to the Ohanavan village church, where
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for Switzerland, where he is set to participate in the signing of the Charter of the Board of Peace as a founding member at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. * Pashinyan said on Wednesday that the energy systems of Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘will definitely and unconditionally be interconnected’. Azerbaijan * The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)’s annual report says Azerbaijan ranks third in Europe and Central Asia with 24 im
