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Daily Brief

Thursday, 27 February 2025

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Regional * Freedom House’s annual report gave Armenia and Georgia a ranking of partly free with scores of 54 and 55 out of 100 respectively, while Azerbaijan received a ranking of not free with a score of seven points. South Ossetia received a not free rank with 12 points and Abkhazia received a partly free ranking with a score of 39 points. * The Russian state-run media outlet RIA Novosti has reported that according to the results of the 2024 monitoring of the Friendliness Rating of Communic

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 26 February 2025

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Regional * The Armenian Foreign Ministry has said that Armenia received Azerbaijan’s response to the peace treaty. Armenia * Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan on Wednesday spoke with his Russian counterpart, Valentina Matvienko, about ‘various issues’ regarding their countries’ relations and Matvienko’s visit to Armenia in the near future. * Simonyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan praised the role of the EU Mission in Armenia during the fourth EU–Armenia Parliamentary P

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

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Regional * On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated with his Turkish counterpart they ‘reviewed prospects for deepening cooperation’ in the South Caucasus. Lavrov said that they ‘placed emphasis on building confidence between the parties, rebuilding infrastructure and transport links, and stepping up economic activity’. Armenia * Also on Monday, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with his Iranian counterpart in Geneva, where they also discussed unblocking regional and eco

Daily Brief

Monday, 24 February 2025

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Regional * The Azerbaijani Parliament’s Deputy Speaker claimed on Friday that Armenia postponed signing the peace treaty ‘under pressure from the Biden administration’. Deputy Speaker Ziyafet Askerov also claimed that the ‘opening of the Zangezur corridor’ — an Azerbaijani proposal to establish a transit link between mainland Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhchivan — and the ‘territorial claims enshrined in the constitution of Armenia’ were the two sticking points of the peace treaty. * On t