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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has arrived in Tajikistan on a working visit. At Dushanbe International Airport, he was welcomed by Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda, according to Armenia’s government press service. On 10 October, Pashinyan will take part in the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Dushanbe. Azerbaijan * Deputy Defence Minister and Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Namig Islamzadeh has met with
Regional * Giorgi Kinoiani, a Georgian citizen wanted by Russia for his time serving as a volunteer fighter in Ukraine, has been released from custody in Armenia after spending 36 days in detention. Kinoiani was sought by Russia on charges of mercenary activity based on a verdict issued by a court in Russian-occupied Donetsk, Ukraine. Kinoiani was initially detained on 3 September at the Armenian–Georgian border and remanded into custody for 40 days by Judge Lusine Sephpkhanyan. * The Defence
Regional * At the 12th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organisation of Turkic States in Gabala, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again referred to the Trump Route as the ‘Zangezur corridor’. Aliyev called the project a major new transport route, while Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov repeated Baku’s demand that Armenia amend its constitution as a prerequisite for a peace treaty. In response, Yerevan again decried the use of the term, saying it constituted claims on its territo
Armenia * Dozens of Armenian truck drivers are facing deportation or entry bans from Russia following the country’s new immigration rules that limit visa-free stays to 90 days per year, down from 180. Many drivers say they were unaware of the change and have already been blacklisted, threatening their livelihoods and Armenia’s exports to its largest trade partner. The Armenian government has yet to comment as Russia recently intensified scrutiny of Armenian transport companies amid tensions ov
