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Daily Brief

Friday, 7 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * Russia is demanding that Georgia ‘delimit the border’ with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and commit to ‘not using force’. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement following the Geneva format meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. * On Thursday, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held a phone conversation with his Georgian counterpart Maka Botchorishvili, during which the two ministers ‘exchanged views on the bilateral agenda and regional issues’. They also discussed the ‘upc

Daily Brief

Thursday, 6 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * The 63rd round of the Geneva discussions were held on 4–5 March, with delegations from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Russia, Georgia, the US, the UN, the EU, and the OSCE participating. All parties confirmed their interest in resuming the work of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in the Gali (Gal) District. The next round of discussions is expected to be held in June 2025. * On Wednesday, the Armenian Defence Ministry dismissed Azerbaijani accusations that Armenia on Tuesda

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 5 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Armenia * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the state-controlled Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that Armenia ‘will not be involved in any action against’ Iran. * Citing the Personal Data Protection Agency, Armenpress reported that scammers used an AI-generated image of Pashinyan in an attempted fraud. * According to RFE/RL sources in Brussels, the EU is considering allocating an additional €10 million ($10.5 million) as a ‘non-lethal’ military aid to Armenia through its Eur

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * On Monday, at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for the immediate release of all prisoners ‘arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan, including ethnic Armenians’. Türk also commented on the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, saying that he was following it ‘closely’. * In response, Aykhan Hajizada, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, said that the Armenians being tried were accused or convict