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Regional * The bailiff services of Abkhazia, Russia, and South Ossetia began a series of joint exercises yesterday, hosted by Abkhazia’s Justice Ministry. The goal of the exercises, which will continue until Sunday, is to ‘strengthen cooperation and develop a unified approach to actions in difficult conditions’, Russian state media outlet Sputnik reported. * Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksei Overchuk has said that Russia was ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the initialled peace treaty betwee
Regional * Yesterday, a South Ossetian delegation led by President Alan Gagloev took part in mourning and commemorative events dedicated to the 2004 Beslan School Siege in North Ossetia. In the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali (Tskhinval), a minute of silence in honour of the 334 victims was held ahead of a memorial rally. Armenia * There have been ‘suicide attempts’ among the Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan, Siranush Sahakyan, the defender of prisoners’ interests at the European Court h
Armenia * Three people have been hospitalised after a car exploded in downtown Yerevan on Tuesday, with one in a serious condition. As a result of the blast, nearby vehicles, as well as one public bus were damaged. The reason for the explosion is yet under investigation. * Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan has received Magdalena Grono, the EU’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus. According to the readout from the Armenian side, they discussed the agreements reached between Armen
Regional * During the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan criticised Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for using the term ‘Zangezur corridor’ when referring to regional transit and infrastructure links, saying that it was not ‘perceived by us in the logic that we agreed on in Washington’. Pashinyan noted that the joint declaration between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the US ‘agreed on certain terminology in this regard’ — the Trump Rout
