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Regional * Satellite imagery analysis by Hetq indicated that Azerbaijan destroyed Nagorno-Karabakh’s main Armenian church, the Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert. Construction of the cathedral began in 2006. * Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan met with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Chikovani as part of his official visit to Georgia yesterday. According to the Armenian readout, they discussed ‘issues related to the process and development prospects of bilateral cooperation in
Regional * Zelimkhan Murtazov, a native of Chechnya who spent around four months in the transit zone of Astana International Airport in Kazakhstan, has been able to fly to Armenia. In Russia, he faced possible prosecution for leaving military service or forced return to the front. Murtazov signed a three-year contract with the Akhmat unit in August 2022 — according to him, under pressure from Chechen security forces, who allegedly threatened to send his younger brothers to war otherwise. * Ar
Regional * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan told Armenian media in Turkey that Turkey’s decision not to open the land border with Armenia, despite having agreed to do so in 2022, had been impacted by ‘Azerbaijan, through its lobbying and influence’. * Today, 16 freight wagons of diesel fuel will be shipped from Azerbaijan to Armenia. * The Foreign Ministry has summoned Belgium and the Netherlands’ ambassadors over resolutions adopted by their parliaments calling for the release o
Regional * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said Kyiv had finalised agreements to provide drone interceptors and technology with three countries, and that Ukraine has ‘requests from 11 countries — the Middle East and the Gulf, plus we’re also gradually turning our attention to the Caucasus’. Zelenskyi did not specify which country he was referring to in the Caucasus. Armenia * The house arrest of Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan has been extended for another three month
