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Regional * According to Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG), a Georgian who was detained in Akhalgori (Leningor) in August 2025 has been released and is now on territory controlled by the central government. The agency stated that ‘all relevant instruments available to the central authorities were actively used in the process of securing the release of the illegally detained Georgian citizen’. Armenia * Nancy Pelosi, the ex-US Speaker of the House of Representatives, called it ‘deeply d
Armenia * US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Armenia on Monday, marking the highest-level visit of a US official in the country’s history. Vance met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and announced a number of key deals, including a pledge for massive US investment in nuclear energy, the sale of surveillance drones, and cooperation on chips and AI. On Tuesday morning, before his planned departure for Azerbaijan, Vance visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Memorial. Azerbaijan * Yesterda
Regional * US Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia on Monday, along with US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg. Vance will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that evening, after which they will both give a statement. The US delegation will then visit Azerbaijan. * The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the abduction and death of Chechen woman Alia Ozdamirova, who had fled her home for Georgia in October 2025. In November 2025, hu
Armenia * During his meeting with Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov harshly criticised Armenian and EU allegations that Russia was preparing ‘imaginary attacks’ on Armenia and accusations that the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) posed ‘an existential threat’ to Armenia. In turn, Simonyan assured Lavrov that ‘Armenia is interested in its ties with Russia’ and also voiced concerns about ‘the rhetoric that is frequently
