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Armenia * Armenia has expressed a desire to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). When in China, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in his interview to the South China Morning Post, stated that ‘there is openness and readiness to deepen’ Armenia–China relations ‘without any limitations’. * The Armenian Parliament adopted a statement introduced by the ruling Civil Contract party on behalf of parliament, declaring the ‘inadmissibility’ of usurping power from the state. T
Regional * Yesterday, Georgian Giorgi Mosiashvili, who was convicted by Tskhinvali (Tskhinval) for illegally crossing into South Ossetia and poaching, was handed over to Georgia after serving his sentence. According to the South Ossetian Federal Security Service (FSB), Mosiashvili was originally detained on 30 October 2023 near the village of Sinaguri (Sinagur). * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spokesperson neither confirmed, nor denied reporting about an allegedly scheduled meetin
Regional * The Azerbaijani media outlet Minval has released an audio recording purporting to show a Russian officer saying he had been ordered to fire at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet December 2024. The outlet also released what it said was a written statement from the same officer. The jet, which was flying from Baku to Grozny, crash-landed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Azerbaijan has accused Russia of shooting at the plane with air defence systems and causing the crash. Armenia
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas. According to Pashinyan’s office readout, Kallas said the EU and Armenia have never been closer to each other than they are now. Kallas noted the EU’s readiness to further deepen the partnership in all directions. * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced on Monday that the EU and Armenia ‘successfully completed negotiations on the new partnership agenda’, calling it an ‘ambitious document’. The announc
