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Daily Brief

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

by OC Media

•5 min read

Armenia * On Thursday, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan spoke with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó. They discussed bilateral issues, as well as highlighted that parallel to the political dialogue, ‘the importance of further expanding cooperation, particularly in the economic sphere’. * Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan said that if a peace treaty with Azerbaijan gets signed and ratified, they could discuss a new mandate for the EU mission in Armenia. ‘We don’t ha

Daily Brief

Friday, 21 March 2025

by OC Media

•3 min read

Regional * During a briefing on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova expressed Russia’s readiness to ‘provide support to our Azerbaijani and Armenian partners on all tracks in the form and volume that will be in demand by both parties’. She added that the Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Minister for Assistance to the Normalisation of Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Igor Khovaev, ‘is ready to come to the region to hold relevant consultations’.

Daily Brief

Thursday, 20 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * On Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, Armenia again refuted Azerbaijani accusations of ceasefire violations. It also noted that Azerbaijan ‘has not provided’ Armenia with ‘any factual evidence or justification’ regarding the allegations. Armenia * On Thursday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed ‘Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to begin joint consultations on the signing of the agreed draft peace agreement’ in a Facebook post written in Armenian and English.

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * On Tuesday and Wednesday, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry again claimed that Armenian forces violated the ceasefire on several different occasions throughout the day, night, and into the early morning. In response, the Armenian Defence Ministry has released several dismissals of the Azerbaijani accusations of ceasefire violations. The Armenian ministry also ‘reaffirm[ed]’ its readiness ‘to investigate the facts supporting’ the Azerbaijani accusations of ceasefire violations. * On Tue