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Regional * Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that from the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 until the launch of the last large-scale military offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s ‘main goal’ was to ‘fully restore the sovereignty of our country’. The statement came during a meeting with Kalbajar residents yesterday. * Aliyev also announced that the railway in Azerbaijan’s exclave Nakhchivan would be fully modernised, adding that the construction of a railway in A
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksei Overchuk. According to the readout from Pashinyan’s office, they discussed bilateral issues and the ‘current topics of cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union’, as well as ‘exchanged views on other issues of mutual interest’. * Overchuk was also received by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan. During their meeting, they discussed bilateral cooperation. * The representatives of
Regional * A Georgian has been arrested after crossing into South Ossetia. Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) announced the incident on Tuesday, saying they shared details about the arrest with international partners and co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions. * North Ossetian authorities have launched a criminal case against a resident of Vladikavkaz who reportedly defrauded the regional budget of more than ₽2.5 million ($31,000) by receiving a pension for her allegedly deceas
Regional * The Chair of the Union of Abkhazian Volunteers of Kabarda–Balkaria, Sergei Yakhogoev, has awarded Abkhazian President Badra Gunba the medal ‘Honour Above Life’. The presidential press service reported the award on Monday, noting that it is given in recognition of the ‘historical connection and brotherhood’ between the peoples of Abkhazia and Kabarda–Balkaria. Armenia * During his Monday address to the public, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that by Washington agreements
