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Regional * Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has commended the ‘Western Azerbaijan Community’ for its ‘restrained, constructive approach, openness to reconciliation and dialogue, […] and its respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of states’. ‘Western Azerbaijan' is an irredentist concept used by the Azerbaijani authorities to lay claim to the territory of modern-day Armenia. Aliyev added that he believed ‘the peace-loving members of the Western Azerbaijan Community will return
Armenia * ‘Turkey is considering reopening its land border with Armenia in the next six months’, Bloomberg has reported, citing ‘people familiar with the matter’. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan directly accused Catholicos Karekin II of being a foreign agent. On Wednesday, at the Parliament, Pashinyan said he did not need a Catholicos who would obey him, but one ‘who will not obey a senior lieutenant of a foreign special service and will not report to lieutenants of a foreign special service
Armenia * On Tuesday, the Armenian Government published a number of documents related to the negotiation for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The published documents created heated discussions online, further intensifying the spate of mutual accusation current and former leaders have been levying at each other regarding the negotiations. The documents were published a day after the OSCE Minsk group ceased its activities. Azerbaijan * The trial of the imprisoned Meydan TV jo
Armenia * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a visit to Brussels, where the Armenia–EU Partnership Council meeting will be held. The sides are expected to sign a new partnership agreement. Azerbaijan * Yesterday, Amnesty International condemned the detention of Ali Karimli, chair of the opposition Popular Front Party. Denis Krivosheev, the organisation’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, stated that this is ‘further evidence’ of the strengthening of the authoritar
