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Regional * Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan has participated in a panel discussion at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. According to Armenpress, Khachaturyan said that ‘a peaceful and stable’ South Caucasus can become a key hub between Europe and Asia. Armenia * ‘It’s obvious to anyone familiar with the operating principles’ of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the EU that ‘it is impossible
Regional * The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, initialled but not signed yet, will receive the UAE’s Zayed Award for Human Fraternity. Armenia * ‘With pleasure and a sense of responsibility’, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accepted an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join the Gaza Board of Peace as a founding member. Azerbaijan * Mail Karimov, an imprisoned member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), began a hunger strike on Friday to complain ab
Armenia * On Saturday, Interior Minister Narek Sargsyan told Armenpress that seven people protesting against Iran were arrested for failing to comply with police orders. The protesters had wanted to march from the Iranian Embassy in Yerevan to the Blue Mosque, but were not authorised to do so by the authorities, leading the demonstrators to instead begin a sit-in in front of the embassy. * According to his lawyer, the courts have upheld the decision to replace Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel K
Regional * Armenia and Azerbaijan conducted a joint inspection of the current condition of the Yeraskh–Sadarak railway section on Thursday. According to the Armenian authorities, the inspection ‘aimed to assess the technical suitability of the railway section for the movement of specialised railway construction equipment in order to implement comprehensive measures for the restoration of the infrastructure’. Armenia * Five people, including senior officials from the State Revenue Committee
