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Friday, 28 November 2025

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Regional * Azerbaijan and Georgia have taken part in military drills in Ankara with Turkey. Armenia * Armenia’s Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan said the draft of the country’s new constitution must be finalised by March, as the Constitutional Reform Council held its latest meeting to review provisions related to the Prosecutor’s Office and investigative bodies. In a video released by the ministry, Galyan reiterated the government’s commitment to delivering the text within the set deadline,

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Thursday, 27 November 2025

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Regional * Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan has seemingly contradicted Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan’s statement yesterday that Armenia is not considering withdrawing from the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) at this stage. In response to a reporter’s question about why Armenia was not leaving the CSTO if it was not fulfilling its obligations, Simonyan said ‘in fact, we are out. As for the rest, leave that to our political expediency and our negotiation’. * Simo

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Wednesday, 26 November 2025

by Yousef Bardouka

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Regional * Azerbaijani lorries have been held at customs checkpoints in Batumi and Tbilisi for over 20 days, wrote Report. Aslan Karimov, a lorry driver, told the publication that they were not provided with any answers as to why they were being held up. The problem appears to have only affected vehicles carrying tobacco. Armenia * Narek Karapetyan has claimed in a video address that his uncle, detained business tycoon Samvel Karapetyan, had spent ֏11 billion ($29 million) from his own fun

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Tuesday, 25 November 2025

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Regional * RFE/RL reported that Armenian civil society representatives who visited Azerbaijan on 21–22 November requested to meet with Armenian prisoners held in Baku were denied. A member of the delegation, Naira Sultanyan, stressed that both sides did not impose any restrictions on them raising this issue. ‘Unfortunately, we did not receive a clear and specific answer regarding the number and names of those detained’, Sultanyan said, according to RFE/RL Armenia * Armenian emergency servi

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Monday, 24 November 2025

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Regional * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in Astana that the US-brokered Trump Route will significantly boost Armenia’s export potential and deepen economic cooperation with Kazakhstan. Speaking alongside Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Pashinyan reiterated that Armenia and Azerbaijan had already agreed to open routes between them based on sovereignty, territorial integrity and reciprocity, and noted that the initialled peace agreement anchors these principles through the

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Friday, 21 November 2025

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Regional * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said Armenia expects the US to help secure the release of the 23 Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, recalling US President Donald Trump’s public pledge during their August 8 White House meeting to personally ask Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to free the ‘23 Christians’. Pashinyan told reporters that he raised the issue with visiting US Under Secretary of State Allison Hooker in Yerevan on Monday, asking for information on Washington’s effo

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Thursday, 20 November 2025

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Armenia * Armenia will receive 10 Toyota vehicles as a donation from the US State Department under its export control and border security assistance programme. The 2025 Toyota Fortuner, Toyota Prado, and Toyota Hiace vehicles — valued at more than $500,000 – will be transferred to Armenia’s National Security Service, where they will be used by its Border Troops. The government is set to approve the donation at today’s cabinet session. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia recognises o