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Thursday, 18 September 2025

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Regional * On Wednesday, EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos arrived in Azerbaijan for a three-day visit to the South Caucasus. According to the commission’s website, today, Kos will hold high-level meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, and Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov. During the visit, Kos is scheduled to visit the city of Aghdam, where she will meet with demining officials. She is also expected to visit Armenia after her visit to Azerbaij

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Wednesday, 17 September 2025

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Regional * US President Donald Trump has again commented on the August Washington summit, stating that he had established an ‘everlasting friendship’ with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Armenia * Nagorno-Karabakh’s former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan has submitted several motions to the Baku Military Court, requesting it to question ‘certain individuals related to the criminal case he is charged with’. The names include Pashinyan, members of the OS

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Tuesday, 16 September 2025

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Regional * Yesterday, a 48-year-old resident of Georgia’s Zemo-Khviti was released into Georgian-controlled territory. South Ossetia’s security services (KGB) reported that Hamlet Margvelashvili was originally detained on 8 September after crossing into South Ossetia while intoxicated. Armenia * Armenia is transforming its national narratives and symbols to ‘step by step remove’ everything that can be perceived as a threat, thereby easing the burden on the security system, Secretary of Se

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Monday, 15 September 2025

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Regional * Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated that ‘the final signing of the [Armenia–Azerbaijan peace treaty] is expected in the first half of 2026’. He further noted that Turkey would start ‘taking steps’ to normalise relations with Armenia once the agreement is signed. * In response, the Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan told Armenpress that Armenia’s ‘principled position’ regarding the signing date had not changed. ‘Signing the agreement within the shortest

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Friday, 12 September 2025

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Armenia * On Friday, Turkey’s Special Envoy for normalisation with Armenia, Serdar Kılıç, arrived in Armenia via the land border, which remains closed. His Armenian counterpart, Ruben Rubinyan, welcomed Kılıç there. * The US intends to provide Armenia with $145 million in assistance, which is said to be the ‘first tranche of funding aimed at implementing the Trump Route project and other agreements reached’ in Washington on 8 August. The statement came during a meeting between Armenian Deputy

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Thursday, 11 September 2025

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Regional * Georgian national Tengiz Korashvili, who was detained in South Ossetia on 19 May, has been released into Georgian-controlled territory, the Georgian State Security Service (SSG) reported. Korashvili is believed to be one of three Georgian citizens who were detained from the same village in May — the other two were released shortly after being detained. Armenia * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said that they are working with Azerbaijan to unblock regional transit and infrastruc

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Wednesday, 10 September 2025

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Regional * Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has reported that a Georgian citizen was ‘illegally detained’ near the village of Zemo Khviti in the Gori municipality. South Ossetia’s Interior Ministry reported in turn the Georgian citizen told police he had wanted to ‘visit relatives’ in the village of Isakkau. * The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT Stiftung Bucerius have announced that the Free Media Awards for 2025 will be presented to imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli and