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Thursday, 7 May 2026

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Regional * Former Nagorno-Karabakh Parliamentary Speaker David Ishkhanyan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azerbaijan, has shared an audio message, asking Armenian Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan to mediate with Azerbaijan to provide his family with the full texts of his indictment and verdict. He also called his trial, which involved 15 other Armenians, as being not against them, but ‘against the Armenian people and Armenian statehood’. Ishkhanyan is the third Armenian prisone

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Wednesday, 6 May 2026

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Regional * Today, four freight wagons of fertilizer and four wagons of grain were sent to Armenia via Azerbaijan. Armenia * Yesterday, Armenia hosted the inaugural Armenia-EU summit, in the scope of which a joint declaration was adopted and a number of documents were signed, including the Armenia-EU Connectivity Partnership. The sides also initialled a ‘working arrangement on operational cooperation in the field of border management’ and published a call for ‘expressions of interest from E

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Tuesday, 5 May 2026

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Regional * In a press briefing yesterday in Yerevan, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that he will discuss the issue of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan with President Ilham Aliyev. * Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi have met in Yerevan during the European Political Community (EPC). Later, Kobakhidze told journalists that it was ‘an interesting and very friendly conversation’, while Zelenskyi referred to ‘unresolved issues’ bet

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Monday, 4 May 2026

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Regional * Armenia is hosting the 8th European Political Community Summit today. It will be co-chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of the EU Council António Costa. Leaders from nearly 50 countries have visited Yerevan for the summit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will sit out the summit, and Turkey will be represented by Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, while Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will attend online. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit marks the first time a

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Friday, 1 May 2026

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Regional * Independent Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov, deported from exile in Georgia to Azerbaijan in April, has reportedly received his international passport. His wife, Sevinj Sadigova, wrote on social media that the issuance of her husband’s passport does not mean ‘the search record against him has been removed from the system’. Whether Sadigov would receive his passport had been closely watched as one of the key steps toward his ability to leave the country and reunite with his fami

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Thursday, 30 April 2026

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Regional * Yesterday, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev met with his Armenian counterpart Mher Grigoryan for the first time in Aghveran, Armenia. They met within the framework of the Azerbaijan–Armenia Border Delimitation Commission. * Today, grain and fertilisers will be shipped to Armenia in transit through Azerbaijan. * RSF’s World Press Freedom Index has shown that all South Caucasus countries dropped in ranking. Azerbaijan fell from 167th place to 171st; Georgia from 1

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Wednesday, 29 April 2026

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Regional Armenian detainees held in Azerbaijan have reportedly been transferred to the high-security Umbaki prison in Azerbaijan from the isolation cells of the State Security Service. Qafqazinfo has reported that an Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev arrived in Yerevan. Mustafayev is also the head of the Demarcation and Delimitation Commission of the Azerbaijan side. Armenia The Chief of the General Staff, Edward Asryan, paid an official visit to India, w