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Tuesday, 1 April 2025

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Regional * Abkhazian President-elect Badra Gunba is set to be inaugurated tomorrow in Sukhumi (Sukhum). The Administration of the President of Abkhazia has told Sputnik that the guests will include First Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko, South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev, and the ambassadors of Nicaragua and Venezuela. * Nine criminal cases have been opened after two brothers from North Ossetia were found to have 60 counterfeit Abkhazian passports. A

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Monday, 31 March 2025

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Regional * Since Sunday, the Armenian Defence Ministry has twice (one, two) dismissed Azerbaijani accusations of firing at Azerbaijani positions. In Monday’s statement, Armenia stated that on Sunday night, Azerbaijan opened fire toward Khnatsakh, Syunik, resulting in damage to a residential house. They released photos showing the damaged window and the bullet, adding that no casualties were reported. The Armenian side also urged ‘the Azerbaijani side to conduct an investigation into the shell

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Friday, 28 March 2025

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Regional * The US Ambassador to Armenia, Christina Quinn, visited the Syunik region from 25–26 March, during which she met with representatives of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMA) to ‘hear a clear assessment of the security situation’. According to Armenpress, Quinn also ‘spoke with community leaders and residents, reaffirming US support for the territorial integrity of Armenia and the establishment of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan’. * The Georgian Civil Aviation Agency has reportedly

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Thursday, 27 March 2025

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Regional * The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) stated that two Georgian citizens were detained near the village of Ergneti by South Ossetia by Russian border guards. * ‘In order not to miss the chance of the peace agreement, Azerbaijan must swiftly propose a location and date for signing it and agree [on] it with us’, the Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Armenian Parliament, Sargis Khandanyan, said on Thursday. His statement came in response to resurfaced news of an int

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Wednesday, 26 March 2025

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Regional * The US State Department said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during his meeting on Tuesday with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, ‘requested [Turkey]’s support for peace in Ukraine and the South Caucasus’. Armenia * On the same day, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone call with Rubio, during which they discussed the Armenia–US strategic partnership and ‘issues related to the regional agenda’. Armenia’s PM’s office noted that Pashinyan and Rubio ‘agreed to continu

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Tuesday, 25 March 2025

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Armenia * On Thursday, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan spoke with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó. They discussed bilateral issues, as well as highlighted that parallel to the political dialogue, ‘the importance of further expanding cooperation, particularly in the economic sphere’. * Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan said that if a peace treaty with Azerbaijan gets signed and ratified, they could discuss a new mandate for the EU mission in Armenia. ‘We don’t ha

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Monday, 24 March 2025

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Regional * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze have met in Tbilisi before attending the second match between the national football teams of both countries. Following the match, Georgian fans threw bottles towards the Armenia fans. Armenia lost both games, with Georgia winning the second game 6–1. Armenia * In an interview with Public TV, Pashinyan said that dissolving the OSCE Minsk Group was ‘on the agenda’ and that his government would ‘i