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Friday, 18 July 2025

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Armenia * The price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) has further increased by ֏10 ($0.03) reaching an increase 50% as lorries bound to Armenia from Russia carrying LPG are barred entry into Georgia. RFE/RL has cited sources suggesting that Georgians were demanding $1,500 from each lorry to allow them passage. LPG is the most common and cheapest fuel used for transportation in Armenia, and its prices skyrocketed after Georgia blocked its transit from Russia. Georgia’s Revenue Service has denied

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Thursday, 17 July 2025

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Regional * Georgia’s Revenue Service has denied reports that Armenian cargo shipments, including gas products, are being blocked at the border. The agency stated that ‘amid increased freight traffic, all customs procedures for international transport vehicles are being carried out in a special/active mode to ensure smooth passage’. The statement also claimed that such reports aim to ‘politicise the issue’. Earlier this week, The price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) widely used in cars in Arm

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Wednesday, 16 July 2025

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Armenia * Former Etchmiadzin Mayor Diana Gasparyan, who resigned at the end of May, has been charged by the Anti-Corruption Committee. The authorities have yet to reveal the charges. * Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan has been handed a new charge of money laundering through several companies. Azerbaijan * E1.ru, a media outlet based in Russia’s Yekaterinburg, has reported that on Monday evening, police detained Mutvali Shikhlinski, the son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora

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Tuesday, 15 July 2025

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Regional * US President Donald Trump stated during his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, that they ‘solved’ another conflict. He suggested that Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘looks like that’s going to come to a conclusion — a successful conclusion’. * Armenia has denied reports of a US takeover of 32 kilometres of road through Armenia connecting Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. This followed media reports citing what appears to be an off-hand remark by the US Ambassador to

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Monday, 14 July 2025

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Regional * The EU has encouraged Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘to proceed with the signing and ratification of the draft peace agreement as soon as possible’, the lead spokesperson of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Anitta Hipper told Armenpress. Hipper also stated that the EU ‘stands ready to provide additional support and expertise, should the sides request it’. * Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a talk with the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan stated that

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Friday, 11 July 2025

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Armenia * The homes of more figures affiliated with the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) were searched by Armenian authorities on Thursday, resulting in the arrest of at least seven individuals. The ARF’s supreme council called the raids part of a ‘campaign against the ARF’. * In addition, Vaghinak Kazaryan, the director of Tashir Pizza — owned by detained Russian–Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan — has also been arrested and remanded into one month of pre-trial detenti

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Thursday, 10 July 2025

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Regional * Today, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are meeting face to face in Abu Dhabi as part of the ongoing peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia * Yesterday, Pashinyan met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, Pashinyan emphasised the potential of bilateral cooperation in the economic, investment, and humanitarian spheres. * MP Artur Sargsyan has been arrested and remanded