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Tuesday, 8 July 2025

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Armenia * Since early hours on Tuesday, news has been circulating that law enforcement officers are currently conducting a search at the head office of the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) and the home of its chair, Narek Karapetyan. Armenia’s Investigative Committee has only responded to official inquiries that ‘urgent investigative actions’ were being carried out as part of the criminal proceedings initiated by the Economic Crimes and Smuggling Department and that an official statement wou

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Monday, 7 July 2025

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Regional * Following a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the 17th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasised that Turkey was waiting for the signing of a peace agreement which ‘will satisfy Baku’s legitimate demands’. Erdoğan also touched upon the unblocking of transport ‘corridors’ during his discussion with Aliyev. * In response, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan told Armenpress that

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Friday, 4 July 2025

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Armenia * Armenia has expressed a desire to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). When in China, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in his interview to the South China Morning Post, stated that ‘there is openness and readiness to deepen’ Armenia–China relations ‘without any limitations’. * The Armenian Parliament adopted a statement introduced by the ruling Civil Contract party on behalf of parliament, declaring the ‘inadmissibility’ of usurping power from the state. T

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Thursday, 3 July 2025

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Regional * Yesterday, Georgian Giorgi Mosiashvili, who was convicted by Tskhinvali (Tskhinval) for illegally crossing into South Ossetia and poaching, was handed over to Georgia after serving his sentence. According to the South Ossetian Federal Security Service (FSB), Mosiashvili was originally detained on 30 October 2023 near the village of Sinaguri (Sinagur). * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spokesperson neither confirmed, nor denied reporting about an allegedly scheduled meetin

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Wednesday, 2 July 2025

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Regional * The Azerbaijani media outlet Minval has released an audio recording purporting to show a Russian officer saying he had been ordered to fire at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet December 2024. The outlet also released what it said was a written statement from the same officer. The jet, which was flying from Baku to Grozny, crash-landed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Azerbaijan has accused Russia of shooting at the plane with air defence systems and causing the crash. Armenia

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Tuesday, 1 July 2025

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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas. According to Pashinyan’s office readout, Kallas said the EU and Armenia have never been closer to each other than they are now. Kallas noted the EU’s readiness to further deepen the partnership in all directions. * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced on Monday that the EU and Armenia ‘successfully completed negotiations on the new partnership agenda’, calling it an ‘ambitious document’. The announc

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Monday, 30 June 2025

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Regional * On Friday, the South Ossetian Parliament discussed Georgia’s calls for Syria to withdraw its recognition of South Ossetian independence. South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev told MPs that his ministry is working to ‘neutralise this entire process’, and that they are in contact with the Syrian embassy in Moscow, noting that ‘we have certain developments and a certain optimism’. Dzhioev also highlighted that any work in this direction was being coordinated with Russia and Ab