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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed the Charter of the Board of Peace, created by US President Donald Trump. Later, the Armenia Foreign Ministry told Armenpress that the country joined the board without the mandatory $1 billion membership fee ‘for a period of up to three years’. * The Armenian Apostolic Church has filed two lawsuits against the defrocked pro-Pashinyan priest Stepan Asatryan. The Church is demanding Asatryan return the keys to the Ohanavan village church, where
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for Switzerland, where he is set to participate in the signing of the Charter of the Board of Peace as a founding member at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. * Pashinyan said on Wednesday that the energy systems of Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘will definitely and unconditionally be interconnected’. Azerbaijan * The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)’s annual report says Azerbaijan ranks third in Europe and Central Asia with 24 im
Regional * Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan has participated in a panel discussion at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. According to Armenpress, Khachaturyan said that ‘a peaceful and stable’ South Caucasus can become a key hub between Europe and Asia. Armenia * ‘It’s obvious to anyone familiar with the operating principles’ of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the EU that ‘it is impossible
Regional * The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, initialled but not signed yet, will receive the UAE’s Zayed Award for Human Fraternity. Armenia * ‘With pleasure and a sense of responsibility’, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accepted an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join the Gaza Board of Peace as a founding member. Azerbaijan * Mail Karimov, an imprisoned member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), began a hunger strike on Friday to complain ab
