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Regional * Aishat Baimuradova, a Chechen woman who was murdered in Yerevan in November, will be laid to rest in Armenia today. Investigative authorities have taken charge of the funeral arrangements, and officials have promised that anyone wishing to attend will be permitted to do so. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed yesterday Nagorno-Karabakh’s army did not truly put up a fight against Azerbaijan during the final 2023 offensive, saying that reports to the contrary were ‘not consisten
Regional * A Russian train carrying 300 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Iran transited through Azerbaijan. Armenia * Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan addressed the opposition’s suggestion to have guarantors for peace if they come to power following the June parliamentary elections. Mirzoyan said that ‘no one provides guarantees out of sheer goodwill’, instead saying that ‘peace can be maintained as long as it is beneficial to both sides’. * Armenian authorities have conducted searches at a
Regional * Today, five freight wagons with Russian wheat were sent through Azerbaijan to Armenia. * The Israeli government has issued a travel warning concerning a variety of countries ‘bordering Iran’, including Georgia and Azerbaijan, through the period of the upcoming Jewish holidays. The warning urges travelers to exercise caution and says they ‘recommend not participating in events (including holiday meals) at locations identified with Israel or Judaism due to concerns that these will be
Regional * Today, four freight wagons of fertiliser and one freight wagon of buckwheat were sent from Russia to Armenia through Azerbaijani territory. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday. According to the Armenian readout, they discussed ‘issues related to the scope of the bilateral agenda’, also ‘agreed to continue the discussion’ in a meeting in the near future. The Kremlin readout elaborated that the call
