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Daily Brief

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan has revealed at a briefing with journalists that while in Saint Petersburg, he had a ‘short private conversation’ with Azerbaijani Parliamentary Speaker Sahiba Gafarova. His comments came in response to a question about whether the peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan were at a deadlock, which Simonyan denied: ‘I think that there can be no talk of any deadlock. It is also beneficial for the Azerbaijani side to complete the pr

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 22 April 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * Armenia’s Defence Ministry has accused units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces of opening fire in the direction of Khoznavar village in the Syunik province on the night of 20–21 April, damaging a solar water heater. No casualties were reported. This is the third time Armenia has shared photo evidence of damage to buildings in border villages as a result of Azerbaijani fire since the end of March. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has taken part in a conference in Yerevan ti

Daily Brief

Monday, 21 April 2025

by OC Media

•3 min read

Regional * The Armenian Defence Ministry has again denied an Azerbaijani allegation of a ceasefire violation. Armenia * The Court of Appeals has overturned former President Serzh Sargsyan’s acquittal and sent the case for a new trial, the Prosecutor’s Office announced on Friday. In 2019, Sargsyan was charged with ‘embezzlement or waste of funds on a particularly large scale’; he was acquitted in May 2024 due to a ‘lack of evidence of the crime’. * Feridun Sinirlioğlu, the Secretary Genera

Daily Brief

Friday, 18 April 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * On Thursday, the deputy foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia met in Tbilisi. The joint statement said that the meeting ‘sought to advance trilateral cooperation across the areas of common interest, with the goal to foster sustainable growth and prosperity in the region’. The statement also said that the meeting was ‘regarded as an initial phase designed to build trust and pave the way for the eventual advancement of the dialogue to a higher level’. * Azerbaijani Fo