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Regional * Nearly 90 members of the US Congress are calling on the Trump administration to ensure the safe return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, 87 members of Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties write that the return of Nagorno-Karabakh residents is consistent with international law and the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region. * Yesterday, Azerbaijani pro-government NGOs criticised the letter, calling i
Armenia * Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan has received US Ambassador Kristina Kvien in Yerevan. They discussed regional developments and possibilities of unblocking regional transit links in the region. * Armenia’s first president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, has called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to cancel his call for a rally in Vagharshapat, the seat of the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. ‘What is this, if not a conscious provocation aimed at crushing the church through the crow
Regional * Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will today meet with his Georgian counterpart Maka Botchorishvili in Tbilisi. The pro-government media outlet APA wrote that the ministers will discuss the current state and prospects of bilateral relations between the two countries and cooperation on regional issues. Armenia * On his first day on duty, Romanos Petrosyan, the newly appointed temporary manager of the Armenian Electric Network (ENA), had called on the company’s acting Executive Dir
Regional * US President Donald Trump said that they ‘worked magic’ in regards to the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan and that the two countries are ‘pretty close’ to a peace deal. * At the Upper Lars border crossing between Russia and Georgia, a group of Ukrainians previously deported from Russia staged a protest in response to poor detention conditions. The detainees left the basement where they had been held and demanded access to water and basic sanitation. Armenia * On Sa
