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Regional * On Monday, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. According to the readout from Pashinyan’s office, they discussed the bilateral peace agenda, ‘emphasising the need for constructive dialogue, mutual trust, and regional stability’. Armenia * Pashinyan has met with the Russian President Vladimir Putin within the framework of the SCO summit, during which they discussed ‘issues
Regional * Parliamentary Speaker Alan Margiev has met with a delegation from the North Ossetian Parliament headed by parliamentary chair Taimuraz Tuskayev. The two discussed prospects for deepening cooperation, with Margiev noting that they plan to implement joint projects in the near future. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has dismissed the head of the Office of the representative on international legal matters, Liparit Drmeyan. Local media previously reported that the office had
Regional * An Abkhazian delegation has met with representatives of the Circassian diaspora in Syria to discuss cooperation in the cultural and social spheres. Armenia * The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recognition of the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire. ‘Currently on trial for his role in the genocide committed against the Palestinian people, Netanyahu is seeking to cover up the crimes perpetrated
Regional * According to an OCCRP report based on leaked materials, an air defence system purchased by Azerbaijan from Belarus ‘was “actively used” to destroy Armenian drones’ during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War of 2020. Armenia * In an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US podcaster Patrick Bet-David asked why Israel has not recognised the Ottoman Empire’s genocide of Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians, after Netanyahu falsely claimed that Israel’s Parliament ‘passe
