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Daily Brief

Monday, 23 December 2024

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Regional * In a meeting with his German counterpart on Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that there was a historic opportunity for peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He called on ‘third parties to encourage the process fairly and impartially’. * Vedant Patel, the deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, has said that the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process continues to be of ‘vital importance to this administration and to the Secretary, and we’ll continue to work at it

Daily Brief

Friday, 20 December 2024

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Regional * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has responded to the recent statements from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who issued threats to Armenia in an interview with Russian state-run media on 17 December. Pashinyan said it was ‘obvious’ that through the narrative of so-called western Azerbaijan, Baku ‘wants to materialise its territorial demands’ against Armenia, and that if Azerbaijan doesn’t have intentions to attack Armenia, ‘then the likelihood of escalation in the region is zero’

Daily Brief

Thursday, 19 December 2024

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Regional * Opposition representatives have visited the Enguri (Ingur) hydropower plant (HPP) to discuss the ongoing energy deficit crisis in Abkhazia. The Abkhazian government reportedly intends to ask the Enguri HPP to increase the supply of electricity to the Abkhazian grid. * Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, stated that unlike the ‘destructive actions of the West, Russia is taking constructive measures’ in the South Caucasus. According to Gerasimov

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

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Armenia * On Tuesday, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan met his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu to discuss a series of new agreements, which were not publicised. Papikyan also met with the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Armed Services of the French Senate, Cédric Perrin, and several other French lawmakers. * The Armenian government has proposed a project to provide students and employees of educational institutions with the opportunity to purchase bicycles as a mai