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Daily Brief

Monday, 24 March 2025

by OC Media

•3 min read

Regional * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze have met in Tbilisi before attending the second match between the national football teams of both countries. Following the match, Georgian fans threw bottles towards the Armenia fans. Armenia lost both games, with Georgia winning the second game 6–1. Armenia * In an interview with Public TV, Pashinyan said that dissolving the OSCE Minsk Group was ‘on the agenda’ and that his government would ‘i

Daily Brief

Friday, 21 March 2025

by OC Media

•3 min read

Regional * During a briefing on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova expressed Russia’s readiness to ‘provide support to our Azerbaijani and Armenian partners on all tracks in the form and volume that will be in demand by both parties’. She added that the Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Minister for Assistance to the Normalisation of Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Igor Khovaev, ‘is ready to come to the region to hold relevant consultations’.

Daily Brief

Thursday, 20 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * On Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, Armenia again refuted Azerbaijani accusations of ceasefire violations. It also noted that Azerbaijan ‘has not provided’ Armenia with ‘any factual evidence or justification’ regarding the allegations. Armenia * On Thursday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed ‘Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to begin joint consultations on the signing of the agreed draft peace agreement’ in a Facebook post written in Armenian and English.

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * On Tuesday and Wednesday, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry again claimed that Armenian forces violated the ceasefire on several different occasions throughout the day, night, and into the early morning. In response, the Armenian Defence Ministry has released several dismissals of the Azerbaijani accusations of ceasefire violations. The Armenian ministry also ‘reaffirm[ed]’ its readiness ‘to investigate the facts supporting’ the Azerbaijani accusations of ceasefire violations. * On Tue