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Regional * Former Nagorno-Karabakh Parliamentary Speaker David Ishkhanyan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azerbaijan, has shared an audio message, asking Armenian Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan to mediate with Azerbaijan to provide his family with the full texts of his indictment and verdict. He also called his trial, which involved 15 other Armenians, as being not against them, but ‘against the Armenian people and Armenian statehood’. Ishkhanyan is the third Armenian prisone
Regional * Today, four freight wagons of fertilizer and four wagons of grain were sent to Armenia via Azerbaijan. Armenia * Yesterday, Armenia hosted the inaugural Armenia-EU summit, in the scope of which a joint declaration was adopted and a number of documents were signed, including the Armenia-EU Connectivity Partnership. The sides also initialled a ‘working arrangement on operational cooperation in the field of border management’ and published a call for ‘expressions of interest from E
Regional * In a press briefing yesterday in Yerevan, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that he will discuss the issue of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan with President Ilham Aliyev. * Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi have met in Yerevan during the European Political Community (EPC). Later, Kobakhidze told journalists that it was ‘an interesting and very friendly conversation’, while Zelenskyi referred to ‘unresolved issues’ bet
Regional * Armenia is hosting the 8th European Political Community Summit today. It will be co-chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of the EU Council António Costa. Leaders from nearly 50 countries have visited Yerevan for the summit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will sit out the summit, and Turkey will be represented by Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, while Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will attend online. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit marks the first time a
