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Daily Brief

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

by OC Media

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Armenia * Armenia’s Chief of General Staff, Edward Asryan, said yesterday that the situation on the line of contact was relatively stable. He added that Armenia was ‘always concerned over the Azerbaijani Defence Minister’s belligerent statements, but they are a little part in the operative assessment’. Azerbaijan * Yesterday, Mikhail Yevdokimov, Russia’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan, was ‘invited’ to the Foreign Ministry. According to the ministry, Yevdokimov attended a meeting during which th

Daily Brief

Monday, 27 January 2025

by OC Media

•5 min read

Regional * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said during an interview with Armenia’s public broadcaster that Azerbaijan applied ‘banned psychoactive methods’ against Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians imprisoned in Azerbaijan ‘in order to extort narratives and testimonies aimed at inciting regional escalation’. * In response, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry released a statement calling Pashinyan’s allegations regarding the use of psychotropic substances ‘completely baseless and ridiculous’. Th

Daily Brief

Friday, 24 January 2025

by OC Media

•3 min read

Regional * When asked by reporters to comment on the ongoing trial of Nagorno-Karabakh officials, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova noted that ‘as part of the trilateral process’, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia reached agreements, ‘including on the need to resolve humanitarian issues’. She ‘confirm[ed]’ their commitment to those agreements and expressed readiness ‘to provide the necessary assistance’. * Turan stated that the administration of President Dona

Daily Brief

Thursday, 23 January 2025

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Regional * South Ossetian authorities have released two Georgian citizens — Aleksi Mamulia, 53, and Vano Japiashvili, 51 — into Georgian custody. According to the South Ossetian State Security Committee, the pair entered South Ossetia accidentally and showed repentance, which is why no criminal charges were presented against them. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for Switzerland to participate in the Davos World Economic Forum. * Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister, Zheenbek Ku