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Armenia * The authorities are investigating the death of a conscripted border guard as a suicide, saying he was negligently driven to kill himself. Azerbaijan * The health condition of the imprisoned director of Abzas Media, Ulvi Hasanli, is rapidly deteriorating as he enters the eighth day of his hunger strike. His wife, Rubaba Guliyeva, wrote on social media saying that his blood pressure was high, and that he had lost seven kilograms since beginning his hunger strike. Hasanli is current
Regional * Nearly 90 members of the US Congress are calling on the Trump administration to ensure the safe return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, 87 members of Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties write that the return of Nagorno-Karabakh residents is consistent with international law and the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region. * Yesterday, Azerbaijani pro-government NGOs criticised the letter, calling i
Armenia * On Thursday, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will leave for Russia on a two-day working visit. According to official reports, Pashinyan will visit the far-eastern Altai Republic, where he will participate in the International Conference on Nature and Environmental Protection. * The Armenian government called an article by the Spanish media outlet Periodista Digital regarding alleged plans for a US-operated road through Syunik as ‘another manifestation of hybrid warfare and manipulati
Armenia * Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan has received US Ambassador Kristina Kvien in Yerevan. They discussed regional developments and possibilities of unblocking regional transit links in the region. * Armenia’s first president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, has called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to cancel his call for a rally in Vagharshapat, the seat of the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. ‘What is this, if not a conscious provocation aimed at crushing the church through the crow
