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Regional * Saturday marked the fifth anniversary of the start of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. * That same day, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave a speech at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. He dedicated much of his time to the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process, calling on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to explain his use of the term ‘Zangezur corridor’, which Armenia perceives to be a territorial claim. Pashinyan also discussed Armenia’s EU aspirations, claiming
Regional * Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefly met during the Transatlantic Dinner hosted by Rubio on Wednesday. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry reported the contacts, while also emphasising that Armenia ‘highly appreciates the continued active involvement’ of the US in further strengthening the ‘already established’ peace. * The Armenian Court of Appeals has upheld the detention of Georgian citizen
Armenia * The Kremlin press service has announced that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will participate in the Global Nuclear Conference held in Moscow today. The forum is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry, and will see participation from Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka, as well as representatives from Myanmar, Ethiopia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Egypt, and Niger. * The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has found Archb
Regional * Foreign Minister Oleg Bartsits and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, will sign a consultation plan for 2026–2027 during their upcoming meeting in Sochi on 1 October. A trilateral meeting will take place between Bartsits, Lavrov, and South Osseitna Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev on the same day. They are expected to discuss security and stability in the South Caucasus. * The normalisation of relations between Ankara and Yerevan ‘is proceeding as planned’, Turkish President Re
