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Regional * Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met on the sidelines of the Gaza summit in Egypt yesterday. * During the same summit, US President Donald Trump again praised himself for ‘solving’ the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict. ‘You still get along with each other, right? [They] fought for 32 years, but we solved the issue in about an hour, right? And now they like each other’, Trump said, before in turn, praising Aliyev: ‘He is a very strong leader,
Regional * Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are taking part in the Middle East Peace Summit in Egypt today at the invitation of US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. According to the Egyptian presidency, the summit’s aim is to ‘end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security and stability’. Armenia * Finland’s Foreign M
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has arrived in Tajikistan on a working visit. At Dushanbe International Airport, he was welcomed by Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda, according to Armenia’s government press service. On 10 October, Pashinyan will take part in the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Dushanbe. Azerbaijan * Deputy Defence Minister and Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Namig Islamzadeh has met with
Regional * Giorgi Kinoiani, a Georgian citizen wanted by Russia for his time serving as a volunteer fighter in Ukraine, has been released from custody in Armenia after spending 36 days in detention. Kinoiani was sought by Russia on charges of mercenary activity based on a verdict issued by a court in Russian-occupied Donetsk, Ukraine. Kinoiani was initially detained on 3 September at the Armenian–Georgian border and remanded into custody for 40 days by Judge Lusine Sephpkhanyan. * The Defence
