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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will donate his copy of the Bible which he has owned since 2008 to the Museum of the Bible in Washington. * Pakistan intends to recognise Armenia as a UN member state, in order ‘to obtain consensus on the issue of [Pakistan] joining’ the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Russian state-run media TASS reported, citing its sources in the UN. * In response, the Armenian Foreign Ministry ‘informed’ what it referred to as ‘ignorant sources’ that Armenia and P
Regional * On 5 September, the chairs of Armenian and Azerbaijani border delimitation committees Mher Grigoryan and Shahin Mustafayev ‘held mutual visits’ to the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced. Previously they held meetings on the mutual border or in third party territories. According to the ministry, they discussed issues related to the delimitation and demining, as well as the ‘restoration and construction of necessary infrastructures and the tim
Regional * The bailiff services of Abkhazia, Russia, and South Ossetia began a series of joint exercises yesterday, hosted by Abkhazia’s Justice Ministry. The goal of the exercises, which will continue until Sunday, is to ‘strengthen cooperation and develop a unified approach to actions in difficult conditions’, Russian state media outlet Sputnik reported. * Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksei Overchuk has said that Russia was ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the initialled peace treaty betwee
Regional * Yesterday, a South Ossetian delegation led by President Alan Gagloev took part in mourning and commemorative events dedicated to the 2004 Beslan School Siege in North Ossetia. In the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali (Tskhinval), a minute of silence in honour of the 334 victims was held ahead of a memorial rally. Armenia * There have been ‘suicide attempts’ among the Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan, Siranush Sahakyan, the defender of prisoners’ interests at the European Court h
