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Regional * The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), one of the largest and most influential Armenian–American lobbying groups, has raised alarms regarding ‘the prospect that Azerbaijan will use the Israel–Iran conflict as cover for renewed aggression against Armenia’. They called upon the US government to ‘take immediate action to de-escalate’ the situation, as well as to ‘draw a clear red line against any attempt by Azerbaijan, Turkey, or any other country to further destabilise the
Regional * The Armenian Prime Minister said that they ‘must try’ to sign the peace treaty with Azerbaijan and dissolve those OSCE Minsk Group bodies at the same time ‘by the end of the year’. Armenia * The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Scientific-Technical Centre has reported no changes ‘in the natural radioactive background’ on the border with Iran. The centre dispatched its experts to the Syunik province bordering Iran to measure radiation levels after the Israeli strikes hit Iranian nucl
Regional * Armenia has condemned the Israeli attack on Iran, calling it ‘deeply concerning’. ‘Taking place especially ahead of the next round of negotiations, endangers the peaceful efforts as well as overall regional stability and global peace’, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said. * Today, Azerbaijan said that it was ‘deeply concerned’ by the military operation carried out by Israel’s attack on Iran. ‘While resolutely condemning the escalation of the situation, we urge the parties to resolve
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset. According to the Armenian readout, during the meeting, issues on the agenda of Armenia-Council of Europe cooperation, ‘as well as prospects for expanding joint programs in the fields of democracy and the rule of law, were discussed’. * On Thursday, Pashinyan sent congratulatory messages to the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Russia Da
