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Regional * The Chair of the Union of Abkhazian Volunteers of Kabarda–Balkaria, Sergei Yakhogoev, has awarded Abkhazian President Badra Gunba the medal ‘Honour Above Life’. The presidential press service reported the award on Monday, noting that it is given in recognition of the ‘historical connection and brotherhood’ between the peoples of Abkhazia and Kabarda–Balkaria. Armenia * During his Monday address to the public, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that by Washington agreements
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has issued an apology to the public for insulting the Armenian Church and the opposition. This follows a Corruption Prevention Commission ruling which said that he had violated rules of conduct by insulting the two groups. * On 15 August, the Prosecutor General’s Office initiated a public criminal prosecution against David Papazian, the former director of the dissolved Armenian State Interests Foundation (ANSF). Papazian is being investigated over the
Regional * The Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, David Khudatyan, has emphasised that roads through Azerbaijan would be opened for Armenia, stating that the lifting of the blockade was a bilateral process. The comments came during a press conference to discuss the implementation of working groups to execute the declaration signed in Washington between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He additionally emphasised that all roads passing through Armenian territory would be
Regional * The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced it will study the details of the ‘Trump Road’, which was agreed upon by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the US in Washington on 8 August. ‘As we have already noted, the involvement of extra-regional forces in the South Caucasus should advance the peace agenda, rather than create new problems and new dividing lines’, Alexei Fadeev, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department said. He also noted that during
