Armenien

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian were back in Washington this week, just days after US Vice President JD Vance visited both countries. The White House has branded the effort a "Board of Peace" push aimed at consolidating momentum toward a formal settlement. 

The Council appointed Satu Koivu as new Head of Mission for the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA). She will take up her duties on 6 March 2026, taking over from Markus Ritter. Satu Koivu is a Finnish senior police officer with more than 35 years of national and international experience. 

US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Armenia on February 9 to kick off a four-day visit to the Caucasus in support of a US-brokered peace deal and to push a strategic transit corridor Washington sees as central to reshaping trade, energy, and influence in the region.

The United States and Armenia have agreed on an implementation framework to develop a trade corridor that is the centerpiece of the provisional Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal signed last summer in Washington. According to the document, the United States will have a majority stake in developing infrastructure for what is known as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP).

The OSCE finalized the closure of the Minsk Process and its related structures at 23:59 on 30 November 2025, in line with the Ministerial Council decision MC.DEC/1/25 adopted on 1 September 2025, following a Joint Appeal from Armenia and Azerbaijan to the Finnish Chairpersonship of the OSCE.

Russia is ramping up a disinformation campaign aimed at undermining Armenia's West-leaning government ahead of a parliamentary election in June 2026.

Azerbaijan has lifted restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia, marking a significant step forward in the fragile peace between the two countries after decades of conflict, but the territorial dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh remains a barrier.

For centuries, Mount Ararat has been a ubiquitous symbol for Armenians. … Just one thing: Ararat isn't located in Armenia. It's across the border in Turkey. … Critics say the move is another concession by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to Turkey and Azerbaijan as he seeks to normalize relations with the country’s historical foes.

Reports are circulating in Armenia that a US delegation will soon travel to Yerevan to work out the details of a transit corridor [dubbed the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or TRIPP] that is a key element of the provisional Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump.

[…] The group achieved little due to constant vetoes, co-chair tensions, and accusations of bias, with Azerbaijan seizing disputed territories in recent years. The dissolution could allow the OSCE to pass its first budget since 2021, but Russia's stance remains uncertain.