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Authorization date: 01/23
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26.04.2024
Ceasefire monitoring centre in Nagorno-Karabakh shuts as Russian peacekeepers withdraw

The Russian and Turkish flags were lowered on Friday to mark the closure of a centre set up to monitor a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Russian peacekeepers ended a multi-year deployment in the strategic South Caucasus region.

Source: Reuters
23.04.2024
Azerbaijan says 'closer than ever' to Armenia peace deal

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Tuesday a peace deal with Armenia was closer than ever before, as teams from both countries began demarcating the border in a bid to end decades of territorial disputes and clashes.

Source: VOA News
17.04.2024
Kremlin confirms Russian peacekeepers leaving Nagorno-Karabakh

The Kremlin has confirmed that Russian peacekeepers are leaving Azerbaijan's once-breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. On April 17, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists Azerbaijani media reports saying that Russian troops had started leaving the region were true.  

Source: RFE/RL
17.04.2024
Azerbaijan calls for return of contested villages

The standoff continues between Armenia and Azerbaijan over several border villages, and Baku seems determined to restore sovereignty over them soon. … Baku believes the status of the four villages can be determined relatively quickly, but solving the exclave issue will likely be more complicated.

Source: Jamestown Foundation
05.04.2024
EU vows €270m package for Armenia as ties with Russia collapse

The European Union on Friday pledged a €270 million financial package for Armenia as Brussels and Washington push to boost ties with Yerevan while its relations with Russia crumble. 

Source: RFI
24.03.2024
Three men in Armenia attempt to storm Yerevan police station

The men had hoped to free members of the Combat Brotherhood organization, who were being held at the station after being detained earlier Sunday, Armenian media outlets reported. The group opposes the planned transfer of several villages in Armenia's Tavush region to neighboring Azerbaijan.

Source: VOA News
19.03.2024
Armenian PM says demarcation of border with Azerbaijan started

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian says the delimitation and demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan, an issue that has been a key hurdle to a peace deal between the two countries after Baku retook control over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh last year, has begun.

Source: RFE/RL
06.03.2024
Armenia officially asks Moscow to remove Russian border troops from Yerevan airport

Armenia said it has sent an official request to Moscow asking it to remove Russian border troops from the Zvartnots international airport in the country's capital as Yerevan continues to distance itself from Moscow amid a souring of bilateral relations.

Source: RFE/RL
28.02.2024
Azerbaijani, Armenian top diplomats meet in Berlin for peace talks

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan met in Berlin on Wednesday as part of peace talks between the two countries.

Source: Anadolu
23.02.2024
Pashinian says Armenia freezes membership in Russian-led security alliance

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has said his country has frozen its membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as Yerevan continues to distance itself from Moscow amid a souring of bilateral relations.

Source: RFE/RL