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US Secretary of State on historic visit to Belarus

1 February 2020

Pompeo is the most senior visitor from the US to visit Minsk in twenty-five years. He was given a warm welcome by President Lukashenko before the two had a two hour meeting

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Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Geneva

31 January 2020

A meeting between the Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov was held in Geneva on 28-30 January with the facilitation of the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group.

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Thousands of Russian troops participate in military exercises in Armenia

30 January 2020

The exercises involve about 2,000 troops and more than 500 motor and armored vehicles, according to a statement from Russia's Southern Military District at Rostov-on-Don

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Opinion: Will Putin allow Belarus to play a balancing act?

28 January 2020

With Pompeo due in Minsk this week, and the Belarus presidential elections on the horizon, Moscow and Minsk have some difficult decisions to take. Benyamin Poghosyan discusses the state of Russia-Belarus relations in this op-ed for commonspace.eu

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Monday Commentary: The world is on a military spending spree

27 January 2020

It is easy to succumb to the pressures of the arms lobby and to rush into a military spending spree without understanding that there are still alternatives to this, and that these alternatives have not yet been exhausted, argues Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary on commonspace.eu

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Pashinyan speaks of the Karabakh legacy he inherited from Serzh Sargsyan

26 January 2020

The prime minister said that the opposition was often accusing him of squandering the "Sargsyan legacy" on Karabakh. He said he now wanted those contesting the forthcoming presidential elections in Karabakh to declare publicly if they supported this legacy or not.

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Merkel in Turkey for talks with Erdogan

24 January 2020

The German Chancellor joined the Turkish president on Friday morning for the official opening of the new German-Turkish University in Istanbul. The two leaders were expected to hold talks later on a range of regional and international issues.

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Mnatsakanyan: "The process of preparing Armenian and Azerbaijani societies for peace is extremely important"

23 January 2020

Answering in parliament to a question by MP Sos Avetisyan, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said that Armenia has no desire to avoid meetings with the Azerbaijani side

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Armenian parliament adopts an opposition proposal to increase punishment for those who incite soldiers to commit suicide

22 January 2020

The bill was proposed by Prosperous Armenia party lawmakers Naira Zohrabyan, Vahe Enfiajyan, Shake Isayan and Arman Abovyan.

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US Secretary of State on historic visit to Belarus

Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Geneva

Thousands of Russian troops participate in military exercises in Armenia

Opinion: Will Putin allow Belarus to play a balancing act?

Monday Commentary: The world is on a military spending spree

Pashinyan speaks of the Karabakh legacy he inherited from Serzh Sargsyan

Merkel in Turkey for talks with Erdogan

Mnatsakanyan: "The process of preparing Armenian and Azerbaijani societies for peace is extremely important"

Armenian parliament adopts an opposition proposal to increase punishment for those who incite soldiers to commit suicide