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High level U.S. talks with Europeans on ending the Russia-Ukraine war
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High level U.S. talks with Europeans on ending the Russia-Ukraine war

17 April 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, is travelling to Paris for talks with European allies on U.S. efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. The State Department said Rubio and Witkoff would be in the French capital Thursday for the meetings. The officials will have “talks with European counterparts to advance President Trump’s goal to end the Russia-Ukraine war and stop the bloodshed,” department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet during Antalya Diplomacy Forum
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Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet during Antalya Diplomacy Forum

15 April 2025
Armenia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov had an exchange about the pending peace agreement between the two countries during a high level diplomatic forum in Antalya. The two debated the current political situation in the region during a panel discussion titled “Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation in the South Caucasus” held during the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
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The Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency clears over 2000 hectares of landmines
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The Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency clears over 2000 hectares of landmines

15 April 2025
The Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) released a statement last week detailing demining operations that have been carried out from March 31 to April 6. Over the course of the week, 2000 hectares were demined, clearing 107 anti-personnel mines, 13 anti-tank mines, and 870 unexploded ordnances.
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Monday Commentary: “Germany is Back on Track” ……..and Europeans should be Happy about it!
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Monday Commentary: “Germany is Back on Track” ……..and Europeans should be Happy about it!

14 April 2025
On Wednesday (9 April) a new coalition government was announced in Germany bringing back a CDU chancellor working with the centre-left SPD as junior partners. It is an arrangement that Germans are familiar with. Many post-war German governments were similarly constituted, and the German people are comfortable with this arrangement. It buries the prospect of the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland  (AfD), which came second in recent elections, having a role in government. The 146 pages coalition agreement was hammered out in a relatively short time, with those negotiating fully aware of the urgency of giving the country a stable government at a time of global uncertainty and serious domestic challenges. “Germany is back on track” announced the Chancellor-designate, Friedrich Merz, who is expected to take office in early May. Europeans should be happy. A strong Germany is the backbone of Europe, and the new coalition is the best guarantee of that.
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Finnish President of the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly in trouble after meeting Russian representative
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Finnish President of the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly in trouble after meeting Russian representative

12 April 2025
The President of the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly, Finnish MP Pia Kauma (NCP), met with a Russian representative during the annual meeting of the organisation’s Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan drawing fire for violating the EU policy of isolating Russia after the invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
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LINKS Europe hosts inaugural Co-Chairs meeting of the Thematic Group on Peace and Security
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LINKS Europe hosts inaugural Co-Chairs meeting of the Thematic Group on Peace and Security

11 April 2025
The inaugural meeting of the two co-chairs of the thematic group on Peace and Security was hosted in The Hague by LINKS Europe in parallel with the Armenia-Azerbaijan Expert Political Dialogue Platform. During the meeting held on 2 April and chaired by LINKS Europe, Leonid Nersissian (Armenia) and Murad Muradov (Azerbaijan) discussed the work plan for the next nine months.
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EU greenlights first set of tariffs hitting back at US
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EU greenlights first set of tariffs hitting back at US

10 April 2025
The EU on Wednesday adopted its first measures hitting back at President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught, targeting more than 20 billion euros of US goods including soybeans, motorcycles and beauty products. The levies of up to 25 per cent are retaliation for US duties on steel and aluminium imposed last month - with Europe's response to Trump's latest tariffs salvo yet to be announced.
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The National Mine Action Coordination Platform commemorates the “International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance Mine Action”
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The National Mine Action Coordination Platform commemorates the “International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance Mine Action”

10 April 2025
On Thursday 3 April the “National Mine Action Coordination Platform,” in collaboration with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), held its annual workshop in Armenia to mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action observed globally on 4 April.
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