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Pashinyan welcomes EAEU leaders for Yerevan summit

1 October 2019

President Putin of Russia, President Rouhani of Iran and the prime minister of Singapore are among those attending the summit

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New publication highlights human rights issues in Europe's conflict regions

30 September 2019

A new publication from the Foreign Policy Centre and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee brings together different points of view on how to deal with the unrecognised entities in the European Union's neighbourhood

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Georgian politicians divided over meeting between Russian and Georgian foreign ministers, but EU welcomes the dialogue

28 September 2019

Sergei Lavrov and Davit Zalkeliani met in New York on Thursday in a meeting mediated by the Swiss government

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Minsk Group co-Chairs issue statement after meeting with Armenian and Azerbaijani Ministers

26 September 2019

"The Co-Chairs and the Ministers continued their discussion of additional measures to reduce tensions and sustain an atmosphere conducive to peace and favorable to substantive talks", a statement posted on the OSCE website said.

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Armenia holds large scale "strategic" military manoeuvres

25 September 2019

The Defence Ministry told the Armenian media that heavy military equipment is involved in the exercises. It is understood that military elements in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone are also involved in the manoevres.

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Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers hold meeting in New York

25 September 2019

The foreign ministries of the two countries issued short statements informing about the meeting but giving little detail

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Pessimism and incidents ahead of Karabakh talks

24 September 2019

Ahead of a scheduled meeting of the Ministers of foreign affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan in New York an incident leaves one Azerbaijani soldier killed with the two sides giving contradictory accounts of what happened.

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Opinion: Gulf tensions may spill over into the Caucasus

23 September 2019

Benyamin Poghosyan discusses recent events in the Gulf, and says that neighbouring countries are concerned about the implications of a military confrontation. For Armenia the crisis comes on top of other foreign policy challenges.

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South Caucasus

Armenia celebrates independence day

22 September 2019

Most of the festivities were this year held outside Yerevan, in the city of Gyumri. The main event saw 13 citizens being awarded the title "Hero of our times".

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Pashinyan welcomes EAEU leaders for Yerevan summit

New publication highlights human rights issues in Europe's conflict regions

Georgian politicians divided over meeting between Russian and Georgian foreign ministers, but EU welcomes the dialogue

Minsk Group co-Chairs issue statement after meeting with Armenian and Azerbaijani Ministers

Armenia holds large scale "strategic" military manoeuvres

Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers hold meeting in New York

Pessimism and incidents ahead of Karabakh talks

Opinion: Gulf tensions may spill over into the Caucasus

Armenia celebrates independence day