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EU and US make a generous financial pledge to Armenia as they affirm their support for its sovereignty, democracy, territorial integrity, and socio-economic resilience

EU and US make a generous financial pledge to Armenia as they affirm their support for its sovereignty, democracy, territorial integrity, and socio-economic resilience

The European Union and the United States have made a generous financial pledge to Armenia and reaffirmed their support for its sovereignty, democracy, territorial integrity, and socio-economic resilience. President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative/Vice-President, Josep Borrell, Secretary of State of the United States of America, Antony Blinken, USAID Administrator Samantha Power, and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, met today, April 5, 2024 in Brussels to reaffirm support for Armenia's sovereignty, democracy, territorial integrity, and socio-economic resilience. The statement concluded by saying that "A prosperous, sovereign, and democratic Armenia that develops its own partnerships and freely sets its own course will contribute to regional stability and prosperity."

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Opinion: Pashinyan's timely visit to Georgia

Opinion: Pashinyan's timely visit to Georgia

Armenian-Georgian relations are friendly, regardless of some tensions under the surface. During his visit to Georgia this week Nikol Pashinyan should focus on pragmatic issues related to transport corridors, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.
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Monday Commentary: The 1918 republics in the South Caucasus lit a beacon which has never been extinguished since

Monday Commentary: The 1918 republics in the South Caucasus lit a beacon which has never been extinguished since

The festivities marking the centennial of the first republics in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia were well deserved, and not without present-day significance, for regardless of the managed narratives the powerful messages from a hundred years ago still resonate throughout the region, argues Dennis Sammut.