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Regional * Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has called Azerbaijan’s steps to provide Nagorno-Karabakh refugees with the opportunity to return ‘constructive’. She emphasised that if refugees ‘are interested in preserving their homes, native places, perhaps they should take advantage of’ said opportunity provided by Azerbaijan. She also told a journalist to ask Armenian representatives if anything has been done ‘to facilitate the return of people’. * During the same briefi

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Wednesday, 16 October 2024

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Regional * The foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, and Russia will meet in Istanbul on 18 October. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated that Georgia refused to attend the meeting, whose format was originally created to include it as well.  * Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has reiterated Kazakhstan’s readiness to continue providing a platform for the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace talks. * US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller has stated that the US

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Tuesday, 15 October 2024

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Regional * Abkhazia’s Foreign Ministry has responded to the ‘Cooperation with Georgia’ resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on 11 October. ‘We are forced to state that the latest resolution […] significantly distorts the real picture on the ground and is absolutely politicised and biassed’, the statement read. They added that in order to objectively present the situation in Abkhazia, it is necessary to give Abkhazian representatives the opportunity to participate in UN sessions.

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Monday, 14 October 2024

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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport on Saturday to get acquainted with the activities carried out by the Border Guard Service there. Armenian border guards have been carrying out solo duties since 1 August, following an agreement to withdraw the Russian border guards. * That same day, Pashinyan spoke at a conference on the Crossroads of Peace project. He claimed that Azerbaijan wants the roads of Armenia ‘to be usable for itself, but at th

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