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Armenia

Western co-chairs, Pashinyan, and Lavrov dispute Minsk Group status

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

After Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said France and the United States excluded Russia from the OSCE Minsk Group, the US denied his claims while Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called the comments ‘strange’. The US representatives in the Minsk Group stated on 28 June that the US and French counterparts ‘discussed the future of Nagorno-Karabakh’ though the ‘Russian Co-Chair did not accept the invitation’. ‘We look forward to the Minsk Group’s continuing work’, a tweet from t

Armenia

Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues for third day

by OC Media

•2 min read

Clashes on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan have continued for the third day, with the death toll reaching 15 people. Azerbaijan reported that seven more of its soldiers had died, bringing their losses to 10. A general — Major General Polad Hashimov — was among the dead. Armenia reported that four of its soldiers had been killed. The fighting broke out on Sunday afternoon between the Tavush Province of Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Tovuz District. Both sides blamed each other for sta

Activists dance in front of police a few hours after raids. (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)

Armenia

Pashinyan and Aliyev vow to reduce tensions after meeting in Tajikistan

by OC Media

•5 min read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have vowed to reduce tensions and set up a direct hotline between the two sides, after a meeting in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The meeting was the first public interaction between the two countries’ leaders after a recent change in power in Armenia. [Read on OC Media: Analysis | Heard but not seen: how women became the unrecognised architects of the Velvet Revolution] Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in a l