Author: Alex Jidarian

Pashinyan sees Armenia–Azerbaijan business ties as key to peace institutional

Alex Jidarian
Politics11:24, 20 April 2026
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Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has expressed confidence that business ties between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be established in the near future, which he described as one of the key means and tools for institutionalizing peace between the two countries.

Pashinyan made the statement while presenting the provision of the ruling Civil Contract party’s election program for 2026 on institutionalizing peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“The institutionalization of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan began in 2024 with the delimitation and demarcation of the state border in the Tavush region of the Republic of Armenia, followed by the signing and ratification of the regulation on the joint activities of the delimitation commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and continued in 2025 with the initialing of the Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the Washington Declaration on the principles of peace and the unblocking of transport infrastructure,” Pashinyan said, reading from the party program.

Commenting on this provision, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the ruling party is recording that the institutionalization of peace has in fact already begun.

“I also want to remind that it has a de jure binding legal basis. I am referring to the regulation on the joint activities of the State Border Delimitation Commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan, which were signed by the deputy prime ministers of the two countries, then underwent ratification procedures in both states, becoming an integral part of the legal systems of both countries. And it is stipulated in those regulations that Armenia and Azerbaijan accept that the basic principle for the delimitation process between the two countries is the Alma-Ata Declaration, which in turn means that the territory of independent Armenia is identical to the territory of Soviet Armenia, and the territory of independent Azerbaijan is identical to the territory of Soviet Azerbaijan,” the Prime Minister said.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also presented the priority steps that must be taken for the further institutionalization of peace.

“The priority steps for the further institutionalization of peace are the continuation of the delimitation process; the implementation of the TRIPP project in line with the content of the Washington Declaration of August 8, 2025, and the TRIPP Implementation Framework adopted by the Governments of Armenia and the United States on January 14, 2026, which will lead to the full unblocking of regional transport links; as well as the final signing and ratification of the initialed Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the subsequent implementation of the steps envisioned therein,” the Armenian Prime Minister said.

According to him, the listed steps for institutionalizing peace are not limited to those mentioned. Contacts between civil society and business community representatives, bilateral trade, and political, cultural, and humanitarian dialogue are important tools for institutionalizing peace, and the Civil Contract party will encourage and support the activation of these areas in the context of Armenia–Azerbaijan relations.

“I am pleased to note that some initiatives are already becoming a reality: bilateral trade between Armenia and Azerbaijan is developing in small steps, contacts between civil society representatives are already taking a concrete shape, and I hope and am convinced that business ties will also be established in the near future, which is one of the key means and tools for institutionalizing peace,” Pashinyan said.

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Verelq: Pashinyan’s labyrinthine nightmare

Alex Jidarian

Nikol Pashinyan first invented a lie about the “party of war” and then started “spoofing” in the opposition proportional lists in order to dig up a “war ideologue”.

Now, the main loser of Armenia claims, of course, without any basis or fact, that Andranik Tevanyan, number two on the PAP proportional list, is a “war ideologue”.

It doesn’t take much effort to catch Pashinyan in a lie. it takes great talent to find truth in his words.

But there is a serious psychological problem here. today’s pacifist Pashinyan is in an unequal battle with the pre-war “war shooter” Pashinyan. In this cruel transformation labyrinth, Pashinyan unsuccessfully referred to PAP and Tevanyan, perhaps not digesting the obvious fact that our team’s “Guaranteed Peace” model exposed his denial policy.

Alas, something very unfortunate happens when the one who imagines himself as “Tigran the Great” at the dawn of power does not even gravitate to the image of a helpless “Tsaran Vergo” at the sunset of power.

As for PAP, the interviews and speeches of Gagik Tsarukyan and all the speakers of our team are about guaranteed peace, closing the page of war irreversibly, overcoming poverty and sustainable development.


Political scientist Suren Surenyants




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“Free” medicine expires after the June 7 election

Alex Jidarian

“Hraparak” newspaper writes:


“In recent days, we have been receiving calls from citizens that they are being warned in hospitals and polyclinics that the mandatory health insurance system will be implemented on the principle of co-financing: 20 percent of the costs will be financed by the patients, 80 percent by the state.


There are doubts in the health care system that this is part of pre-election propaganda and will stop working after June 7, because it operates at the expense of the reserve fund, which will be exhausted. The Ministry of Health denied the news about the co-financing and the termination of the project.”

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The leader of a country of 90 million people who is proud of the war against the small Artsakh of 150,000 people

Alex Jidarian

April 17, 2026

Artak Zakaryan writes: “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that efforts towards peace in the South Caucasus should become an example for the whole world.

Yes, of course, after nine months of starving hundreds of thousands of Armenians who lived in their homeland for centuries, under the real threat of genocide, forced displacement, dispossession and depatriation, according to President Erdogan, is a “very good example” for the whole world.

At the beginning of the last century, the head of the country, which solved its problems with the genocide and deportation of one and a half million Armenians, and until today, with denial, has found a “good example of peace” for the world.

The President of Turkey has probably forgotten that very recently he himself announced “Just as we entered Libya and Karabakh, we can enter Israel as well. There’s nothing stopping us from doing that.”

This is how the leader of the country of 90 million people, proud of the war against the small Artsakh of 150,000 people, advises the world to take an example from the peace-making efforts implemented in the South Caucasus.

Let’s follow Mr. Erdogan and see how the world applies the example of the South Caucasus (by destroying all the rights of the people of Artsakh).

Having ignored the right to self-determination of the people of Artsakh and instead welcomed the results of Azerbaijan’s military aggression, after a long war, Ukraine will have to take into account the right to self-determination of the people of Donbass (even if it does not recognize it).

Iran also welcomed the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, which ignored the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group, conquered Artsakh by force and displaced the Armenians. No mention of the international right to self-determination. Now Iran complains that the US and Israel are violating international law and want to impose their demands by using military force.

If Mr. Erdogan is concerned about the issues of peace in Gaza, Lebanon and the entire region in general, then why was this pacifism not shown in any way when Armenians were living in Artsakh and fighting for their rights? With that pacifism, why doesn’t he urge Azerbaijan to withdraw its troops from the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia? Isn’t the question of returning the Armenians who are in Azerbaijani prisons with false trials to Armenia included in his peacemaking efforts?

After all, whose peace efforts in particular should become an example to the world? The weak and degraded attitude of Nikol Pashinyan’s government, the pre-election campaign to scare the people with war, or the Ilham Aliyev’s government’s demand for an unhindered “corridor” through the territory of Armenia and amendments to the RA constitution?

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How to defeat the Turkish Trojan horse?

Alex Jidarian

April 15, 2026

The Armenian people, the political elite of Armenia, the intelligentsia, the collective Armenians must defeat the Turkish Trojan horse.

The history of peoples is a history of ups and downs, victories and defeats.

This stage, in the personal history of our people and all of us, these last years are a period of defeat.

This is a very deep question that has many layers.

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The government deliberately distorts reality

Alex Jidarian

Someone expresses an opinion, naturally through the government, that the question is very simple: do we continue the conflict with the two neighbors or not?


A simple question arises. friend, Armenia had a conflict with a neighbor, that is Azerbaijan. Has Armenia been in conflict with Turkey? If not having diplomatic relations is a conflict, then Armenia has also been in conflict with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan since independence, because it has not had diplomatic relations with them either.


But not having diplomatic relations is a conflict only for those people who have no idea about the history and logic of international relations. And those people, having no idea, or having any idea, bet on people who have no ability and desire to think when listening to any public speech, to manipulate reality and subject it to electoral capitalization.


In the opposite case, it is possible to say that Armenia has or had a conflict with two neighbors only in case of a desire to manipulate the reality, or in the absence of adequate ideas about the logic of interstate relations.


There is and has never been an Armenian-Turkish conflict. It didn’t happen.


The lack of diplomatic relations between states, different opinions, different ideas and approaches are not CONFLICT. there are different approaches and opinions among many states of the world, but this does not mean that there is a conflict between them.


The same Turkey was on the verge of a military conflict with Greece just a few years ago, and to this day they have different, radically different approaches to the Mediterranean region, but this does not mean that there is a Greek-Turkish conflict.


Stop tricking and intimidating people.


Analyst Hakob Badalyan




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India thanks Armenia for facilitating evacuations of nationals from Iran

Alex Jidarian
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India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has thanked Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan for facilitating the evacuation of Indian nationals from neighboring Iran.

“Thank FM Ararat Mirzoyan and the Government of Armenia for facilitating the evacuation of Indian fishermen today from Iran, through Armenia to India,” Jaishankar said on X.

Earlier in March, Jaishankar again expressed gratitude to Armenia for facilitating evacuations. At that time, more than 550 Indian nationals had been evacuated from Iran via Armenia.

Since the outbreak of the war in Iran on Feb. 28, citizens of dozens of countries have been evacuated through Armenia.

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Syunik Airport in Armenia’s southeast moves toward international designation

Alex Jidarian
Armenia09:34, 2 April 2026
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NovAir has relaunched flights between Yerevan and the town of Kapan in Syunik following a temporary suspension due to maintenance of its L-410 Turbolet, currently the only aircraft in its fleet.

Armenpress spoke with NovAir CEO Karen Vardanyan, who also serves as the director of Syunik Airport in Kapan.

Syunik Airport is currently designated as a domestic airport. Following a recently approved investment program, the airport could begin serving international flights. If implemented, Syunik Airport would become Armenia’s third international airport, after Yerevan’s Zvartnots and Gyumri’s Shirak airports.

Asked to comment on the process, Vardanyan said that work is ongoing but did not provide further details.

Speaking about his airline’s flights, Vardanyan emphasized that in September 2025, when the company’s only aircraft reached 10 years of operation, it was transferred to Brno, Czech Republic, under a technical maintenance program, where it underwent full servicing. After the work was completed, the aircraft returned to Armenia on March 24 this year, and flights resumed shortly thereafter.

“Since September 3, 2025, flights had been suspended solely for technical safety reasons,” Vardanyan said.

He emphasized that NovAir complies with all necessary standards and requirements. Flights are carried out according to the approved schedule, fully adhering to international safety and technical maintenance standards.

“The program has been gradually expanded due to growing demand. In 2023, it was launched with two flights per week, then increased to three, and since April 2024 it has been operating five days a week—Monday through Friday. The flight departs from Yerevan at 10:00, and the return flight from Kapan is at 12:00. Ticket pricing follows a social approach. Despite the significantly higher actual cost, the one-way ticket price has not changed and remains 20,000 drams.

“Thus, the Kapan–Yerevan flight program, having overcome the temporary suspension, continues to operate, with the aim of expanding opportunities in the near future,” Vardanyan stated.

Addressing whether NovAir plans to acquire a second aircraft to avoid suspending flights during maintenance periods, Vardanyan said:

“Financial constraints do not currently allow for large-scale expansion of the program. At present, the airline does not have the capacity to acquire a second aircraft, but this issue could be reconsidered if state subsidies are provided,” he noted.

Speaking about the possibility of launching new routes from Kapan Airport, particularly flights to Gyumri, Vardanyan said it would depend on demand:

“The launch of new destinations depends on demand. For example, the possibility of a Kapan–Gyumri flight can be considered if there is sufficient demand,” he said.

The issue of granting Syunik Airport international status has previously been discussed at a Cabinet meeting.

Asked to comment, Vardanyan did not elaborate but said that “steps are being taken” to designate Syunik Airport as an international airport.

Armenpress also requested comment from Sona Harutyunyan, press secretary of Armenia’s Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. She said the issue of granting Syunik Airport international status is on the government’s agenda, without further elaboration.

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Iran has announced: we are going to the end, no ceasefire. Azerbaijan, after all,

Alex Jidarian

March: 29, 2026

Azerbaijan will eventually be dragged into the war against Iran if it continues, and if the Azerbaijanis are dragged into the war and they allow Iran to be struck from the territory of Azerbaijan, they will have to pay a heavy price.

This is the opinion expressed by a Norwegian political scientist, a professor at the University of Southeast Norway Glenn Dizeny with in the interview Brazilian political analyst and author Pepe Escobartalking about the double matches between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

According to Escobar, this is exactly what happened during last year’s 12-day war, but Iran did not take any retaliatory action, although it had all the evidence that the Israeli drones striking Iran’s territory were flying from Azerbaijan’s territory.

“If this happens again, Aliyev will be in serious trouble, to put it mildly. Let’s wait and see how the situation will develop. They think that this war does not concern them, but in the end, depending on the development of events, they may even benefit from this war, but for now, nothing is decided. In any case, I have received an invitation to participate in one of the conferences to be held in Baku, and I am going to accept it, because I would like to ask these questions to the people there, unless, of course, they throw me into prison,” added Pepe Escobar.

According to Glenn Diezen, many US presidents have avoided war with Iran because there were too many uncertain, unknown and uncontrollable factors, such as what would happen to Azerbaijan if it were drawn into the war. According to the Norwegian political scientist, it will change not only the European, but also the Eurasian geopolitical landscape.

“After decades of sanctions, threats and brokered attacks, Iran wants to settle all accounts and do it on its own terms. So, it was easy to start this war, but it will be very difficult to end it, because when everything is over, the world, it seems to me, will look completely different,” Dizen noted.

Pepe Escobar, for his part, added that one of Iran’s imperative demands is that there be no more sanctions against the Islamic Republic, but according to the Brazilian analyst, this is absolutely impossible, because the sanctions must be canceled by the US Congress, and this will never happen. The other demand, to pay reparations to Iran, is also extremely difficult to imagine the empire paying reparations or war fines to Iran.

“For the Iranians, it’s a matter of faith, it’s one of their three or four main points, among the demand to remove American military bases from West Asia, so the gap between the two sides is insurmountable, and there is no one who can act as a mediator. The only possible mediator could be Russia, and if we look at what Ushakov did not reveal about the telephone conversation between Trump and Putin, then there is no doubt that they touched on this topic. Putin could have told Trump. “Yes, I can be a mediator, all participants respect us.” The question is, do the Iranians want mediation? At the moment, we are hearing the same thing from the leadership of Iran, including Ayatollah Khamenei. “No, no ceasefire, no mediation. we go all the way.” This is what makes the situation so explosive,” added Pepe Escobar.

The Norwegian professor added, “this was a stupid war that should not have started in the first place.”

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The investigator did not allow the Catholicos to participate in the funeral of the Georgian Patriarch

Alex Jidarian

March: 21, 2026

Ara Zohrabyan writes: “ANOTHER ILLEGALITY THAT DAMAGES THE COUNTRY’S RATING

As you know, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilya II has died.

An invitation has been received from the Georgian Orthodox Church to attend and participate in the Holy Liturgy of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, which will take place on March 22 of this year.

At the time of this greatest sorrow of the fraternal people, it was proper that the Catholicos of All Armenians should participate in the upcoming sacred church ceremonies.

Due to the above, it was necessary to allow the Catholicos of All Armenians to go outside the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Georgia for a few days.

In this regard, I submitted a petition to the investigator.

Today I received the investigator’s decision to reject the petition.

I’m sorry, but this is another obviously illegal decision that will greatly damage the reputation of our country.”

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