May 22, 2026
“For me, there is no question of enclaves, there is a question of the security of my country, the security of my people,” Arman Tatoyan, the prime ministerial candidate of the Unity Wings party, said about this in a conversation with journalists today, referring to the issue of enclaves, which is being actively discussed again these days.
He mentioned that for him the issue of enclaves does not exist. “There is no such question in me, I have the security of my country, the security of my people. I have been to all those places, Tavush marz, Tigranashen, many times, I know by heart what will happen there, if the government’s plan suddenly comes true and Azerbaijan occupies those so-called enclaves. We will have separate settlements.
For example, the station settlement, which is near the enclaves, passes by the buildings, shares the whole. The road going to Aygehovit, Vazashe will be closed completely, a full detour should be taken. We will have heights that will be occupied by the Azerbaijani armed forces and will control our villages. Without that, they are under the target, they will control people’s pastures, arable lands, grass floors, schools, houses, roads,” said Arman Tatoyan, continuing that there will be a total collapse of security. He noted that it is unnecessary to talk about gas pipes and Internet cables.
According to him, the government is deceiving and lying about the issue of Artsvashen.
“Nobody is giving up Artsvashen, but if you compare Artsvashen in terms of security and the territories that they intend to give to Azerbaijan, it is obvious from the speech, they are absolutely incomparable,” said Arman Tatoyan.
Details in the 168TV video.
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Russia Says Armenia Cannot ‘Dance At Two Weddings’
Moscow cannot accept the policy adopted by official Yerevan regarding membership in the Eurasian Economic Union, under which Armenia intends to retain membership until it succeeds in joining the European Union, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said after a meeting of a special Russian Security Council working group.
“Of course, Moscow cannot accept the line currently pursued by Armenia’s leadership, namely the policy of maintaining membership in the Eurasian Economic Union until, so to speak, transitioning to membership in the European Union. Such approaches cannot satisfy us; they are absolutely unacceptable for us,” he said, according to Sputnik Armenia.
Galuzin also recalled that Armenia signed the treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union as well as documents concerning the union’s further development through 2030 and 2045.
“It clearly states that Armenia, like the other members of the union, undertakes to fulfill the provisions of the treaty and to refrain from actions that could jeopardize or hinder Eurasian economic integration,” he said.
The Russian deputy foreign minister added that simultaneous membership in both unions is fundamentally impossible.
“It is impossible to be in two unions at the same time. As they say, Armenia cannot dance at two weddings simultaneously,” Galuzin added, according to RIA Novosti.
He also said that Armenia’s possible accession to the European Union is largely a populist slogan, which Brussels uses in relation to various countries. According to him, similar approaches were previously applied in the cases of Ukraine and Moldova and are now also being used toward Armenia.
During talks with Nikol Pashinyan on April 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that simultaneous participation in the customs unions of the European Union and the EEU is impossible. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov also said Armenia’s authorities are attempting to “sit on two chairs,” which harms the development of bilateral Russian-Armenian relations. On May 9, Putin proposed discussing Armenia’s EU-related plans during the upcoming Eurasian Economic Union summit.
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‘You have to be ready for war’: Legacy of limbo in Armenia after loss of Nago
May 17 2026
‘You have to be ready for war’: Legacy of limbo in Armenia after loss of Nagorno-Karabakh
A lightning quick offensive in 2023 saw Azerbaijan take control of the disputed region in a devastating blow to Armenia
There’s a thick smell of incense in the air. It’s a Sunday morning and grieving mothers and fathers are bringing fresh flowers to the graves of sons who were killed in Armenia’s 35-year conflict with Azerbaijan.
In Yerablur military cemetery, high above the Armenian capital city, Yerevan, the dates on the headstones chart a history of the fighting for the disputed mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Rows and rows of Armenian soldiers killed during the first war, which lasted from 1988 to 1994, are buried here one after the other.
Walk on a little farther and you begin to pass all the graves of the men who died during a 44-day war launched by Azerbaijan in 2020.
A final, lightning quick offensive from Azerbaijan in 2023 took control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a devastating blow to Armenia, which forced 100,000 ethnic Armenians living in the enclave to flee their homes, possibly never to return.
One mother, Albina, explains how her 19-year-old son was killed by a grenade in the second Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020. “This is my son,” she says, resting her hand on the tombstone and wiping away tears. He was the youngest of three boys. “Every day we come to Yerablur,” she says.
The long uphill road to the military cemetery is called the Alley of Glory. Nearly all the tombstones include large pictures of the deceased in military uniform. Some show the soldiers holding Kalashnikovs or other rifles.
There are a lot of young faces. Above them flutter Armenian flags flying from tall poles posted beside every second or third grave.
Two brothers, both born in 1994, are buried in one plot together. The first was killed in the 2020 war and the other in 2023.
Nearby a father slowly unpacks a red plastic shopping bag, taking out a brush to clean the grave of his son, a casualty in 2020. “Nineteen years old,” he says, shaking his head.
Lots of the graves have small stands where families can burn incense when they visit. The father pulls out a small blowtorch to light some, before he begins carefully cleaning the headstone.
A priest – Armenia is a predominantly Christian country – is leading a large group in prayer.
One elderly couple is tending to the grave of their son who was killed in the first war three decades ago. He was 25 years old.
His mother takes a trowel to a flower bed that borders the plot, while his father sweeps away stray leaves. They spend the entire afternoon here.
A landlocked country of about three million people, Armenia is bordered by oil-rich Azerbaijan to the east, and another old foe, Turkey, to the west.
It’s a cloudy day but you can still make out the snow on Mount Ararat, the huge mountain that dominates the southwestern skyline beyond the Armenian capital.
Symbolically important to Armenians, the mountain lies in present-day Turkey, a daily reminder of the country’s history as a small piece on the geopolitical chessboard of the South Caucasus.
The territory was ceded in a 1920 treaty negotiated by Moscow that settled the borders of the republic of Turkey and the three then-Soviet republics of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
When the Soviet Union began to break up, rising tensions between Armenian and Azerbaijani communities led to the first Nagorno-Karabakh war.
A push to unify Armenia and the large population of ethnic Armenians in the border region, internationally recognised as Azerbaijan, unleashed a surge in ethnic violence in the late 1980s that escalated into a vicious years-long conflict between the neighbouring countries.
Armenian forces successfully established control of the enclave and several surrounding Azerbaijan districts before Russia brokered a ceasefire in 1994.
Hundreds of thousands of Armenians and Azerbaijanis were displaced from their homes, and forces on both sides were accused of committing atrocities and massacres.
Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh set up a self-declared breakaway republic, Artsakh, which governed the enclave until 2023.
The uneasy ceasefire was tested at times by clashes and skirmishes, including four days of fighting in 2016, until an attack by Azerbaijan in September 2020 saw the resumption of full-scale hostilities.
“In 2020, when the war started, we had our place in the line and we went there,” says Harut Mnatsakanyan (33), who fought in a local unit assisting the Armenian army, alongside his older brother.
“I was born in 1992 during the first Artsakh war, so all my father’s generation was fighting,” he says. “I was married in 2016 and in 2020 I had two children when they started the war,” he says.
Mnatsakanyan, a political science graduate, had worked as a senior official in a regional province in the unrecognised Artsakh administration.
When he was 18 he completed two years of mandatory military service so he knew how to fight.
His unit was initially posted to a northern part of the front line, but was soon redeployed to the Shushi region where the fighting was heavier. “It was the most difficult part of the war,” he explains. “We did what we needed to do.”
Azerbaijan, with the support of Turkey, utilised a technological advantage on the battlefield to devastating effect, deploying waves of killer drones to push Armenian and local Artsakh forces backwards and reclaim a lot of territory lost in 1992.
“We lost people, too many,” Mnatsakanyan says. “I lost my own brother.”
His brother, Gurgen, had left cover to help two wounded Armenian soldiers. “After five minutes he hadn’t come back,” Mnatsakanyan recalls.
So he went out after him. He found his brother, shot in the side, near the two other soldiers he had run out to help.
“It was a difficult position, so nobody, and especially not an ambulance, could come,” he says. “I say: it’s my own brother. I have to save him.
“He couldn’t breathe, the blood was coming into his lungs … I could not stop the bleeding. So I dragged him, something like 800 metres, maybe one kilometre”.
Mnatsakanyan managed to help his brother into the back of a military jeep. “Before we got him to the hospital we lost him. He was 30 years old, married with two children,” he says. “We lost many people that day.
“It’s not a time to cry, it’s no time for emotion, or to grieve. You have to fight for you, for your country and for your friends,” he says.
After Azeri forces captured the strategically important city of Shushi, a ceasefire was negotiated by Russia, which committed to station peacekeepers in the region to guarantee the truce.
On the final day of the war Mnatsakanyan’s unit captured two Azerbaijani troops. “The other soldiers wanted to kill them, but we didn’t let them, because I think that you have the time for war, and also we have the time for life, for peace,” he says.
When he returned home after the war, the grief properly hit. “You don’t understand many things in the moment,” he says.
He thinks about his brother’s children who had lost their father and feels responsible. “I called him and asked him to join our group … My mother tells me that he’s your big brother and it was his decision to fight,” he says.
“Every day of course you remember him. I remember when I was small and he’d take me on his bicycle and go around our home, how we would swim together, play together. There’s not a day when it isn’t difficult,” Mnatsakanyan says.
“We cannot take flowers to his grave, his body is buried in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
In September 2023, after blocking off a land route bringing supplies from Armenia to the enclave, Azerbaijan launched another attack.
The offensive swept across the region, forcing the surrender and collapse of the Artsakh administration in a matter of days. The entire population of 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled, turning entire cities and villages into ghost towns.
“It is very painful,” says Irina Arakelyan, a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh who has settled in Yerevan.
It was difficult to come to terms with the reality she might never be able to go back. “Accepting that fact, it would mean death,” she says.
A cultural centre in Yerevan run by an artist, Lilit Melikyan, turned into a muster point for arriving refugees.
Sitting in a workshop filled with traditional Armenian dresses, scarves and ceramic pots, Melikyan says the small centre had opened its doors to an earlier wave of refugees during the 2020 war. “There were a lot of people fleeing Artsakh overnight, 170 families appeared at the door asking, asking for help,” she says.
Volunteers collected and sorted donations of clothes for the women and children. “All these people … They were in their slippers and pyjamas,” she says.
A call went out across Armenia’s huge diaspora network in Russia, Europe and elsewhere asking relatives and friends to donate what funds they could to help.
The centre put on classes teaching embroidery, design, knitting and craftwork. “I’ll give you clothes or food [and] it’s enough for you for a day or two, but when you are given a skill it provides a way for you to make a living,” she says.
The vast majority of the previous wave of refugees had returned to Nagorno-Karabakh when the 2020 ceasefire bedded down.
But Melikyan realised after Azerbaijan’s absolute victory in 2023, there was little prospect of the hundred thousand displaced refugees seeing their homes again.
“We provided accommodation for families and then immediately, from the next day we started offering training,” she says. “We understood there will be no way back.”
“I don’t see any possibility of return,” says Tigran Grigoryan, who runs the Regional Center for Democracy and Security think tank.
“I think most of them do understand that it’s not possible to go back … The only realistic and reasonable scenario is to help people integrate in Armenia,” he says.
Speaking from a small basement office in Yerevan, Grigoryan, who is from Nagorno-Karabakh himself, describes the current truce as a “victor’s peace” weighted to favour Azerbaijan.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine created a “power vacuum” in the South Caucasus that Azerbaijan successfully took advantage of, he says.
Grigoryan, who served on Armenia’s national security council, says the failure of Russian peacekeepers to intervene during the 2023 offensive did lasting damage to ordinary Armenians’ trust in Russia, their old ally. “Azerbaijan chose the timing very, very well,” he says.
Since then things have shifted towards diplomatic and political channels.
Last August there was a real breakthrough that optimists hoped might finally draw a line under the 35-year conflict and normalise Armenia’s relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s authoritarian president Ilham Aliyev signed a joint declaration in the White House, at the urging of US president Donald Trump, billed as a precursor to a peace agreement.
“Nine months later, few are as happy,” says Benyamin Poghosyan, a senior researcher at the Applied Policy Research Institute in Armenia. The two countries had entered a sort of “no peace, no war” holding pattern, he says.
Azerbaijan wants Armenia to make certain changes to its constitution before Baku signs a peace deal.
Pashinyan appears willing to make constitutional amendments, though that hinges on him returning to government with a large majority following elections next month.
“If I would go to Las Vegas and bet, I would bet that probably this ‘no war, no peace’ situation will continue at least for one, two years probably,” Poghosyan says.
“There will be no peace agreement signed and ratified, probably there will be no border openings between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Armenia and Turkey,” he says. That would leave things in a precarious, perhaps volatile, situation, says the analyst.
Below all that high politics, Mnatsakanyan is trying to build a new life in Yerevan with his wife and four young daughters.
“The two big sisters, they remember Artsakh,” he says. “I don’t want to traumatise them, but when they ask something, we show and tell them,” the former soldier says.
What does he think about the chances for a peace that lasts? “We can resolve the problem without war, but I think you have to be ready for the war, if you want the peace, you have to be ready for war”.
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Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals – 13-05-
The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 13 May, USD exchange rate up by 0.01 drams to 368.63 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 0.98 drams to 431.78 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.0339 drams to 5.0126 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 0.91 drams to 497.91 drams.
The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.
Gold price down by 600 drams to 55447 drams. Silver price up by 38.43 drams to 991.28 drams.
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Joint Declaration on Strategic Dialogue raises Armenia-Croatia relations to ne
Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, State Secretary for Europe at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, considers the signing of the Joint Declaration on Strategic Dialogue between Armenia and Croatia a significant development in bilateral relations.
She said the declaration would elevate relations between the two countries to a new level of cooperation across a number of areas.
Metelko-Zgombić made the remarks in an interview with Armenpress on the sidelines of the Yerevan Dialogue 2026 forum.
During the interview, she also touched upon the current state and prospects of Armenia-Croatia relations, Zagreb’s views on the expansion of Armenia-European Union ties, as well as the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus, particularly the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization process.
The Croatian official described the initialing of the peace agreement between Yerevan and Baku as a historic achievement not only for the two countries, but also for the wider region.
Armenia-Croatia bilateral relations
I am happy to say that the Croatian-Armenian relations have been intensifying at the political level in recent years. Armenia’s closer relationship with the EU, including the upgraded EU and Armenia Strategic Partnership Agenda, also provides an important framework for expanding cooperation.
I held very productive political consultations in Yerevan last November and I can attest significant interest in further strengthening our political and economic ties, including in the technological and defense industries, the agri-food industry, as well as cultural and scientific cooperation. An important area of interest is Croatia’s experience with EU integration processes, transfer of knowledge and experience in implementing reforms.
Croatia’s EU accession experience represents a credible and recent success story, making us a trusted partner. Since its entry into the EU in 2013, Croatia has demonstrated a strong political commitment to sharing know-how, supporting 13 partner countries through over 1.000 technical assistance activities and 53 Twinning projects.
I am glad to be able to share that the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia, along with their Slovenian partner, was selected for a Twinning project with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia. This joint health project marks a milestone as the first structured cooperation of this kind between Croatia and Armenia. This project goes beyond technical assistance, it represents a strategic partnership built on shared values, solidarity, inclusiveness and commitment to accessible public services.
Another area in which Croatia is ready to share its experience is demining. The EU’s Eastern Neighborhood is one of the priorities of the Croatian development policy. Our focus is on technical assistance through sharing of national experience and expertise in post-war stabilization and recovery (especially humanitarian demining) and socio-economic and democratic transition. I am especially pleased to hear that the Armenian Centre for Demining and Expertise (ACHDE), following a successful EU tender process, has selected robotic demining systems from the Croatian company DOK-ING. I am confident that this project will significantly increase safety and security of local communities affected by explosive remnants of war and further contribute to confidence-building efforts in the region.
At the same time, we are also keen to draw on Armenia’s expertise. During my last-year’s visit to Yerevan, I was thrilled to visit Armenia’s TUMO center, which left quite an impression on me. TUMO presents a cutting-edge blend of creativity and technology in digital skill education and we would like to bring this innovative youth program to Croatia as well. I must say this is a project I am personally invested in.
Let us not forget the centuries old historic, cultural and spiritual ties shared by Croatia and Armenia. We have a common saint – Saint Blaise, a patron saint of Dubrovnik as of 10th century, who is of Armenian origin. As well as Josip Marinović who wrote the first history of Armenians in the West already in 18th century.
The Joint Declaration on Strategic Dialogue between Croatia and Armenia was signed during the Croatian prime minister’s visit to Yerevan to participate in the 8th Summit of the European Political Community Summit.
The signing of the Joint Declaration on Strategic Dialogue between Croatia and Armenia by Prime Minister Plenković and Prime Minister Pashinyan represents a milestone in our bilateral relations. I am certain it will bring our relations to a new level of cooperation in a number of fields (regional and international cooperation, security, defense and justice, economy and infrastructure, industry, energy, education, science, culture and tourism).
This includes cooperation in projects of regional and international trade and transport connectivity, specifically through support to each other’s connectivity projects, such as Armenia’s “Crossroads of Peace” initiative.
I believe the Joint Declaration also reflects Croatia’s and Armenia’s concerns, as small countries with rich yet vulnerable ecosystems, when it comes to addressing climate change challenges. The Joint Declaration calls for collaboration on implementing Sustainable Development Goals, promoting innovation and technological advances, and transition to a green economy, as well as cooperation in the field of energy, particularly on renewable energy projects.
When it comes to cooperation on sustainable food and agriculture systems, direct contact has been established between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia and the Armenian side with a focus on cooperation in the field of smart farming and improving trade. We see significant potential in this area. Finally, this Declaration marks a key step in advancing our political dialogue, deepening sectorial cooperation and setting out a forward-looking bilateral agenda.
The 8th Summit of the European Political Community in Armenia
European Political Community is an excellent format to address the challenges we are facing in Europe today as they do not recognize borders and require broad pan-European coordination. Croatia has supported this forum since the very beginning, as a unique platform for dialogue and cooperation.
The topics of yesterday’s European Political Community summit are extremely relevant – strengthening connectivity and reinforcing democratic resilience.
The South Caucasus, including Armenia, is a vital trade hub that has the potential to improve economic connectivity between Europe and Asia through the so-called Middle Corridor. Connectivity is no longer just about infrastructure. It is about security, resilience and Europe’s long-term competitiveness. The war in Ukraine has already shown how disruptions to energy, transport and supply chains affect Europe’s security and resilience and recent developments in the Middle East have further highlighted the vulnerability of key energy and trade routes.
For Croatia, connectivity is a strategic reality. Croatia’s geostrategic position offers one of the shortest maritime routes between Europe and Asia. Our goal is to leverage this position in order to enhance the overall standing of our wider region within Europe and on the global stage. In this context, Croatia hosted the Three Seas Initiative summit last week. The aim is to connect the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas in order to improve our connectivity. Our approach is guided by the principle that connectivity must strengthen resilience – economically, energetically and politically. It is also a matter of deterrence and military mobility, shaping our ability to act and respond in times of crisis.
Croatia’s support to Armenia – EU partnership
Let me congratulate Armenia on hosting the first-ever EU–Armenia summit, which is a historic step that reflects how much our relationship has deepened, grounded in shared values, mutual interests, and respect for a rules-based international order.
The EU’s engagement focuses on strengthening Armenia’s democratic and economic resilience, supporting peace and normalization in the region, and enhancing connectivity to unlock security and economic benefits for Armenia, the region, and the EU.
In this context, the EU has adopted the 270 million euros Resilience and Growth Plan for 2024–2027 as well as the Strategic Partnership Programme, alongside a Visa Liberalisation Plan.
Our cooperation already brings tangible security, economic and societal benefits. The EU has deployed the civilian EUMA mission to strengthen border security, stability and resilience against hybrid threats. The recently announced establishment of the new EU Partnership Mission will further enhance Armenia’s democratic resilience and crisis management abilities. The EU actively supports peace and normalization with neighbouring countries through programmes for economic development, connectivity, cross-border cooperation and building confidence. The assistance also includes demining support, including equipment from Croatia’s renowned company DOK-ING as well as aid to displaced Karabakh Armenians, with Croatia contributing 250,000 euros. Through the Resilience and Growth Plan, the EU is further advancing democratic reforms, investment in energy and transport, and private sector development. The EU-Armenia landmark visa liberalisation dialogue, provided Armenia’s continued progress in meeting benchmarks, should lead to a visa-free travel for Armenian citizens.
Armenia also plays a key role in regional connectivity, particularly through the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor, which is both an opportunity and a necessity for the region and the EU, as confirmed by the launch of the EU-Armenia Connectivity Partnership. By investing in connectivity, we are enhancing stability. The EU investments in transport, energy, and digital links are helping create jobs, boost trade, and strengthen resilience.
Croatia strongly welcomes the intensification of EU–Armenia relations, as demonstrated by the outcomes of this summit. EU support is especially important in strengthening Armenia’s resilience to foreign interference and safeguarding democratic progress. Upcoming parliamentary elections will carry not only domestic importance but also wider geopolitical significance for the South Caucasus.
Croatia’s position on the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process
Croatia welcomes the significant steps taken by Yerevan and Baku toward normalizing relations, including the agreements signed in Washington last August and the initialling of the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace treaty. This represents a historic achievement not only for both countries but also for the wider region. In this context, the gradual normalization of relations with Türkiye, including the swift opening of borders, is crucial for regional stability.
We encourage both Armenia and Azerbaijan to ensure the timely implementation of agreed steps, particularly the signing and ratification of the peace treaty. The EU, together with international partners, has long supported both sides in fostering conditions for lasting peace and will continue to do so. In particular, we welcome civil society contacts as an essential component for achieving sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and for advancing confidence-building measures.
Drawing on its post-war experience in stabilisation and recovery, border demarcation and delimitation, and demining as mentioned above, Croatia stands ready to offer its expertise and support to Armenia upon request.
We also emphasize the importance of enhancing regional connectivity and unblocking trade routes, which can deliver tangible benefits for all populations in the South Caucasus. The EU is advancing these goals through initiatives such as the Global Gateway strategy and the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor, in close coordination with partners. In this regard, Armenia’s “Crossroads of Peace” initiative aligns well with the EU objectives by contributing to regional cooperation and connectivity.
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Save “Erablur” from desecration. the only tip for June 7
May7, 2026
The summit of the European Community, which was more like a political version of “Eurovision”, finally recorded that the CP government fulfilled the slogan “Shutdown for salvation” promised five years ago.
In the parliamentary elections of 2021, on that principle, the CP promised to realize the right of self-determination of Artsakh. Two days ago, however, in Yerevan, the principle of “Shutdown for the sake of salvation” was applied to the government of Nikol Pashinyan and CP. They finally and completely separated themselves from everything Armenian for the sake of saving their power. In the capital of the Republic of Armenia, accompanied by the hanging ears of those occupying the nominal power of the Republic of Armenia and in the conditions of calf delight, Ilham Aliyev announced remotely that Azerbaijan has eliminated “separatism” in Artsakh and is now “carrying out justice for war criminals” towards”.
Not only did the listeners in the capital of the Republic of Armenia not oppose this statement in any way, but the chief among the listeners thanked him like a slave number one.
That thanks was the thanks of the Republic of Armenia for those gathered in that hall and all the followers from the world, because no matter how occupied and authoritarian the government is, the speech of its representative for others is the speech of the whole society and the state.
Thanking Aliyev for “liberating Artsakh from the separatists” and for judging Artsakh’s military-political leadership as “war criminals”, Nikol Pashinyan treated the Armenian public like his most ardent manclave, a paragon of one of our Diaspora Armenian compatriots.
He spat in the face of the Armenian society tortured by police gangs in the same way that the other one spat in the face of a person held hostage by his own bodyguards.
From that statement, after thanking Aliyev on behalf of the Armenian people for humiliating the Armenian people, those same Armenian people have one, only one chance to apply the same “Disconnect for Salvation” principle to their own lives and the remnants of their own state.
The June 7 election is no longer an election to form a government. It is an election about determining the nationality of the government. In any case, the preservation of the power of the CP in any format will mean that starting from June 8, an authority subordinate to Azerbaijan will be officially established in Armenia.
Next, it will not be limited only to gratitude for the humiliations of Azerbaijan, but also here in Armenia, it will judge the participants of all the past wars.
At the moment, it sounds diabolical, but one day that government will also defile “Yerablur”, where the heroes of the Armenian people rest, who, however, turned into “separatists” and “war criminals” after the thanks two days ago.
Allowing the reproduction of the CP’s power means giving a green light to the desecration of “Yerablur”.
All oppositionists have exactly one month to convey this reality to the public. Otherwise, in the foreseeable future, most of the Armenian people will have to personally apply the principle of “Disconnect for the sake of salvation” by separating from their own country in order to save their lives.
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Pashinyan, Macron sign declaration on Armenia–France strategic partnership
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Emmanuel Macron signed a joint declaration on Tuesday establishing a strategic partnership between Armenia and France.
The signing took place during Macron’s state visit to Armenia, following the French leader’s meeting with Pashinyan.
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Ankara is ready to open the border with Armenia after technical procedures
The process of opening the border between the two countries is in the final stage of technical preparation, and the political decision to regulate relations has already been made. This was announced by Serdar Kılıç, Turkey’s special representative for relations with Armenia.
According to him, the issue of opening the border was agreed upon earlier. “We have already made a decision that when the right time comes and the formalities are completed, we will open the border,” Kilic noted.
He clarified that infrastructural preparations are almost complete, but technical and administrative procedures remain, including the appointment of personnel at checkpoints, connection of communications and other organizational issues.
“The construction works are almost finished, but it is necessary to complete the formalities. It is necessary to appoint people, ensure the Internet connection and solve a number of technical problems,” he explained.
Answering the question about possible political obstacles, Kılıç emphasized that Turkey expressed its political will for settlement as early as August 2022. According to him, the current difficulties are exclusively technical and bureaucratic in nature.
Along with that, he refused to predict the exact dates of the opening of the border, noting that he does not want to mislead about the specific dates.
During the conversation, the special representative also shared his impressions of his stay in Armenia, pointing out the warm welcome and atmosphere. “I feel at home here. And it’s not a joke,” he said.
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Armenian Speaker meets president of Belgian Chamber of Representatives
Armenian Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan held a meeting with the President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, Peter De Roover.
“I expressed my gratitude to my colleague for being in our country during these important days for Armenia and for taking part in the ongoing events,” Simonyan said on social media.
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EPC Summit in Yerevan could be historic for international peace, says Pashinya
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in his opening remarks at the 8th European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, spoke about relations between Yerevan and Baku, the unblocking of regional connections, as well as prospects for international peace.
He said that the Yerevan summit could become historic for international peace and stability.
He highlighted the U.S.-brokered Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal initialed in 2025 in Washington, D.C., and noted that the parties are currently moving ahead with the implementation of the TRIPP project.
“And now we are on the way to implement a very important project, Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, which will contribute to peace by unblocking regional routes and creating new international routes from east to west, from south to north, tremendously contributing to international supply chain stability.
Dear friends, now we have peace with Azerbaijan. It is already two years that we have had no casualties as a result of shootings with Azerbaijan, and these are unprecedented years since our independence. Now we are working closely with Azerbaijan to strengthen and institutionalize the peace of our two countries. And this is the first time when the President of Azerbaijan is participating in an event taking place in Armenia, although online. But hopefully I will have the opportunity to visit Azerbaijan in 2028 for the EPC 10th Summit. Armenia and Azerbaijan, by the way, reciprocally supported each other’s candidacy to host EPC summits,” PM Pashinyan said.
He highlighted the importance of the EPC Summit globally, given the existing challenges, from Ukraine to the Middle East.
“Of course, this summit is important for international context as well, especially now that the world faces growing multiple challenges, from Ukraine to the Middle East. I dare to hope that as a result of our discussions and decisions, this summit could become historic for international peace and stability as well. And I wish us success and persistence to achieve this goal, not necessarily in Yerevan, but hopefully in the near future,” Pashinyan said, declaring the 8th Summit of the European Political Community open and wishing everyone productive, substantive, and forward-looking discussions.
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