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Armenia’s parliament ratified a U.S. framework for a transit route linking mainland Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, 63 to 32, with Washington holding 74 percent of the development company and Yerevan keeping legal control on paper.
Reports claim that Russian lab worker may have caused community transmission of deadly pulmonary variant of Yersinia pestis.
Pashinyan tells the National Assembly Armenia never asked Russia to leave — and is ready to discuss the base’s future. But the base is not vital, either. A masterclass in South Caucasus ambiguity.
The 26th SCO Summit opens in Bishkek with Putin, Xi, Modi, and Iran’s Pezeshkian among attendees as the U.S.-Iran war and the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline dominate bilateral agendas.
Pashinyan is remaking Armenia in Brussels’ image — burying Nagorno-Karabakh, attacking the Armenian Apostolic Church, removing Mount Ararat from the passport, and trading seventeen centuries of Christian civilization for an EU membership application that may never come.
Georgia has officially declined to join the latest EU sanctions against Iran, citing national interests — a striking break from Brussels even as Tbilisi pursues EU candidate status.
Armenia quietly removed Mount Ağrı (Ararat) from its passport border stamps last November. The image is one of a centuries old Armenian heritage, central to Armenia’s Christian history and culture.
Patriarch Ilia was regarded as the father of his country.