The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was on the agenda of newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reported by the U.S. State Department on Thursday.

Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan has expressed concern over the latest statements made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev regarding Armenia. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Grigoryan reaffirmed Armenia's commitment to the peace agenda, noting that Yerevan was awaiting a response to its latest peace proposals to Baku.

At a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Moscow, Lavrov said the Kremlin was ready to assist in the normalisation of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations. View on euronews

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday that his government was approaching the sham trials of former Artsakh leaders in Baku with caution, despite what he called the “disturbing scenes” he had observed the proceedings.

Ruben Vardanyan, a billionaire former banker and ex-official in Nagorno-Karabakh, is facing trial in Azerbaijan amidst accusations of terrorism. His case has sparked controversy, with his counsel labeling it as a political show trial.

The Armenian parliament is ready to consider the draft law on joining the European Union in the first half of February, the country's legislative body told Izvestia. The government approved the document on January 9.

Armenia must be able to independently control its borders, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan, adding that this responsibility has historically been handled by a third party.

The EU's decision to expand its mission in Armenia to 2025 has a geopolitical context. Brussels, hiding behind peacekeeping rhetoric, is turning this mission into an instrument of military and political pressure. The South Caucasus is becoming yet another arena where the interests of global and regional players collide.

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev’s surprise rhetorical attack on Armenia is raising doubts that a peace deal between Baku and Yerevan can be reached anytime soon. Both sides in recent months had given indications that the peace process was making progress ...

Lavrov responded that while Moscow has strategic partnerships and allied relationships with Armenia as well as with Azerbaijan it has a “vested interest” in seeing Armenia and Azerbaijan normalize their relations.

Armenia has submitted its proposals on a peace treaty to the Azerbaijani side and is awaiting a response from official Baku, said Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the Armenian Security Council, on Thursday.

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Member of Parliament from the "I Have Honor" faction, Tigran Abrahamyan, commenting on the ongoing trials of former political and military leaders of Artsakh in Baku ...