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Russian border guards are set to withdraw from their positions in Armenia's Tavush region, adjacent to Azerbaijan, announced Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The establishment of these posts dates back to 2021. Armenian officials also reportedly agreed to return four villages to Azerbaijan and informed Moscow that Armenian forces will soon operate alone at Zvartnots International Airport, pending Russian review. Concurrently,...

Marking the the Yazidi New Year celebrations in Armenia, the country’s National Assembly passed a vote on Tuesday, April 16, to make August 3 a day of remembrance for the Yazidi Genocide. https://twitter.com/farhadbarakat/status/1778997598772253135?t=pD0veXQjZkuHf_bGhH1pjA&s=19 Armenia and the Yazidis: Both nations were survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey being the successor state). Armenia had officially recognized the systematic killing...

The Bear Withdraws Russian Presidential Spokesperson Peskov has told state-owned media that Russian peacekeepers are currently withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh. The report from TASS reads below: "The withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh has begun, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed. "Yes, this is true," the Kremlin spokesman replied to the request of journalists to confirm the information of the Azerbaijani media about...

Further Reports There has been a significant uptick in reports of fire being exchanged on the Armenia/Azerbaijan border, with both sides having claimed to have been fired upon multiple times over April 5th and April 6th. The clashes mark yet more ceasefire violations on the historically volatile border that had been comparatively quiet for several months. Clashes had earlier occurred on...

Meetings and Condemnations On April 5th Armenia, the EU, and the US are to hold a tripartite meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is travelling to Belgium, along with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in order to meet with President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. While Armenia, the US, and the EU have...