The Week in Review

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of December 8: Armenia and Azerbaijan announce an exchange of prisoners — 32 Armenian POWs for two Azerbaijani servicemen; an Armenian soldier is killed by an Azerbaijani sniper in Armenia’s Vayots Dzor region; EU Ambassador to Armenia announces that the EU is considering providing non-lethal military aid to Armenia as part of the European Peace Facility.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of December 1: Armenian and Azerbaijani border delimitation commissions meet at the state border; following the September 19 Azerbaijani attack on Artsakh, 16 people are in Azerbaijani custody, including eight Artsakh state officials; trucks loaded with Armenian-made products are stranded for days at the Lars border before being turned back; Russia says the products did not pass quality inspection and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 24: During a live press conference, Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan says that since Russia never delivered arms Armenia paid for, an option to resolve the issue could be reduction of Armenia’s debt to Russia; Germany commits 84.6 million euros of aid to Armenia as assistance for the forcibly displaced population of Artsakh; Armenia submits its sixth proposal of the peace treaty to the Azerbaijani side.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 17: The U.S. Senate adopts Armenia Protection Act of 2023 that could repeal Section 907; the first ever UK-Armenia Strategic Dialogue takes place in London; the EU to expand their monitoring mission in Armenia while Yerevan decides to double its defense expenditures.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 10: This week marks the third anniversary of the end of the 2020 Artsakh War; Azerbaijan holds a military parade in ethnically cleansed Stepanakert; Vagif Khachatryan, a resident of Artsakh who was arrested by Azerbaijan, is sentenced to 15 years in prison and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 3: Armenia’s Foreign Minister says 200 sq/km of Armenian territory is under Azerbaijani control; Germany’s Foreign Affairs Minister is in Armenia; Armenia’s National Security Service reveals terrorist plot, five people are in custody and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 27, 2023: Armenia and France sign a military cooperation agreement; a regional 3+3 format meeting takes place in Iran; Canada becomes the last G7 country to open an embassy in Armenia, the first in the South Caucasus.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 20, 2023: This week marked the one-month anniversary of Azerbaijan’s large-scale attack on Artsakh which led to the ethnic cleansing of the entire population; Armenia’s Human Rights Defender says there are signs of torture and mutilation on bodies of victims of Azerbaijan’s attack, including those of women and children; in a speech at the European Parliament, Armenia’s PM underscores Russia’s failure to act as a security partner for Armenia and to protect Artsakh’s population.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 13, 2023: PACE adopts resolution on the human rights and humanitarian situation of Artsakh Armenians and the international obligations of Azerbaijan; a Baku court holds preliminary hearing in the trial of 68-year-old Vagif Khachatryan who was kidnapped by Azerbaijani border guards during a medical evacuation by the ICRC, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry calls it a sham trial; Yerevan has a new mayor and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 6, 2023: Over 100,000 forcibly displaced Armenians from Artsakh are in Armenia; Azerbaijan, insisting on Ankara’s participation, backs out of the Granada talks; Armenia and France sign an agreement on the provision of military equipment; Armenia ratifies the Rome Statute, angering the Kremlin and more.