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.

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.

The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the West is inciting Yerevan to destroy ties with Moscow. This is stated in the Russian Foreign Ministry's answers to media questions received for Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's press conference.

The appointment of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State under President Trump has sparked discussions on the future direction of U.S. foreign policy, particularly in relation to the South Caucasus region.

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.

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 sham trial of Artsakh leaders being illegally held captive by Azerbaijan kicked off on Friday in Baku’s Military Court. A separate trial for Former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan also started on Friday in another courtroom in the same building.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.