By Neil Hauer in Yerevan For proponents of Armenia’s ongoing move towards the West, it’s been a big couple of weeks. On January 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that his government would soon introduce a bill in parliament that would essentially begin the country’s process of applying to join the European Union.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 20. The facts of unilateral support to Armenia were observed last year, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told reporters during his visit to Alley of Martyrs on the occasion of the 20 January tragedy, Trend reports.

Russia and Iran has agreed on a route for the construction of a gas pipeline through the territory of Azerbaijan. Russian President Vladimir Putin, following talks with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Peseshkian,

SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, January 20. The memory of the martyrs of the January 20 tragedy, who became a symbol of national unity and patriotism, was honored with a minute of silence in Shusha city, Trend 's Karabakh bureau reports.

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus by unexpectedly reviving a demand for extraterritorial rights on a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan proper to its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenian territory. But some experts in Baku believe that the issue can be managed.

Azerbaijan on Friday opened war crimes trials against Armenian separatists who led the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region before it was recaptured by Baku in a lightning offensive in 2023.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has accused neighbouring Armenia of posing a "fascist" threat that needs to be destroyed, in comments that Armenia's leader called a possible attempt to justify fresh conflict.

It’s a pity here that Armenia’s authorities do not respond to these accusations because they are not against individuals, but they are accusations as a phenomenon that crimes have taken place in Artsakh since the [19]90s. These do not refer to these persons, but to the phenomenon itself."

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 7 called Armenia effectively a "fascist state," adding that Baku might have no other choice but to "destroy" its neighbor's so-called "fascist ideology."

Azerbaijan and Armenia's border delimitation commissions convened for their 11th meeting, state media reported Thursday. The discussions, held at

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's aggressive rhetoric towards Armenia jeopardizes the ongoing peace process and raises concerns about regional stability.

Official Moscow stepped up its criticism of the European Union’s Monitoring Mission in Armenia, calling it “anti-Azerbaijani, anti-Russian and anti-Iranian.”