Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has addressed hostile rhetoric from Azerbaijani officials, including President Ilham Aliyev, saying unfriendly statements undermine peacebuilding efforts. He also acknowledged that the implementation of the ‘Trump Route’ project is already taking longer than Yerevan would have liked.
Armenia’s law enforcement has arrested Arsen Gevorgyan, the opposition Strong Armenia party's mayoral candidate in the northern town of Stepanavan. Gevorgyan was arrested alongside 13 others on vote-buying charges days before the election.
The authorities plan to modernize and reopen the old terminal of Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport as passenger traffic surged in recent years.
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