- Azerbaijan pulled out of planned talks with Karabakh officials in Slovakia, according to a senior Karabakh official.
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to call for the restoration of transit along the Lachin corridor.
- Vagif Khachatryan, the seriously ill Karabakh resident detained by Azerbaijani border guards during a Red Cross medical evacuation, remains in custody in Baku.
- Armenia’s freestyle wrestling team swept the competition at this year’s Francophone games, with all five team members taking home medals.

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