Posts by ARVAK

Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and the French Thales Group in October 2023, in Paris, signed a contract that will deliver three GM (Grand Master) 200 radar units to Armenia.

A political crisis continues in Georgia over the new “Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence”, which requires NGOs to register as “agents of foreign influence” if their foreign funding exceeds 20% of their total income.

On 07.05.2024, the inauguration of the newly elected RF President Vladimir Putin will take place in Moscow, and according to the Russian Constitution, the same day the acting government will resign.

On 25.04.2024 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on human rights violations in Azerbaijan, calling on the European Commission to suspend energy cooperation with Azerbaijan and to make any future cooperation with this country conditional on the release of political prisoners and an improvement in the overall human rights situation.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again intensified his rhetoric against Israel and its leadership.

On April 22, 2024, Iranian President I. Raisi paid a three-day official visit to Pakistan. This is an extremely important event for both states, given the fact that they almost found themselves on the verge of war in January of this year.

On April 20, 2024, Matthew Orr, an expert of Stratfor – the authoritative Center for intelligence and analysis – in an interview with the Armenian portal News.am made several interesting predictions regarding the processes in the South Caucasus, Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and the situation around Iran.

On April 22, 2024, Turkish President Erdogan paid his first official visit to Baghdad since 2011. During the visit, he met with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

In the early morning of April 19, 2024, Israel carried out drone strikes on Isfahan airport and the 8th Iranian Air Force base, as well as on targets in Tabriz.

Russia has withdrawn the RPC – its “peacekeeping contingent” from Nagorno-Karabakh. This is a 2000-man-strong grouping armed with small arms and light armored vehicles.