- Russian border guards withdrew from Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport, where they had been stationed since just after Armenia’s independence.
- Turkey’s foreign minister reaffirmed that his country’s border with Armenia will not be reopened until a normalization deal with Azerbaijan is reached.
- The United States suspended more than $95 million in aid to Georgia following the passage of a Russia-inspired foreign agent law, at a time when the West is forging deeper ties with Armenia.
- The Armenian government set up a company to plan the construction of a new nuclear plant to replace the aging Metsamor facility.
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