- Senior Azerbaijani officials reiterated that signing a normalization deal hinges on Armenia removing indirect references to Nagorno-Karabakh from its constitution and called Armenia’s ‘mass militarization’ a major threat to the process.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to review the state of ongoing efforts to reach a normalization deal.
- Opposition leader Bagrat Galstanyan confirmed he is planning to resume protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan next month.
- An appeals court shortened the detention period of former government minister and Pashinyan critic Armen Ashotyan, raising expectations he may be released imminently.
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