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Pro-government members of Azerbaijan’s parliament on Tuesday proposed that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian be officially invited to visit Baku and lambasted the Armenian Apostolic Church increasingly at odds with him. “We could invite Pashinian to Baku,” one of them, Zahid Oruj, said during a parliament session. “At the same time, the road to Azerbaijan must be closed to all those individuals who are our political enemies and call for sanctions against our country,” RFL/RL Armenian service reported. @REPUBLICPRESS

Pashinyan on Armenia's goals: managing, reducing, and nullifying enmity with Turkey and Azerbaijan Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, at a press conference he convened, presented the regional environment and challenges facing Armenia. He stated that in this situation, the goal of Armenia's foreign policy should be to manage, reduce, and nullify hostility with Turkey and Azerbaijan. According to him, managing hostility means ensuring that it does not escalate uncontrollably, bringing it to a stage of reduction, and ultimately aiming to eliminate it in the long term. He also emphasized the need for regional transport integration and the establishment and development of economic ties, stating that only these measures can help alleviate the aforementioned hostility. On April 27, an Olympiad on the theme "Return to Western Azerbaijan*" was held in Baku, which was attended by 10,000 students. A new building of the “Western Azerbaijan*” TV channel has recently opened in Azerbaijan. * A fictitious name that refers to the historical and sovereign territory of Armenia. @REPUBLICPRESS

Recent developments The “Tavush For the Motherland” initiative's march to Yerevan has been ongoing for several days, with Archbishop Bagrat of Tavush becoming the face of the movement. The ruling party and controlled media continuously publish outright lies about Bagrat's biography. The entire state apparatus and deputies of the ruling party are also actively involved in spreading fakes. Their main methods of slandering include the thesis that the movement is organized by Russia and the ARFD, and if unilateral concessions are stopped, "war will begin." The ruling party's fakes reach the point of absurdity. The most striking example was the lie that the Archbishop allegedly freed his sons from compulsory military service through bribes, but Bagrat had no sons. The Speaker of the Armenian parliament also actively joined the attacks against the church, insisting that the church should not interfere. Journalists quickly reminded him how, during the 'velvet revolution' of 2018, he rejoiced and welcomed the clergy. joining the rallies. During yesterday's press conference, which Pashinyan usually convenes to further spread panic and apocalyptic sentiments among the population, he spoke about the Archbishop as a "drug addict and bandit," although he refrained from directly naming him. Bagrat, whom Pashinyan's deputies call an "agent of the Kremlin," holds four degrees from London and Montreal, served in Canada for 10 years, received the Queen Elizabeth Medal, and speaks four languages fluently. Archbishop did not comment on Pashinyan's words; Pashinyan himself was unable to graduate from university. The Holy See of Echmiadzin and the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Church characterized the new unilateral concessions as “dangerous for the country”, noting that there should first be a peace treaty and only then a delimitation. The dioceses of the Armenian Church, including the Artsakh Diocese, called on the faithful to join the “Tavush For the Motherland” movement. The Armenian Committees of the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Syria, and Europe expressed their sympathy for the Tavush movement. The latter also announced rallies in support of the Tavush movement. @REPUBLICPRESS

Nikol Pashinyan, during a press conference, once again reiterated his unified policy with Aliyev He stated that if he supports the Tavush movement led by Archbishop Bagrat and halts the process of delimitation with Azerbaijan, then war will start. Lately, the Armenian Prime Minister has been invoking the possibility of war at every convenient opportunity for his political agenda. @REPUBLICPRESS

The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan and his wife visited occupied Shushi today. @REPUBLICPRESS

Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with Pashinyan on May 8 The Kremlin expects the dialogue to be frank and meaningful - there are many questions. Pashinyan will come to Moscow for the anniversary summit of the EAEU. The meeting will be chaired by him. Pashinyan will no longer stay at the Victory Parade. This was announced by Assistant to the President of Russia for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov. @REPUBLICPRESS

Pashinyan will not participate in Putin's inauguration ceremony, National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said. @REPUBLICPRESS

The talks between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place on May 10 in Almaty, the Foreign Ministry said. @REPUBLICPRESS

Armenia, Ukraine Foreign Ministers agree to hold political consultations The foreign ministers of Armenia and Ukraine have agreed to hold political consultations. “I spoke with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to discuss the dynamics of the security situation in Ukraine and the South Caucasus. I welcomed the agreement on border delimitation between Azerbaijan and Armenia. We agreed to hold political consultations between foreign ministries on a wide range of topics of mutual interest,’’ Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on X. @REPUBLICPRESS

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