Pashinyan: Populist balancing

Yerevan's aspirations to join the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor (TMTC) have found a new advocate in James O'Brien, the U.S. Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.

It is quite possible to open communications with Azerbaijan before signing a peace treaty, as well as the delimitation of the border, the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told local journalists in parliament on June 12.

ASTNA spoke with Georgian political commentator Nicholas Chkhaidze, a researcher at the Topchubashov Center, about the protests against the law on foreign agents in Georgia and what is happening.

In a fervent keynote address at a rally in Tbilisi, Bidzina Ivanishvili, the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream Party, declared a significant pivot in Georgia’s domestic and foreign policies, signaling his continued influence over the nation’s governance. Ivanishvili’s speech underscored a confrontational stance towards the opposition and Western influence, which has ignited concerns about Georgia's democratic trajectory.