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The original was posted on /r/armenia by /u/ar_david_hh on 2024-10-07 20:50:54+00:00.

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Armenia continues to press Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement based on the 13 already-approved articles

YEREVAN: Azerbaijan itself has territorial demands against Armenia and is simply trying to create a smokescreen with false accusations about Armenia’s Constitution containing territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

The Armenian Constitutional Court’s decision very clearly says that only the provisions of the 1990 Armenian Declaration of Independence that are expressed verbatim in the Armenian Constitution’s articles have constitutional power.

And therefore, it is not possible to attribute something to the Constitution that’s not written in the Constitution’s text that follows the preamble, meaning in the Constitution’s articles, and there simply is no place for any other interpretation, especially when the high court recorded that its previous decisions never recorded any other stance. Thus, the Armenian statehood’s fundamental principles and national goals mentioned in the preamble of the Armenian Constitution are those that are expressed in the subsequent text of the Constitution, and it contains nothing that is possible to interpret as a territorial demand directed against any country.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry should answer the following questions:

• Is Azerbaijan planning aggression against Armenia?

• Is Azerbaijan refusing to recognize the territorial integrity of Armenia?

• Is Azerbaijan abandoning the peace agenda?

Baku’s aggressive rhetoric and refusal to sign the peace treaty that includes the agreed-upon articles have made many Armenian and international experts conclude that Azerbaijan will use COP-29 to create a smokescreen for attempting to legitimize its future escalation of the situation.

Many analysts believe that ruling out a military escalation requires the signing of the agreed-upon content of the peace treaty ahead of COP-29, otherwise the leaders heading to Baku can unwittingly become instigators of war. Armenia is ready to sign the peace treaty ahead of COP-29. //

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Armenian army soldiers climbed Mount Khustup during an annual competition/exercise: VIDEO

The soldiers, some carrying bulletproof vests, backpacks, and rifles, had to march 10 kilometers through difficult terrain before climbing the mount.

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Armenian leaders visited Moscow for a CIS summit, refused to sign under Moscow’s anti-West documents

• PM Pashinyan and FM Mirzoyan visited Russia on Monday.

• No AM-AZ negotiations are planned in Moscow. Putin will meet Pashinyan and Aliyev separately.

• Pashinyan congratulated Putin on his birthday and said he hopes Armenia and Russia can discuss mutually beneficial topics.

• Armenian leaders refused to sign under two statements released by CIS regarding “the principles of ensuring security in Eurasia” and “the inadmissibility of unilateral measures in international relations.”

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Georgia’s pro-West opposition parties are poised to win a majority in upcoming parliamentary elections: analyst

GEORGI TUMASYAN (analyst, Tbilisi): The more recent surveys show a very positive trend for opposition forces. The latest survey by Edison Research indicates that the pro-West factions will win a majority and receive the opportunity to form a coalition.

The survey places the ruling Georgian Dream at 30%. During the previous elections, before they switched their foreign policy direction and became more authoritarian, they had 48% of the vote.

According to reports, [pro-West] President Salome Zurabishvili has already chosen the opposition’s candidate for PM. There is a chance that this candidate could be rejected and the forces could nominate Zurabishvili herself to serve as a temporary PM.

The Georgian Dream’s decision to launch an impeachment process against President Zurabishvili gives weight to the arguments that the ruling party doesn’t want Eurointegration. Zurabishvili recently met Macron and other EU leaders to discuss Georgia’s EU accession. //

… who are the political parties competing in Georgian elections?

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GEORGIAN DREAM: incumbents, anti-West

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UNITED NATIONAL MOVEMENT: pro-West, Mikheil Saakashvili’s party joined by several smaller groups. Saakashvili has a high personal disapproval rating due to screwups in his last years.

EUROPEAN GEORGIA: Former UNM folks who split from the party for their dislike of Saakashvili. Lately they became pro-UNM, a possible coalition ally.

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COALITION FOR CHANGE: anti-Russia, former UNM folks, appeal to urban liberal voters and libertarians, “stealing” votes from UNM,

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STRONG GEORGIA ALLIANCE: pro-West, civil society and activist folks, liberal voters, voters who dislike both Saakashvili and Bidzina Ivanishvili

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ALLIANCE of PATRIOTS: pro-Russia, far-right, elder voter base, they are angry that the ruling party is stealing the spotlight as the new pro-Russia party, they want to be viewed as the REAL conservatives and anti-West, the ruling party has a complicated relationship with them

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There are several figures and parties running separately. President Zurabishvili is playing her own game.

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accused of helping authoritarian regimes by censoring dissident channels, visited Artsakh after its occupation by Azerbaijan

Ilham Aliyev’s former son-in-law singer Emin Aghalarov revealed during a recent interview that Pavel Durov visited Karabakh during the August 17 trip to Azerbaijan, days before being arrested in France for allegedly aiding and abetting pedophiles (he denies wrongdoing and agreed to cooperate with cops).

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Yerevan metro riders are switching to the new unified digital payment system en masse

• The new payment system has gained wide adoption among subway riders: 60% of 582,000 riders used it last week.

• Subway gates will not accept Soviet-era coin-sized tokens (zheton) starting in late October because the terminals are making a full transition to the new system.

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Yerevan will soon publish technical specifications to build the 12th subway station while the construction of 11th station advances through next stage

Yerevan Metro has 10 stations today.

The construction of the 11th station to Ajapnyak will begin soon, once all the documents are ready. The designer company “Metrogiprotrans” submitted a revised design and calculations this month for approval. The construction will finish in 4 years. Yerevan municipality has allocated $24 million (֏9.6B) for its construction in the 2025 budget.

Today the municipality announced plans to present the tech specifications of the construction of the 12th station. It needs the approval of various departments. The 12th one, Surmalu, will be located between Zoravar Andranik and Sasuntsi David stations.