September 26, 2026
5 developments
UNGA week transforms the diplomatic landscape
Pashinyan meets Erdoğan in person and Mirzoyan agrees with Bayramov to "promote a positive agenda" despite heritage tensions.
The first Armenian exports reach Azerbaijan
An aluminium foil shipment marks the first bilateral trade in the other direction.
TRIPP moves toward implementation, slowly
A $400M fund and a 40-company investor event, but feasibility work and a 2027+ construction timeline leave it behind the €2.4B Kars-Dilucu bypass.
Russia shifts to a charm offensive
Putin's Independence Day greeting follows months of post-election silence, suggesting intimidation failed.
Civil-society dialogue stalls
Azerbaijan postpones the Bridge of Peace expert meeting in Yerevan amid the heritage dispute.