Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday that his government was approaching the sham trials of former Artsakh leaders in Baku with caution, despite what he called the “disturbing scenes” he had observed the proceedings.

At a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Moscow, Lavrov said the Kremlin was ready to assist in the normalisation of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations. View on euronews

Lavrov responded that while Moscow has strategic partnerships and allied relationships with Armenia as well as with Azerbaijan it has a “vested interest” in seeing Armenia and Azerbaijan normalize their relations.

MP Levon Kocharyan of the opposition Hatasyan faction stressed the need to raise awareness about the ongoing sham trials of Artsakh's leaders in Baku. He also called for strong international pressure to secure the release of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.

The sham trial of Artsakh leaders being illegally held captive by Azerbaijan kicked off on Friday in Baku’s Military Court. A separate trial for Former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan also started on Friday in another courtroom in the same building.

Today, a court session will be held to address the crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, and other illegal acts committed by the Armenian state and its armed forces, including the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" and its illegal armed formations created by Armenia in Azerbaijan's occupied territories.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 21. On January 21, an operational meeting of the Land Forces was held under the leadership of Defense Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, Trend reports via the Ministry of Defense.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 21. Russia is prepared to provide the necessary assistance to normalize relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, said Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Trend reports. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Lavrov, according to a statement released by his office, said Russia “has always valued and continues to value fraternal ties with the Armenian people, with Armenia.”

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev’s surprise rhetorical attack on Armenia is raising doubts that a peace deal between Baku and Yerevan can be reached anytime soon. Both sides in recent months had given indications that the peace process was making progress ...

And regarding a reporter's remarks that he positively assessed the work of the EU monitoring mission in Armenia, but one of the demands put forward by Azerbaijan is to exclude the presence of third countries in Armenia, the NA speaker stated that Armenia also presented its proposal in response, but did not elaborate on what it is about.

Economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Italy, particularly in transport, energy, and environmental protection, was a key topic during a meeting between Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova and members of the European Union Policy Commission of the Italian Senate,