Pashinyan’s and Aliyev’s ‘peace’ messages. Iran rejects Turkish platform. AlphaNewsroom 02/04/26
February 04 2026, 21:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹 Pashinyan and Aliyev received the Zayed Award in Abu Dhabi, once again speaking of established peace: reality or pre‑election bribe?
🔹 What were Pashinyan and Aliyev negotiating about before the award ceremony?
🔹 Armenia’s National Assembly Speaker is heading to Moscow. What will Alen Simonyan and Russia’s Foreign Minister discuss?
🔹 Former Turkish MP Garo Paylan announced that the Armenia–Turkey border will open in March; no response yet from Yerevan
🔹 The draft of the new Constitution will be ready in March. According to the Minister of Justice, it does not envisage changes in Armenia’s system of governance
🔹 The geopolitical rebranding of Syunik – Beniamin Matevosyan will present details of SETA’s report
🔹 In the case of Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, the judge rejected the defense’s motion for recusal. The defense also petitioned to lift detention
🔹 Contradictory statements around Iran and the US should be viewed in the context of psychological warfare – Sergei Melkonian
🔹 Why did the Iranian side refuse negotiations with the US on the Turkish platform? – commentary by Oleg Blokhin