Catholicos addresses Episcopal Assembly remotely. Pashinyan leaves for US. Alpha Newsroom 02/18/26
February 18 2026, 14:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹The Episcopal Assembly has opened in Austria, with the Catholicos of All Armenians delivering his message remotely
🔹Pashinyan has departed for the United States, where he will take part in the inaugural session of the Board of Peace in Washington
🔹Amnesty International described Ruben Vardanyan’s 20-year prison term as “travesty” of a trial
🔹Negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the US got “stuck” due to Medinsky’s position – Axios
🔹US reports significant progress in talks concerning Ukraine
🔹Russia has repeatedly demonstrated its desire for peace – Maria Zakharova
🔹Following negotiations with the US in Geneva, Iran’s Foreign Minister announced that a new window of opportunity is opening
🔹Vance insists there is progress in talks with Iran, though Tehran has yet to accept Trump’s “red lines”
🔹 In Syunik, skepticism remains that the rise in foreign debt is linked to arms purchases
🔹 Using its border with Nakhichevan, Turkey is seeking to exclude Armenia from the railway network
🔹”Crossroads of Peace” does not exist: Aliyev exposed Pashinyan’s lie
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