Do Armenians need symbolic step from Erdogan? Why is Overchuk in Yerevan? AlphaNewsroom 12/17/25
December 17 2025, 21:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹 Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister is in Yerevan, following Moscow’s statement about Syunik and the EAEU-EU dilemma
🔹 John Evans: Washington has bulldozed over Armenia
🔹 Erdogan explicitly stated that at the beginning of the year he will take symbolic steps regarding Armenia. Do Armenia and Armenians need symbolic steps from Turkey?
🔹Turkey was founded on the ruins of historic Armenia, says Kurdish historian
🔹 Open letter from the EAFJD to Kaja Kallas: We view this proposed intervention as a profound and counterproductive interference in the internal, sovereign political life of the Republic of Armenia
🔹 Ishkhan Saghatelyan: Any external intervention is a direct blow to our sovereignty
🔹 Who is asking the EU and Turkey to interfere in Armenia’s internal affairs? The promises of 2018 continue to be ignored
🔹 The court extended Vardan Ghukasyan’s detention for another three months
🔹 Hayk Sargsyan has been excluded from the Civil Contract party’s pre‑election list. The MP will appeal the party board’s decision
🔹 Russian–Iranian negotiations in Moscow, following Iran’s statement that it is against the “Trump Route”
🔹 Marat Bashirov: The European Union must influence elections within the legal framework
🔹 Aliyev has released 20,000 prisoners under amnesty and continues to insist that Azerbaijanis must return to Armenia
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