Day: March 19, 2026

Azerbaijan National Art Museum has hosted a master class on traditional Uzbek embroidery as part of the exhibition “The Birth of Suzani: The Story of an Embroiderer”, AzerNEWS reports.

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan considers Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s statements on “Western Azerbaijan” a very dangerous trend. Pashinyan himself stated this during a press briefing Thursday.
According to Pashinyan, it is necessary to understand and manage cause-and-effect relationships.
“If we [i.e. Armenians] say, ‘[Mount] Ararat [in Turkey] is ours, Dadivank [monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh] is ours,’ what should prevent them [i.e. Azerbaijanis] from saying the same thing the opposite way? But if they say ‘Western Azerbaijan,’ what should stop certain forces here? These issues must be resolved in parallel,” Pashinyan stated, adding that the most important step has been taken: the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been initialed, by which the two parties recognize each other’s territorial integrity, based on the Almaty Declaration.
At the same time, however, Pashinyan continues to consider Armenia’s declaration of independence “a declaration of conflict and dependence.”
Citing traffic rules as an analogy, the Armenian premier noted that if someone is constantly being hit by cars, it is possible that he simply does not know the traffic rules and is walking on the road.
However, he stated that both the declaration of independence and the constitution of Armenia are the latter’s internal matters.

Ukraine’s central bank left interest rates unchanged after the first cut in more than a year and a half as the Middle East conflict and uncertainty over foreign funding weigh on the war-stricken economy.

Wednesday’s drama signaled some real issues going forward as Mullin moves toward Senate confirmation.