Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed hope to visit Azerbaijan in 2028 to participate in the 10th European Political Community (EPC) Summit. He made this statement at the 8th EPC Summit taking place in Yerevan today. He also thanked Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for participating in the event online.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the 8th European Political Community Summit in Yerevan. This is their first face-to-face conversation since the outbreak of full-scale war.

On the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian drones may attend the May 9 parade in Moscow.

At the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas declared Armenia's right to independently determine its own path to EU membership.

At the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met. They shook hands.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Armenia on a working visit to participate in the European Political Community (EPC) summit. He was met at Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport by Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan. This is Zelenskyy's first visit to Armenia.

The President of the Caucasus Peoples' Assembly, a public and political figure from Chechnya, who was appointed to the Platform of Russian Democratic Forces at PACE in January of this year as a representative of Russia's indigenous peoples, may be expelled from it.

Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat volunteer unit of the Russian National Guard, denied reports from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense about wiretapping his headquarters. He called the recordings "AI and LGBT work."

The Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonyan, stated that a "political operation aimed at regime change" is being prepared against Armenia, referring to Russia's actions. He drew a parallel between the situation in Ukraine, where Russia's interests are being advanced militarily, and Armenia, where, he believes, an attempt is being made to seize power.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported a successful operation against personnel of the Russian "Akhmat" unit in the Sumy region from February to April 2026. As a result, according to the GUR website, the unit suffered its most significant losses since the beginning of the conflict: 41 people were killed and 87 were wounded. In addition, more than 100 members of the unit went missing.