Russia asserts that the viability of the TRIPP transport project in the South Caucasus region directly depends on taking its national priorities into account. This position was voiced by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin in an interview with RTVI.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry responded to the Israeli government's decision to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide with a harsh statement. Ankara claims that the Israeli government, whose actions in the Gaza Strip are considered genocide against Palestinians by the International Court of Justice, is attempting to divert international attention from its own crimes through political decisions. The ministry emphasized its intention to continue the fight against Israel's "expansionist policies" and to ensure that the Netanyahu government "is held legally accountable for its crimes against the civilian population."

Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya, posted a video in which he repeatedly violates traffic rules, driving into oncoming traffic and speeding. The video was discovered by Verstka on an Instagram account linked to the head of the republic's son.

The first shipment of Armenian apricots will arrive in Poland in the coming days. Exports will subsequently expand to other European countries.

The Israeli government unanimously supported a proposal to recognize the mass extermination of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide. The initiative was sponsored by Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added the Crimean Tatar human rights organization Crimean Solidarity to the register of foreign agents.

Representatives of Georgian civil society have issued an open appeal to international organizations, declaring what they believe is an intensification of Russia's annexation policy in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document has been sent to the UN, the European Union, the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), the OSCE, and NATO.

Rosselkhoznadzor (the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) has banned the import of fish products from Armenian companies previously licensed to supply Russia. According to the agency, this move was prompted by violations similar to those previously discovered.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has called former President Salome Zurabishvili a "dragonfly" in Russian. The day before, she stated that the ruling Georgian Dream party was initially created according to a Russian plan and operates under Moscow's influence.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is based on the fundamental principles of free movement of goods, services, labor, and capital. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reiterated this in a conversation with journalists. He stated that the absence of this free exchange calls into question the very existence of the EAEU.