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Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of systematically erasing all traces of ethnic Armenians in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, claiming that Baku has completed the ethnic cleansing of the area. The ongoing conflict between the two countries over the territory has been brought to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where Armenia has filed a case against Azerbaijan for alleged discrimination and ethnic cleansing.

Armenia’s President Vahagn Khachaturyan has signed the ratification of the Rome Statute, recognising the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite Russian warnings, a statement said Saturday. 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Euronews that a road to reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is possible, but work needs to be done.

Azerbaijan on Tuesday temporarily shut the only road linking its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region with Armenia, accusing the Armenian branch of the Red Cross of smuggling.

Closing the vital Lachin corridor, Armenia’s main route into the disputed region, could pose a serious risk to a fragile truce.

Azerbaijan on Sunday set up a checkpoint on the only land link between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, sparking an angry response from its arch-rival Yerevan.

Fifty Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed over the past few days in recent provocations by Armenia, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said.

International media coverage of the Armenian Genocide 107th anniversary

Politico says President Joe Biden issued a statement memorializing the Armenian genocide that included some phrasing that seemed to reference Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ekathimerini says Erdogan criticized Biden for again characterizing the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces as a “genocide,” saying his statement was “based on lies”.

Jerusalem Post says Armenians around the world commemorated the Armenian genocide on Sunday, April 24, as they do every year.

The Times says in April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire embarked on one of the most appalling episodes of savagery in modern history: 1.5 million Armenians were either massacred.

Armenian forces attack Azerbaijan army patrol at the border between the two countries, with 15 confirmed killed in the clash.

On Wednesday, the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) and Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced the signing of a deal to create Armenia’s new national airline.

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