Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II was denied permission to travel to Georgia to attend the funeral of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. The investigator rejected the defense's motion to lift the pretrial restriction banning him from traveling abroad.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sharply criticized opposition presidential candidates Robert Kocharyan, Samvel Karapetyan, and Gagik Tsarukyan. In a social media post, Pashinyan accused them of seeking to revise the peace treaty with Azerbaijan and, as he put it, "open the door to war."

Since the escalation of the Middle East conflict, 2,853 citizens from 75 different countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

Sheikh Allahshukur Pashazade, head of the Caucasus Muslim Board, commented on the sharp escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. The statement was made after the Eid prayer at the Tezepir Mosque in Baku, dedicated to Ramadan.

The US State Department has expanded the list of countries whose citizens are required to post visa deposits when applying for B-1/B-2 tourist and business visas. Georgia is included in the updated list.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused his predecessors—former presidents Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Robert Kocharyan, and Serzh Sargsyan—of concealing the truth about the Karabakh settlement from the Armenian people. At a briefing in Yerevan, the head of the Armenian government noted that all these politicians in opposition to the current government recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan but did not disclose this information to the public.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan described the issue of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as an internal problem for the country. He compared the current situation to moving to a new apartment, where threats are proclaimed instead of good neighborly relations, making life in the same environment unbearable.

Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives called on the US government to cooperate with its European partners to impose sanctions against the Georgian government. This statement followed the release of a critical OSCE report prepared under the Moscow Mechanism.

According to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, 28 Ukrainian drones were intercepted by air defense systems over the Stavropol Krai on the night of March 19. This incident is part of a larger attack, during which, according to the ministry, a total of 138 UAVs were shot down over various Russian regions, including Crimea, Krasnodar Krai, and Rostov Oblast.

A telephone conversation took place between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Iran, Jeyhun Bayramov and Seyyed Abbas Araghchi. Bayramov insisted that Tehran fulfill its promise to investigate the drone attacks launched from its territory on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.