Azerbaijan has become the latest country to rule out participation in the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, jeopardizing the prospects for the implementation of US President Donald Trump's multinational plan.

The court granted the investigation's motion to remand Spartak Ghukasyan, the son of the mayor of Gyumri, Armenia's second-most populous city, for two months. He is accused of hooliganism committed by a group of individuals using information or communications technology.

Irakli Pavlenishvili, Deputy Secretary General of the Georgian opposition party United National Movement, called the statement by Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili "shameful." Papuashvili had previously stated, "Ukraine is in a situation today where it can neither continue the war nor end it. They wanted this to happen to us, so that we would have no choice, and so that we would be faced with two bad options."

Georgia's fifth President, Salome Zurabishvili, addressed Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders dedicated to the war in Ukraine. The politician expressed support for the Ukrainian president and wished him "strength and a peaceful future with dignity."

During Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's visit to Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called him the "national leader of Armenia," emphasizing the importance and reliability of the partnership between the two countries.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated the need for a change in the political elite after the 2026 parliamentary elections. He believes that those who held leadership positions in the past and kept the country in a state of stagnation should no longer be involved in political life.

While Armenia demonstrates significant investment in artificial intelligence, criticism of its technology policies is being voiced in Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) commented on the planned increase in security spending in the 2026 state budget. Arzu Nagiyev, head of the Defense Committee, attributed this to the need to finance demining and infrastructure development in Karabakh, as well as the formation of police forces and rapid response services there.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized that normalizing relations with Turkey and achieving peace with Azerbaijan are two independent, yet important, processes for Yerevan. He noted that artificially linking these processes could harm both, while establishing relations with Turkey could create favorable conditions for normalizing relations with Azerbaijan.

Giga Lemonjava, a member of the Droa party, cited the fact that the Georgian delegation included a sanctioned deputy minister as the reason for the postponement of the Georgia-EU human rights dialogue: