Most of the EU member states do not support the decision to suspend the visa-free regime for Georgia. This was announced by the EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski at a conference organized by the Center for Security, Politics and Nationalism Studies of the University of Georgia. This is how he commented on the statement by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that his government is working with EU member states on this initiative.

In Georgia, journalists, civil society activists and opposition members are receiving court summonses en masse over social media posts that the ruling party considers offensive. According to local media, those summoned to court include TV Pirveli hosts Vakho Sanaia, Vika Bukia and Ekaterina Mishveladze, Mtavari correspondent Dea Mamiseshvili, human rights activist Baia Pataraia, activists Mariam Geguchadze and Anna Subeliani, opposition members Elene Khoshtaria, Aleko Elisashvili, Levan Khabeishvili, as well as former president of the National Bank of Georgia Giorgi Kadagidze.

Armenia's ruling elite is convinced that Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II will soon resign. According to local media, he has no choice but to "submit" to the demands of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and the clergy must choose a new head of the Armenian Church.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has arrived in Budapest on an official visit. This was reported by the Prime Minister's press service.

Deputy Chief of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces Apti Alaudinov partially apologized for the high-profile incident with the insult to the priest. Earlier, representatives of the so-called Orthodox movement "Forty Sorokov" demanded that the Russian military leader be brought to criminal responsibility and removed from his post.

On June 9, the leader of the opposition party United National Movement Tina Bokuchava said that her wife, Kote Ioseliani, was kidnapped and forced to record a video apology to the son of the founder of the ruling party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry criticized Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky for comparing the Russian-Ukrainian war with the Karabakh conflict. Earlier, he said that "there was such a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan - Karabakh."

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church to unite around the demand to replace Catholicos Garegin II (Ktrich Nersisyan).

The Republican Party of Armenia, headed by former President Serzh Sargsyan, has come forward with an initiative to impeach Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The corresponding appeal was sent to the parliamentary faction "I have the honor", which includes representatives of the party.

Anti-Russian and pro-Russian demonstrations were held simultaneously in Yerevan. During the first, a group of people gathered with EU flags in front of the parliament building. Citizens also gathered there with posters emphasizing the centuries-old friendship between Armenia and the Russian Federation.