Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Anniversary: Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan marked the first anniversary of the Aug. 8, 2025 Washington summit, saying the “page of the conflict” is closed but key steps still await signing, ratification, border delimitation, and the release of prisoners; US-Backed TRIPP: leaders also discussed the TRIPP “Trump Route” for regional rail/road/digital connectivity, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the Trans-Caspian Enterprise Fund is now operational with $201M to spur private investment along the Middle Corridor; EU Support: EU Special Representative Magdalena Grono said the EU will keep backing both societies toward lasting reconciliation; Diplomatic Follow-Up: Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev held phone talks focused on trade, transit cargo, and TRIPP implementation; Church Under Pressure: Armenia’s Apostolic Church leader Catholicos Karekin II faces a historic trial amid a feud with the government, drawing concern from the World Council of Churches over religious freedom and due process; Armenian Justice: Armenia’s NSS detained former MP Argam Abrahamyan in a contract-killing incitement case, as investigators say he ordered the 2023 killing of S.V.