Armenian civil society delegation visits Azerbaijan

From 10 to 12 April 2026, within the framework of the Peace Bridge Initiative, another bilateral roundtable with the participation of representatives of Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society will take place in Azerbaijan, the group reported.

“The Peace Bridge Initiative continues to foster dialogue and direct engagement between civil society representatives from Azerbaijan and Armenia. On this occasion, the Armenian delegation arrived in Azerbaijan via the land border, crossing through a formally delimited and demarcated section and undergoing all relevant border and passport control procedures,” it said in a press release.

The dialogue between civil society representatives is taking place within the framework of the agreed bilateral peace agenda endorsed at the trilateral summit of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the United States held in Washington, D.C. on 8 August 2025. 

The meeting agenda includes discussions on the current state of the peace process; the activities undertaken by participants in the Peace Bridge Initiative in their respective countries and the results of those efforts; as well as the situation in the region. 

Separate sessions will also be devoted to efforts to advance peace at the societal level and to increase trust during the next stages of the peace process, the initiative said.

Participants from Armenia: 

1. Areg Kochinyan – President of the Armenian Council; Coordinator  
2. Boris Navasardyan – Honorary President of the Yerevan Press Club 
3. Naira Sultanyan – Director of the Democracy Development Foundation 
4. Narek Minasyan – Associate Expert at the Armenian Council 
5. Samvel Meliksetyan – Expert at the Armenian Council 
6. Stepan Grigoryan – Chairman of the Board, Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation 
7. Edgar Vardanyan – Associate Expert at the Armenian Council 
8. Robert Ghevondyan – Expert at the Armenian Council 
9. Lusine Kharatyan – Writer and Cultural Anthropologist 
10. Nelli Minasyan – PhD in History, Associate Professor, and Turkologist 
11. Davit Stepanyan – Political Commentator at 1in.am; Expert at the Armenian Institute of International Security and Relations 
12. Ruben Babayan – Artistic Director of the Yerevan Puppet Theater 
13. Eleonora Sargsyan – Peace and Gender Expert; Youth Worker 
14. Naira Martikyan – Editor and Country Director of JAMnews (Armenia) 
15. Vazgen Karapetyan – Associate Director, Eurasia Partnership Foundation 
16. Tatev Danielyan – Editor-in-Chief of Political Programs and Host at Public Television of Armenia 
17. Armen Petrosyan – Regional Policy Expert at the Orbeli Center 
18. Alen Amirkhanyan – Director of the AUA Acopian Center for the Environment 
19. Nelli Rafayelyan – Journalist at the Media Initiative Center 
20. Operator of the Public Television of Armenia