Mher Grigoryan

Last updated: May 30, 2026

Mher Grigoryan serves as Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia with responsibility for border negotiations and regional transport connectivity. He has been Armenia’s lead official in talks with Azerbaijan on border delimitation and the unblocking of regional corridors, making him a central figure in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Process. Groong covers Grigoryan’s diplomatic activity with attention to whether Armenia’s negotiating team is securing terms that protect sovereignty or accepting concessions under pressure from Baku, Ankara, and Western mediators.

Opposition figures and analysts have raised specific concerns about the nature of border concessions under discussion. Episodes have examined Grigoryan’s positions on the Zangezur Corridor demand — Azerbaijan’s push for extraterritorial transit through Armenian territory — and on border delimitation arrangements that critics argue could lock in territorial losses from the 44-Day War without reciprocal security guarantees. Pashinyan’s government frames these negotiations as the pragmatic path to regional integration; the opposition frames them as capitulation. Grigoryan sits at the operational center of that dispute.

Arthur Khachatryan - Armenia Alliance in the 2026 Armenian Parliamentary Election | Ep 551, May 31, 2026 [EP551]

Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Nagorno Karabakh | Series: cog, video

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Topics:

  • Free and fair elections
  • Polls and opposition unity
  • Hayastan Dashinq platform
  • TRIPP and foreign policy
  • Economy and Russian pressure

Episode 551 | Recorded: May 30, 2026

#ArmeniaElections #ArthurKhachatryan #HayastanDashinq #ArmenianOpposition #Pashinyan #TRIPP #SouthCaucasus #Groong

Pashinyan's Hate Speech, Threats, and the June 7 Election Climate | Ep 547, May 17, 2026 [EP547]

Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Election, Armenian Church, Nagorno Karabakh, Artsakh Blockade, Russia, China, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, NATO | Series: wir, video

Topics:

  • Trump, China, and Iran
  • Armenia-Russia “soft divorce”
  • Pashinyan’s violent campaign rhetoric
  • State resources and election pressure
  • Javakhk church vandalism concerns

Episode 547 | Recorded: May 18, 2026

#Pashinyan #ArmeniaElections #ArmenianPolitics #PoliticalViolence #HateSpeech #ArmeniaRussia #IranWar #SouthCaucasus

Arthur Khachatryan - Mirzoyan in Moscow, Kostanyan in Tehran, Mher Grigoryan on the Border, FIS Annual Report, Silence of the Lambs | Ep 409, Jan 26, 2025 [EP408]

Posted on Thursday, Jan 30, 2025 | Category: Armenia, Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh, Economy, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Armenian Church, Armenian Genocide, Iran, European Union, Genocide, Syria, Lebanon, NATO, Middle East, Ukraine, Human Rights | Series: wir

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Topics:

  • Mirzoyan in Moscow
  • Vahan Kostanyan in Tehran
  • Mher Grigoryan on the Border (concessions)
  • FIS Annual Report 2025
  • The Silence of the Lambs

Episode 408 | Recorded: January 29, 2025

Sergei Melkonian - Armenian Azerbaijani Negotiations Continue in Chisinau/Kishinev and Moscow | Pashinyan Attends Erdogan Inauguration | Israeli President in Azerbaijan | Ep 260 - June 4, 2023 [EP260]

Posted on Monday, Jun 5, 2023 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Israel, Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Iran, Artsakh Blockade, Russia, Turkey, Syria, China, Middle East, Ukraine, European Union, Georgia, Lebanon, NATO | Series: wir

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Topics:

  • Armenian Azerbaijani Negotiations Continue
    • You say Chisinau, I say Kishinev
    • Deputy PMs Meet in Moscow
  • Israeli President Visits Azerbaijan
  • Pashinyan Attends Erdogan’s Inauguration
  • Armenia-Russia Relations

Episode 260 | Recorded: June 5, 2023