Ararat Mirzoyan, Foreign Minister of Armenia delivered opening remarks during his visit to Moscow and ahead of talks. “Colleagues, Sergey Viktorovich and I have already briefly touched upon several issues. We had a one-on-one format discussion and now we can continue the exchange of views with the participation of delegations. I would like to…
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, in his X microblog (former Twitter), referred to the ongoing atrocities of Azerbaijanis in the homes of Nagorno-Karabakh’s residents who have already left their homes. “After keeping the people of Nagorno-Karabakh under a blockade for 10 months, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19, carrying out an ethnic…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, provided there is adequate preparation. Putin stated that Zelensky could visit Moscow if there is a prospect of a favourable outcome, during a press conference in Beijing broadcast on state television at the conclusion of his four-day visit…
Sona Ghazaryan, member of Armenian Parliamentary delegation at PACE, addressed a question to Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus during the winter session of PACE on January 23, 2024. “Your Excellency, it’s an honour to welcome you to this Assembly. Recently the Government of Armenia came up with the initiative of the…
Syria has applied to join BRICS, said the country’s ambassador to Russia, Bashar Jaafari. “We are very interested in joining BRICS. We have sent written requests to join the organization,” he told TASS on the sidelines of the conference called North Caucasus: New Geostrategic Opportunities. BRICS has gone through two waves of expansion…
The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 38,000 as only a handful of survivors were pulled from the rubble more than a week after the disasters that devastated swaths of both countries. Turkey’s disaster agency said around 32,000 had been recorded killed in the country. Rebel-held northwest Syria: More…
Kyiv continued attacks on Russian energy infrastructure facilities over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. It is noted that the energy facility was effectively destroyed as a result of a strike on the Sudzha gas measuring station from HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a high-voltage line was…
Ahead of Friday’s new tariff package, Trump announced that a 25% tariff would be imposed on India along with another unspecified penalty for importing Russian oil and weapons despite US sanctions, Euronews reports. US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday in a post on Truth Social that he plans to impose a 25% tariff…
Reuters. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan raised “economic issues that are important for Turkey” during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, a Turkish diplomatic source said. The two ministers, who met on the sidelines of a BRICS meeting in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, also discussed developments in Gaza,…
The South Korean Parliament has voted to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol, with 204 lawmakers voting in favour of the motion, the BBC reports. It means that Yoon will immediately be suspended from office, and the prime minister will become the acting president. However, the vote does not necessarily guarantee that he will be…
Nathalie Loiseau, Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Security and Defence of European Parliament referred to the first anniversary of September 19, 2023 attack by Azerbaijan on the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. “A year ago today, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh and forced hundreds and thousands to flee leaving…
French President Emmanuel Macron made a post on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide Victims. “Today, France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Let’s keep alive the memory of the victims of massacres, deportations and persecutions. Let’s not forget. The French and the Armenians are forever…
State prosecutors in Georgia say they have launched an investigation into opposition allegations of “falsification” in recent parliamentary elections won by the governing Georgian Dream party, Al Jazeera reports. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday that it has also summoned President Salome Zourabichvili, who has repeatedly said the vote count was…
The US Congress has passed Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending bill in a significant and hard-fought victory for the president and his domestic agenda, BBC reports. After a gruelling session on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 218 to 214 on Thursday afternoon. It was approved…
On February 17, Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan received the delegation of the Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden), co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Armenia and the Committee’s Secretary Matthew Monin, who arrived in the Republic of Armenia on a fact-finding…
Reuters. There are no plans for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet “in the immediate future,” a senior White House official said on Tuesday, days after Trump floated another summit with his Russian counterpart. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also have no…
A chair was spotted flying off a high rise building in the capital Ankara during a storm on May 17. In the footage showing the moments of chair flying, the furniture hits another building, the Demirören News Agency reported. Due to the wind, which reached 45 kilometers per hour, many trees fell and roofs…
Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, also known as Medz Yeghern: “Today, we join Armenian communities in Canada and around the world to mark Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. We reflect on this dark chapter in history, honour the victims who lost their lives, and…
Ukraine has exported more than 840,000 tonnes of agricultural products since the launch of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, said the Joint Coordination Center of the initiative on Friday. The Black Sea Grain Initiative was launched in Istanbul by the Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and United Nations on July 22, 2022. Defense Minister of…
Azerbaijani state TV just broadcasted 35-minute “film” which, in short, presents whole sovereign territory of Republic of Armenia as Azerbaijani territory, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ani Badalyan stated in Twitter. “As seen bellow, Armenia “fades” from map. This is nothing short of open propaganda and blatant threat against sovereign neighbor,” Badalyan wrote. Earlier Armenia’s Foreign…
Moscow is ready to contribute to the talks between Iran and the US if the countries need its assistance, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told reporters, TASS reports. “The US-Iran talks mediated by Muscat are now taking place in Oman, and we hope that our efforts will not be necessary. But if there…
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili urged the government to publicly convene the National Security Council and debate the imposition of 3-month visas with Russia, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. At the briefing to respond to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move exempting Georgian citizens from visa requirements and lifting a ban on direct flights, President Zourabichvili said Russia’s…
Member of Armenian Parliament Arusyak Julhakyan gave a Speech at PACE Session in Strasbourg, the Parliament Press office reports. She particularly said: “Thank you, Chair, Dear colleagues, First of all let me mention that we can have only facepalm and nothing more while hearing appraisal of democracy from a representative of one…
During a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar, Chinese foreign minister said China is closely following developments after the Pahalgam attack. China on Sunday backed its close ally Pakistan in safeguarding its sovereignty and security interests, with foreign minister Wang Yi calling on New Delhi and Islamabad to exercise restrain in the…
Three people died and five were injured in Indonesia after protesters set fire to a regional parliament building, authorities said on Saturday (August 30), as demonstrations pose the first major test to President Prabowo Subianto’s government. The Southeast Asian nation’s disaster management agency, in a statement, did not give the causes of the deaths…
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights O’Flaherty published today a letter he addressed to the President of Azerbaijan, in which he asks the authorities for the immediate release of all human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists who are imprisoned for their legitimate work or for expressing dissenting or critical opinions and to…
The first high-level EU-Armenia Political and Security Dialogue will take place in Yerevan, the European Union Delegation to Armenia announced. “Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary General/Political Director of the European External Action Service, arrived to Yerevan today. He will be co-chairing the first ever high-level EU-Armenia Political and Security Dialogue,” the European Union Delegation to Armenia…
Iran will review its agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency, announced the official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Iran Nasser Kanaani. “During the visit of the high-ranking delegation of Iran to Vienna, agreements on constructive cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency were reached. However, the latest resolution of the agency’s board of…
The West seeks to make transporting goods to the westernmost Kaliningrad Region from other Russian regions as troublesome as possible in order to isolate the exclave, Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev said at a meeting in the Kaliningrad Region, TASS reports. “In order to isolate the Kaliningrad Region and…
A group of human rights organizations issued a collective Genocide Warning for the indigenous Armenian population of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh). “All 14 risk factors for atrocity crimes identified by the UN Secretary-General’s Office on Genocide Prevention are now present,” the groups wrote. John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), commented on…
