On November 28, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of India Vahagn Afyan presented the Letters of Credence to the President of the Republic of India Droupadi Murmu, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry reports. During the tête-à-tête conversation following the Ceremony of Presentation of Credentials held at the Presidential Palace, the Ambassador noted…
Canada’s deputy prime minister and minister of finance has resigned amid growing tensions with the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, over the looming threat posed by Donald Trump’s “America First” economic nationalism, The Guardian reports. Chrystia Freeland stood down on Monday, just hours before she was due to release the country’s first economic plan ahead…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, during which they announced the launch of joint weapons production between Ukraine and Denmark. Zelenskyy shared this information on his social media platforms. “Denmark will be the first country with which we launch joint defense production. Every country that sincerely…
The IDF will warn the government that it believes any expansion of the military operation in Gaza risks the lives of the hostages, The Times of Israel reports referring to Channel 13. The warning of the risk to hostages would be passed to political leaders if they ask for further maneuvers in Gaza, Channel…
“Azerbaijani side shelled the position of Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations in the Shushi region, as a result of which two people were injured,” the daily official bulletin of the Russian Ministry of Defense stated about the activities of the Russian peacekeeping troops in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. According to the report of the Russian peacekeeping force,…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who chairs the Eurasian Economic Union, will chair the jubilee summit of the organization, which will take place on May 8 in Moscow. Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the Russian President, informed the journalists about this in a briefing. “The session is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the signing…
A bipartisan group of US senators is urging Hungary to stop buying Russian energy ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, Bloomberg reports. US lawmakers expressed concern that Hungary has shown “no signs of reducing its reliance on Russian fossil fuels” and called on Orbán and…
The leaders of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan have called for Armenia to hold a nationwide referendum on its future relationship with the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), according to a joint statement published by the Kremlin following a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian…
EU Mission in Armenia issued a statement on the occasion of EU and the Republic of Armenia on the status of EUMA – the SOMA. “Important development and great news for EUMA! Following the completion of the final steps of ratification, the Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Armenia on the status…
On January 10, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a telephone conversation with Karen Donfried, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. Ararat Mirzoyan briefed his counterpart on the humanitarian situation deteriorating daily since December 12, 2022 due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the war will be stopped only if the international community fully blocks Russian oil flows, other energy resources, and the banking sector. In his view, Russia is not demonstrating readiness to establish peace. “There are still no signs that Moscow intends to stop its military machine,” the President of…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Russia’s accusations that Ukraine had attempted to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region as “lies.” In a social media post, he said that Russia was trying to undermine the progress made in the Ukraine-US peace talks and that Moscow was preparing to attack Ukrainian government buildings in…
On the night of July 26-27, Ukrainian drones launched a massive attack on Russian territory. According to Telegram channels, 12 civilians were injured in Belgorod, including two children. Several apartments and cars were set on fire. There were casualties in the Rostov region from the Ukrainian drone strikes, two married couples died, five people…
On December 1, on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Tanja Fajon, the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia. The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Slovenia discussed a number of…
Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed their interest in Russia’s mediation in the settlement of the conflict. Press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, announced this. “The parties have confirmed their interest in continuing our mediation efforts, so the work will continue,” Peskov said.
During a briefing, the journalist asked Guillaume Kasbarian, Minister of Civil Service, Streamlining, and Public Sector Transformation of France, whether by strengthening relations in the defense sector with Armenia, France considers the support provided to Armenia sufficient, and whether Armenia is not in danger. Kasbarian, an Armenian by origin, who before assuming the post…
Recently, the representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited the Armenians held in Azerbaijan, including the former military and political leadership of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Zara Amatuni, head of the ICRC delegation’s communication programs, informed ‘Lurer’ that the delegates checked the health condition of the persons, the way they are treated there,…
Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said that he is in touch with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and the process of bringing them to Russia again is ongoing. “I have no comment on these contacts except to say that I maintain them,” he told journalists on the sidelines of the St….
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said on Sunday that US strikes targeted the Darkhovin nuclear power plant, which is still under construction in the country’s southwest. “An attack on a peaceful nuclear facility under international safeguards is a clear violation of international law,” the organization said on the US social media company X. It…
The Israel Defense forces said they had struck outposts in Lebanon controlled by the militant group Hezbollah after “unidentified” objects had entered Israeli airspace hours earlier, Bloomberg reports. Saudi Arabia has paused diplomacy to normalize ties with Israel after the flareup in violence between Israeli forces and Hamas, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, October 5, urged a halt to arms deliveries to Israel, which has been criticized over the conduct of its retaliatory operation in Gaza, Le Monde reports. “I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in…
Despite a recent rise in Iran’s oil revenues, U.S. sanctions that have gutted revenues and dramatically worsened economic hardships for ordinary people continue to have a major impact on daily life, stirring discontent. Iranians from the business elite to lower-income families face soaring inflation, a sinking currency and rising unemployment. The official inflation rate is…
Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia, offered her condolences over the deadly explosion in a Yerevan market. “Deeply saddened by the shocking explosion in Yerevan. I express my deepest condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones, but also strength and resilience to the emergency workers. I stand with the people of Armenia”, she…
In a phone call, Turkish President Erdogan praises the US presidential candidate’s “brave stance” following the attack. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, describing it as an attack on democracy. Erdogan expressed his sorrow for the incident and wished Trump, the 45th President of the United…
Syria resumed fuel shipments from its largest refinery, Banias, for the first time in over six months on June 16, its authorities announced, in a sign of further normalization for the country’s troubled energy sector. The 120,000 b/d Banias refinery was taken offline late 2024 when the fall of President Bashar al-Assad saw Iran…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted a post on his X page on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “The Armenian genocide will forever be one of the darkest chapters in human history. 1.5 million Armenian people were murdered in these senseless atrocities, systematically planned and carried out by the Ottoman…
On 7-8 May 2025, Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, together with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, organised an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Gymnich formula in Warsaw. The meeting was also attended by British Foreign Minister David Lammy and ministers from…
On November 28, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Philip Reeker, the Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations of the US State Department. At the meeting, the parties exchanged ideas on the settlement of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the meeting at the level of foreign ministers on the negotiation of a peace treaty in Washington….
The meeting of the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Russia Nikol Pashinyan and Mikhail Mishustin took place in Minsk. The head of the Russian Government said in his speech, “Welcome, dear Nikol Vovaevich, I warmly recall our meeting during your official visit. First of all, let me convey the warm greetings and best wishes of…
Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have become BRICS partner countries, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said at a joint meeting of APEC foreign and trade ministers, TASS reports. “The BRICS Summit in Kazan demonstrated the desire of the global majority to establish a fair world order, reform global institutions and build equitable economic ties,”…
