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25/06/2024

The Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers (Ararat Mirzoyan, Hakan Fidan), by telephone today, discussed the ongoing process to normalize relations between their two countries.

25/06/2024

Russian Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk today warned there would be “consequences” if Armenia and the European Union continue to expand relations.

The Russian official didn’t specify what those “consequences” would be.

Russian Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk today warned there would be “consequences” if Armenia and the European Union continue to expand relations.

24/06/2024

Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Palestine Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Mohammed Mustafa, by telephone today, discussed steps to expand political relations between the two states following Armenia’s recent recognition of the State of Palestine.

Mirzoyan stressed the decision was based on Armenia’s support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the need to prevent further human suffering.

24/06/2024

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Brazil's Ambassador to Armenia Fabio Vaz Pitaluga met today in Yerevan and discussed steps to deepen cooperation between the two countries.

They also discussed regional issues.

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Brazil's Ambassador to Armenia Fabio Vaz Pitaluga met today in Yerevan and discussed steps to deepen cooperation between the two countries.

24/06/2024

Armenian Nikol Pashinyan sent the following telegram of condolence to Russian President Vladimir Putin following Sunday’s terrorist attacks in Dagestan that killed scores of civilians and police.

Gunmen attacked synagogues and churches in the cities of Makhachkala and Derbent in the predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea.

Armenian Nikol Pashinyan sent the following telegram of condolence to Russian President Vladimir Putin following Sunday’s terrorist attacks in Dagestan that killed scores of civilians and police.

21/06/2024

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, during a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev yesterday, underscored the significance of concluding a peace agreement with Armenia without delay.

Blinken, according to his office, reiterated the United States remains willing to support further engagement in any way useful to the parties.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, during a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev yesterday, underscored the significance of concluding a peace agreement with Armenia without delay.

21/06/2024

Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee Secretary Hussein Al-Sheikh has welcomed Armenia’s recognition today of the State of Palestine.

Al-Sheikh thanked the friendly state of Armenia, adding this is a victory for truth, justice, legitimacy, and the struggle of our Palestinian people for liberation and independence.

Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee Secretary Hussein Al-Sheikh has welcomed Armenia’s recognition today of the State of Palestine.

21/06/2024

Armenia’s National Security Service reports that Azerbaijan today handed over the remains of two Armenian servicemen who supposedly died during the September 2022 clashes along Armenia-Azerbaijan border.

On September 12, 2022, Azerbaijani forces attacked military and civilian positions in Vardenis, Goris, Sotk, Jermuk, and other cities in Armenia with artillery, drones, and heavy weapons.

On September 12, 2022, Azerbaijani forces attacked military and civilian positions in Vardenis, Goris, Sotk, Jermuk, and other cities in Armenia with artillery, drones, and heavy weapons.

21/06/2024

"Based on the above and reaffirming its commitment to international law and the principles of equality, sovereignty and peaceful coexistence of peoples, the Republic of Armenia recognizes the State of Palestine."

The Armenian Foreign Affairs Ministry issued the following statement today declaring that the Republic of Armenia recognizes the state of Palestine.

20/06/2024

Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan bought bonds worth half a million dollars from Ardshinbank in December 2023.

What is interesting about this transaction is that in 2022, Grigoryan sold his 1.000056% shares in Ardshinbank for more than two million dollars.

What is interesting about this transaction is that in 2022, Grigoryan sold his 1.000056% shares in Ardshinbank for more than two million dollars.

20/06/2024

Air Cairo today launched Cairo-Yerevan roundtrip flights.

Flights will take place every Thursday. The airline also flies to Baku and Tbilisi.

Air Cairo today launched Cairo-Yerevan roundtrip flights.

20/06/2024

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will skip a June 21 meeting of CSTO foreign ministers to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The ministry announced that Mirzoyan will travel to Vilnius to meet with Lithuanian government officials.

In February 2024, Armenia announced the suspension of its membership in the CSTO, and subsequently refused to pay its membership fee.

19/06/2024

The Armenian Foreign Affairs Ministry issued the below statement today criticizing Baku for describing growing French-Armenian defense cooperation as irresponsible and “emboldening revanchist forces in Armenia.”

Yesterday, in Paris, Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan signed a contract with a French military manufacturer to purchase an unspecified number of CAESAR self-propelled howitzers.

Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev, responding to the news, called on France to pursue “a more responsible policy” when it comes to Armenia given that it “was engaged in occupation and aggression.”

The reaction to the Armenia-France military-technical cooperation by official Baku causes confusion. It is the sovereign right of every state to maintain combat-capable armed forces equipped with modern military assets.

19/06/2024

Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and General Fabien Mandon, Military Adviser and Chief of the Military Staff to the President of France, met today in Paris and discussed ongoing defense cooperation between the two countries and regional security issues.

Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and General Fabien Mandon, Military Adviser and Chief of the Military Staff to the President of France, met today in Paris and discussed ongoing defense cooperation between the two countries and regional secur

19/06/2024

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by telephone yesterday, underlined their political will to fully normalize the relations between Armenia and Türkiye without any preconditions.

Pashinyan’s office reports that he congratulated Erdoğan on the Islamic holiday of Kurban Bayram (Eid el-Adha,), and Erdoğan congratulated Pashinyan on the upcoming Vardavar-Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ holiday.

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by telephone yesterday, underlined their political will to fully normalize the relations between Armenia and Türkiye without any preconditions.

18/06/2024

Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan left for Germany today on a three-day working visit to discuss possible cooperation with German universities to build a so-called “academic city” in Armenia.

Andreasyan will meet with officials from the Munich University of Technology and the Bundeswehr University of Munich.

Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan left for Germany today on a three-day working visit to discuss possible cooperation with German universities to build a so-called “academic city” in Armenia.

18/06/2024

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma today met in Yerevan and discussed the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process, the border demarcation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the "Crossroads of Peace" project, and the implementation of the recently approved government-approved housing program for people forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh.

Verma travelled to Armenia to attend last week’s Armenian-U.S. Local Government Forum on Democracy.

18/06/2024

Armenia will purchase an unspecified number of CAESAR self-propelled howitzers from the French military-industrial company KNDS.

Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan signed the contract yesterday in Paris according to French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

Armenia will purchase an unspecified number of CAESAR self-propelled howitzers from the French military-industrial company KNDS.

17/06/2024

Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma today visited Yerevan’s Armenian Genocide Memorial and paid his respects to the victims of the 1915 Genocide.

Verma is in Armenia to attend the Armenian-U.S. Local Government Forum on Democracy.

16/06/2024

Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan is in Switzerland today to attend a conference that aims to draft a roadmap to end fighting between Ukraine and Russia.

More than ninety countries have gathered at a resort near Lucerne to hear the ten-point peace plan proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan is in Switzerland today to attend a conference that aims to draft a roadmap to end fighting between Ukraine and Russia.

15/06/2024

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, today in Yerevan, attended a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund.

Fund Executive Director Haykak Arshamyan summarized the work of the organization over the past year and presented the 2024 estimated annual budget.

Fund Executive Director Haykak Arshamyan summarized the work of the organization over the past year and presented the 2024 estimated annual budget.

14/06/2024

Amnesty International has called on the Armenian government to immediately investigate allegations that Yerevan police may have used unnecessary or excessive force on June 12 during clashes with those opposed to a border demarcation deal with Azerbaijan.

Amnesty International has called on the Armenian government to immediately investigate allegations that Yerevan police may have used unnecessary or excessive force on June 12 during clashes with those opposed to a border demarcation deal with...

14/06/2024

POLITICO reports that it has seen leaked documents showing that Belarus delivered advanced weapons to Azerbaijan between 2018 and 2022.

POLITICO points out that Belarus and Armenia are members of the Moscow-backed Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and that theoretically members are obliged to defend each other if attacked.

POLITICO reports that it has seen leaked documents showing that Belarus delivered advanced weapons to Azerbaijan between 2018 and 2022.

13/06/2024

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan today defended the actions of police on Wednesday against protesters opposed to the government’s border deal with Azerbaijan.

Scores were injured when police and protesters clashed outside the National Assembly in Yerevan.

Pashinyan, during remarks at the parliament today to discuss the national budget, claimed protesters attacked the police.

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan today defended the actions of police on Wednesday against protesters opposed to the government’s border deal with Azerbaijan.

13/06/2024

Armenian Apostolic Church leaders have condemned the measures taken by riot police on Wednesday directed at protesters who rallied outside the country’s parliament in Yerevan.

Scores of protesters were injured when riot police fired stun grenades to prevent them from surrounding the parliament in a bid to force the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan.

Armenian Apostolic Church leaders have condemned the measures taken by riot police on Wednesday directed at protesters who rallied outside the country’s parliament in Yerevan.

13/06/2024

Scores of citizens were injured on Wednesday when riot police fired stun grenades and other measures to prevent protesters opposed to the Armenian government’s border deal with Baku from blocking the entrances to the parliament.

Some of the injured were treated on the spot and others were taken to local hospitals.

Some of the injured were treated on the spot and others were taken to local hospitals.

13/06/2024

On June 12, at 3pm local time, a rally organized by the Tavush for the Motherland movement near the National Assembly later turned into clashes with the police.

According to the Ministry of Health, 98 civilians and police officers sought medical help.

13/06/2024

Protesters and riot police clashed outside the parliament in Yerevan on Wednesday afternoon as protest leader Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian rallied thousands to oppose the Pashinyan administration’s border deal with Baku.

Police fired stun grenades to keep the protesters from surrounding the parliament.

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan rejected demands that he resign.

11/06/2024

Armenian Deputy PM Mher Grigoryan and newly appointed Permanent Coordinator of the United Nations in Armenia Françoise Jacob met in Yerevan today and discussed the development of human capital in Armenia and government policies to reform education, healthcare and social security procedures in the country.

Grigoryan, according to his office, said the Armenian government is taking steps to implement the U.N.’s sustainable development goals.

Grigoryan, according to his office, said the Armenian government is taking steps to implement the U.N.’s sustainable development goals.

11/06/2024

Glendale Mayor Elen Asatryan arrives in Armenia today to participate in the U.S.-Armenia Local Democracy Forum organized by the U.S. State Department with mayors and executives from various U.S. cities.

The goal of the trip is to enhance bilateral relations, explore economic opportunities, and foster cultural and educational exchanges between Armenia and Glendale.

Yerevan-born Asatryan will visit Gyumri, and possibly Kapan, and will meet local government officials, media outlets, business leaders, and community organizations.