The public representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia held the first meeting after the Nagorno Karabakh war in Moscow, during which the means of easing the tension between the peoples of the two countries were discussed, a source close to the talks has told TASS. The meeting took place on December 23 and 24 with the …

Moscow could be on the verge of becoming a buyer of Turkish military hardware – specifically drones. This week Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said there was no issue in selling the drones, or other Turkish weapons and military equipment, to Russia. “Turkey is selling its drones to those who need them,” Cavusoglu told the …

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said last week that Ankara was working on advancing the dialogue with Armenia, in coordination with Azerbaijan. “Turkey stands not only for the normalization of relations with Armenia, but also for peace and stability in the entire Caucasus,” he said. Turkey has engaged in an array of regional conflicts in …

Washington welcomes the OSCE statement that the members of the Trilateral Contact Group have agreed to restore the ceasefire in Donbas, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price has said. “We welcome yesterday’s ceasefire announcement between Ukraine and Russia-led forces in eastern Ukraine. Diplomacy and de-escalation is the best way to resolve the crisis in Donbas,” …

The traditional informal meeting of the CIS member states leaderswill take place in St. Petersburg on December 28 on the initiative of Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin press service said. The event will be attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, …

Armenia’s Security Council held a meeting today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister’s Office said. Besides the members of the Security Council, National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan also took part in the meeting.

The end of EU’s GSP + privileged trade regime will have a negative impact on several sectors, including the export of foil and the export of textile products; we will also have problems with US exports, economist Haykaz Fanyan said at the discussion titled “The EU GSP + privileged trade regime ends for Armenia. Are …

Not only Ankara has expressed readiness to host a meeting of the “3+3” platform, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a weekly briefing today. “This shows that the interest of all participants in the format to continue the joint work and establish practical cooperation is quite high. And the coordination of the place of …

The US State Department has announced that it has included former Maltese Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi  and former Prime Minister Keith Schembri in the list of sanctions for their involvement in corruption, according to the official website of the US State Department. “Today, the U.S. Department of State announces the public designation of former Maltese public …

The first session of the newly elected Vanadzor Council of Elders, scheduled to be held today, failed to convene. Acting Secretary of the Community Administration Davit Hakobyan read the ruling of the Administrative Court of Appeal. Based on the lawsuit filed by the Bright Armenia party, the court applied an interim measure, which prohibits the …