Arman Musinyan, the spokesperson of former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan said that Ter-Petrosyan received at his residence Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopirkin on December 20. “The parties exchanged views on regional developments, and both sides expressed satisfaction with the observed stabilization tendencies,” Musinyan said.

Two cases of Omicron variant infection have been registered in Georgia, the head of the National Center for Disease Control, Amiran Gamghrelidze, said “Both cases are Georgian citizens who have had a history of traveling to the United States and the Middle East. Both are isolated, now the study of 26 people who had contacted …

On December 20, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by Seyed Mehdi Farshadan, Head of the Iran-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Iran’s Majlis. Simonyan expressed confidence that the visit of the Friendship Group would have an active significance for the close Armenian-Iranian relations, in favor …

“MP Anna Grigoryan and I sent inquiries to the government, the National Security Service, the Ministry of Defense, the border troops, the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister. Our main question was on what basis the Armenian troops withdrew in Syunik in 2020 leaving Syunik defenseless. After various evasions, we finally received a written …

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a private talk with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in Tbilisi. The parties discussed details of the regular meeting of the Armenia-Georgia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, which is aimed at further development and strengthening of bilateral trade and economic relations, the Armenian Prime Minister’s Office informed. Pashinyan and Gharibashvili …

The envoys appointed for the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia may meet in the near future, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference with his Malaysian counterpart in Ankara, TASS reported. “We have appointed special envoys to start the process of normalization of relations. They will hold talks in the very …

Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Stanislav Zas is set to visit Armenia on December 22-24 to meet with the country’s top political and military leadership, according to the CSTO website. He will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is the chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council this year. Zas is …

French President Emanuel Macron welcomed the release of 10 Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijan and their return to Armenia. “10 Armenian soldiers were released. I would like to welcome the EU’s decisive action. We will continue to follow that path, from dialogue to peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. We are moving forward,” Macron wrote …

National Assembly Deputy Speaker Ruben Rubinyan will be the Special Representative of Armenia in the Armenia-Turkey dialogue process, Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vahan Hunanyan said. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that official Yerevan and Ankara are ready to take concrete steps to normalize relations and will appoint special representatives on both sides. Yerevan …

The United States has welcomed the release of 10 Armenian servicemen by Azerbaijan following talks between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels. We welcome Azerbaijan’s release of 10 Armenian detainees on December 19 with EU support. “We urge the full and expeditious release of all remaining detainees, exchange of …