The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will continue to work towards exchanging prisoners of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, but the status of prisoners of war must be decided by the parties themselves, the president of the organization, Peter Maurer, has told Izvestia. “Yes, the Red Cross has …

Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I is scheduled to take part in a meeting of Lebanese Christian leaders, which will be attended also by Pope Francis. The meeting will take place on July 1 and will consist of two parts: a discussion of the current situation in Lebanon and a public ceremony …

The trials on fabricated criminal cases against Armenian captives continue in Azerbaijan. Today, Baku court resumed the hearing of the case of Armenian prisoners of war Ludvig Mkrtchyan and Alyosha Khosrovyan. Azerbaijan accuses Armenian captives of torturing Azerbaijani captives and other crimes in the first Artsakh war. A court session of a trial against other …

More than 30 members of the US Senate, led by Sen. Chris van Hollen and Todd Young, have sent a letter to Christopher Kuns, Chairman of the US Senate Appropriations Committee, asking Lindsey Graham, a senior member, to provide funding for a number of demining projects. The senators, along with Afghanistan, Laos, Sri Lanka, Angola …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Antalya on a working visit, Vzglyad reported. He is set to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The parties will discuss a wide range of issues, including the situation in the Caucasus, Ukraine, the Black Sea region, Syria and Libya. Earlier, Lavrov has said that …

The Prosecutor General’s office reported that in 2020 and 2021, it has carried out hundreds of investigations aimed at revealing properties – both immovable and movable – of illegal origin. Based on the results of the immense work, it has found 20 real estates and  five movable properties, as well as shares of three joint-stock …

As of 11:00 am on June 29, a total of 22,095 cases of coronavirus disease have been confirmed; 216,778 have recovered, 4,514 were fatal. Some 2,704 patients are currently receiving treatment. A total of 1,185,002 tests have been performed so far, with 3,711 of them performed yesterday, confirming 128 new cases. Sixty people were discharged …

A meeting of the National Assembly Council was held today at 17:30. The meeting discussed and approved the agenda of an extraordinary meeting of the National Assembly. The extraordinary session will be held on June 30, at 11:00. The reason for this session is that a number of draft laws, such as On Combating Money …

Yesterday, the Council of the European Union approved the agreements on the establishment of a common aviation zone with three EU neighbors, Ukraine, Armenia and Tunisia, as well as with Qatar. The EU Delegation to Armenia informs that the mentioned agreements will allow opening the air transport market, offering new opportunities to consumers and airlines. …