OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linden, has called on Azerbaijan to release Armenian prisoners of war, resume talks under the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, and reach a political solution. Anne Linden spoke at a press conference in Vienna, in response to the Armenpress observation that the Armenian society is disappointed with the passive position …

Before a demarcation between Armenia and Azerbaijan can be done, the legal basis should be defined first, Ara Papyan, the head of the Modus Vivendi center and a member of the National Democratic Axis, told a  news conference today. “I would like to reiterate that Azerbaijan renounced the Soviet legal basis on the constitutional act …

U.S. President Joe Biden, in a meeting on Monday with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, said his commitment to Israel is “iron-clad” and he looks forward to meeting with new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett soon. Biden, in his first meeting as president with a top Israeli official, also said Iran would not come to possess …

A US military base has been shelled in the northeastern Syrian province of Der Zor, SANA agency reported. The report said that the missiles were fired in the direction of the military base in the area of ​​El-Mar oil well. No one was injured. The fact that there were no casualties in the attack was …

The trial of 14 Armenian prisoners of war from Armenia’s Shirak Province continues in Baku Court of Aggravated Crimes. Azerbaijan accuses them of committing terrorist, subversive and other crimes. According to Azerbaijani media, the Armenian captives are giving testimony in court. The Armenian prisoners of war are Hrachya Avagyan, Gegham Serobyan, Armen Bagasyan, Gor Gasparyan, …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received in Moscow UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, on a working visit in Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. “The parties discussed the issue of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons to Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas in line with the November 9, 2020 statement of the …

The US State Department kept in force an earlier issued advisory for US citizens against travel to Russia, TASS reported. It warns citizens against going to “the North Caucasus, including Chechnya and Mount Elbrus, due to terrorism, kidnapping, and risk of civil unrest.” The statement stresses that in its list of countries as of June …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay a visit to Antalya, Turkey to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, during the meeting the ministers will discuss “a wide range issues,” covering from bilateral relations to the situation in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Central Asia, …

As of 11:00 am on June 29, a total of 224,967 cases of coronavirus disease have been confirmed; 216,718 have recovered, 4,514  people have died. Currently, 2,636 patients are receiving. A total of 1,181,291 tests have been performed so far. Some 3,477 tests were performed yesterday confirming 116 new cases; 73 have recovered, 4 died.

Armenian National Congress Vice-president Lveon Zurabyan told Factor.am today that the party is not going to dispute the early parliamentary election results at the Constitutional Court. He said it does not make sense to apply to the Constitutional Court, because the legitimacy of the election results will be disputed by other political forces anyway. When …