President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has sent a letter to President of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer, expecting the Committee’s support for the quick return of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians from Azerbaijan, the Presidential Office reports. In his letter the Armenian President said several hundreds of Armenian servicemen and …

Russia has delivered 15 thousand doses of Sputnik V vaccine to Artsakh, President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan wrote on his Facebook page. ”I express my deepest gratitude to the Russian-Armenian Lazarev club and personally the coordinator of the Council of the Club Konstantin Zatulin, due to the efforts of whom thousands of citizens of Artsakh …

The Republican Party of Armenia will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Vice President of the Party Armen Ashotyan announced after the session of the Supreme Body of the Party. ‘’Based on the discussions on possible formats of participation, a decision was made to form a coalition with the “Hayrenik” Party’’, Ashotyan said. The “Hayrebik” …

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Armenia and then Azerbaijan in May, his spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing. Lavrov will be in Yerevan May 5-6, and in Baku May 10-11, she said. “According to the existing agreements, the Russian Foreign Minister will pay a working visit to Yerevan on May 5-6 …

3 new cases of COVID have been confirmed in the Republic of Artsakh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,664. 70 coronavirus tests have been carried out on April 28, the Ministry of health of Artsakh informs. A death case from coronavirus, the first in the past 6 …

As of 11:00 on April 29, a total of 215.528 cases of COVID has been confirmed, 197.171 of which have recovered and 4.087 died. 13.257 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 979.060 tests has been performed so far. Thus, 4.284 tests were performed yesterday, of which 656 new cases of COVID were confirmed. …

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had a telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on April 28, Blinken’s Spokesperson Ned Price said. The US Secretary of State and the Azerbaijani President discussed a range of issues. “The Secretary underscored the importance of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Secretary noted the …

A stable operational situation with no incidents has been maintained along the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact of the Armenian state border overnight April 27-28, the Defense Ministry of Armenia told ARMENPRESS. According to the information provided by the Armenian National Security Service, no border incidents were registered in the Vorotan-Davit Bek section of the Goris-Kapan …

Caretaker Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the delegation of French parliamentarians led by France-Armenia Friendship Group Vice President, Chairman of France-Artsakh Friendship Circle Guy Teissier, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia. ”Armenia highly appreciates the fact that France always stands with Armenia. The visits of high-level legislative and executive delegations …

Armenia’s acting minister of health Anahit Avanesyan received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine today. Avanesyan received the vaccine in front of the media, having passed the necessary examination before that.