Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had a brief eye-to-eye meeting in Brussels, European Council President Charles Michel said. Prior to that, Pashinyan and Aliyev held a trilateral meeting hosted by Michel in Brussels. After the meeting, Michel told reporters that he left the two leaders alone briefly in order for …

As of December 15 (11:00 a.m.) New cases – 212 Tests performed – 7,801 Deaths – 11 —————————————————– Total number of tests performed – 2,464,749 Total number of confirmed cases – 342,977 Total recovered – 326,559 Patients currently receiving treatment –7,076 Total number of deaths – 7,856      

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emanuel Macron had a telephone conversation on the initiative of the French side, the Kremlin said in a statement. It said the leaders of the two countries discussed the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, the situation around Ukraine, as well as the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “The situation …

A Belarusian opposition leader who rallied mass protests against disputed leader Alexander Lukashenko has been jailed for 18 years, BBC reported. Sergei Tikhanovsky was convicted of organising riots among other charges following a trial condemned as a sham. He planned to challenge Mr Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election, but was detained before the vote. …

European Council President Charles Michel today had separate meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who both are in Brussels on working visits. No additional details have been reported.

Armenia’s Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan today met with Matthias Lüttenberg, Director for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia Countries of the German Foreign Ministry, and German Ambassador to Armenia Viktor Richter, the Ombudsman’s Office reported. Tatoyan presented on concrete facts and examples about the violations of rights of Armenia’s border residents by the Azerbaijani servicemen. …

The United States is determined to implement the agreements reached between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping to prevent a conflict between the two countries, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Jakarta during his visit to Indonesia, swissinfo reported. “President Biden told President Xi that we share a deep responsibility to …

A virtual summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be lengthy in time and cover a broad agenda, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, highlighting the utmost importance of the upcoming contacts, TASS reported. “Tomorrow, the Russia-China summit will take place. This will be a video-conference of President …

Gas prices in Europe have continued to spike since the end of last week. Thus, at the auction on ICE Futures on December 14, the price of January futures for TTF reached $1,425 per 1,000 cubic meters or 122.24 euros per MW / h, the Russian newspaper Korrespondent wrote. Gas prices in Europe have risen …