Secretary-General of the European Ombudsman Institute Joseph Siegele has issued a statement on the Armenian captives being held in Azerbaijan. “I call on Azerbaijan to immediately release all Armenian captives and civilians held in Azerbaijan following the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Everyone imprisoned as a result of an armed conflict must be returned immediately after the …

President Armen Sarkissian visited the General Staff of the RA Armed Force,  where he met with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan.

“We are extremely concerned by recent developments in Armenia,” said PACE’s co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), and Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC). “In particular, we found the statement issued yesterday by the office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, calling for the resignation of a democratically-elected government, to be …

The United States has called for clarifications on the place of Boeing 737 aircraft, which made a landing on the territory of Iran instead of the Republic of Armenia. “The US government is aware of claims that an aircraft registered to an Armenian company was diverted to Iran. We urge all relevant parties to immediately …

The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev says that the issue of  Nagorno Karabakh status should be removed from the agenda. Azerbaijani leader announced this at a press conference with the participation of foreign media. “I have spoken about that issue many times. I advise Armenia and the Armenian people to talk less about this issue, …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that all the captives have been returned to Armenia. He mentioned this at a press conference with the participation of foreign media today. “We have returned the captives who were with us. The people who are kept with us do not belong to this category, they are terrorists and saboteurs. …

The leader of Armenian chess Levon Aronian made a statement confirming the news that he is leaving Armenia. The announcement is below. Chess grandmaster Levon Aronian said on Friday he was leaving Armenia and would represent the United States, citing what he said was Armenian officials’ indifference to chess as one of the reasons. The 38-year-old, who …

As of 11:00 am on February 26,  the number of COVID cases in Armenia has reached 171.510, of which 163.165 have recovered and 3183 died. 4.349 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 720.629 tests have been performed ever since. Thus, 3.947 tests were performed yesterday. Since yesterday 181 people have recovered and 4 …

Russian peacekeepers are carrying out 24/7 monitoring of the control in maintaining the ceasefire and the situation at 27 checkpoints. The website of the RF Ministry of Defense informs. The ceasefire regime is maintained along the entire line of contact. Russian peacekeepers ensure the safe return of civilians to their places of permanent residence, restore …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation, the Kremlin press service reports. It is mentioned that during the phone call the situation in Armenia was discussed. Vladimir Putin spoke in favor of maintaining peace in Armenia and settling the situation within the law. The Russian leader called on …