In the trilateral working group at the level of the deputy prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, the parties “had mutual understanding on the issues of restoration and unblocking of the railway infrastructure,” Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said in an interview with TASS. “There was an understanding that the sovereignty of the …

The Prosecutor General’s Office has examined the legality of the property acquired by former Minister of Defense, now MP Seyran Ohanyan, his wife Ruzanna Khachatryan, their associate Jacques Fovo, former head of Serzh Sargsyan’s bodyguards Vachagan Ghazaryan, his wife, daughter and son. As the Prosecutor General’s Office told Factor.am, they were invited to the Prosecutor’s …

Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan, human rights activists Siranush Sahakyan and Artak Zeynalyan, who represent Armenian captives, have issued a joint statement on the video depicting National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan. In the video, he makes untrue assessments of the ombudsman and human rights activists’ August 9 Special Public Report on Azerbaijan’s accountability for torturing and …

U.S. and Russian presidents held a video call on December 7, discussing a number of issues. Both the White House and the Kremlin issued statements regarding the call. The White House statement says that President Biden voiced the deep concerns of the United States and our European Allies about Russia’s escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine …

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan is set to pay a working visit to Paris on December 8-10 to participate in the joint meeting of the working group on the development and expansion of the Armenian-French economic cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. During the visit, Mirzoyan, accompanied by the mayor of Paris, …

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries issued a joint statement on December 7. Below is the text of the statement. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, representing the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, express support for the resumption of direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan …

The International Court of Justice granted almost all the provisional measures requested by Armenia against Azerbaijan, and rejected the majority of Azerbaijan’s requested measures, Armenia’s Representative before the ECHR Yeghishe Kirakosyan said on Twitter Tuesday, December 7. Kirakosyan’s remarks came after the ICJ examining Armenian claims that Azerbaijan breached a convention against racial discrimination on Tuesday ordered Azerbaijan …

As of December 8 (11:00 a.m.) New cases – 410 Tests performed – 8,485 Deaths – 10 —————————————————– Total number of tests performed – 2,419,770 Total number of confirmed cases – 341,468 Total recovered – 322,814 Patients currently receiving treatment – 9,462 Total number of deaths – 7,728      

The Nagorno Karabakh conflict has been discussed on the sidelines of the 28th OSCE Ministerial Council, which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 2-3, Armenpress reported. It can be recorded that contrary to the statements made by the top leadership of Azerbaijan that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is over, the statements made by the …

The urgent discussion on issues related to the fate of prisoners of war, hostages, missing persons, other detainees, initiated by the opposition factions, was interrupted at the National Assembly, which was held behind closed doors. National Assembly’s Armenia faction MP Anna Grigoryan told reporters the reasons why the opposition MPs left the discussion. “This is …