Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan and the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on state-legal affairs, Vladimir Vardanyan, met today with Birgitte Ebbesen, Regional Director for Europe at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the sidelines of the international conference dedicated to healthcare services and …

International transportation via unblocked routes must be carried out in accordance with the national legislation of each of the countries, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today at a weekly briefing, noting that Russia sees good prospects for unblocking routes in the South Caucasus. Zakharova noted that Moscow is in favor of the implementation …

Former Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Henrik Kochinyan does not accept that the part of the Goris-Kapan highway, now under the control of the Azerbaijani armed forces, belongs to Azerbaijan. Speaking to journalists in the National Assembly, he presented the history of that road section. “When the Council of Ministers of Armenia decided to …

At the moment, special attention is paid to the restoration of trade and economic relations, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said with regard to the trilateral meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev due in Sochi on November 26. “I can say that we are …

The National Security Service of the Artsakh Republic has issued a statement saying that the Azerbaijani special services continue to carry out various attempts to collect personal data of Artsakh citizens on social networks. The Service urged users of social networks to refrain from providing personal information to organizations or organizations that offer various aids …

The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 23 donated 201,640 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, worth  584,640 euros, to the Armenian Ministry of Health, the Polish Embassy in Armenia said in a Facebook post. “The Embassy of the Republic of Poland highly appreciates the cooperation with the Armenian Ministry of Health,” the post …

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on November 24 had a telephone conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, MFA said. Mirzoyan briefed his counterpart on the situation created by the recent Azerbaijani aggression against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia. The parties discussed the current Armenian-Israeli relations and prospects. Issues related to the Armenian …

A group of protesters clashed with Turkish police on Wednesday after they were banned from gathering in Istanbul to demonstrate against the steep fall in the value of the lira. Around 250 protesters took to streets in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul, chanting slogans: “Government, resign!” and “We cannot make ends …

The National Assembly’s Armenia faction today initiated parliamentary hearings on the issues of demarcation and demarcation between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Opposition MPs, representatives of extra-parliamentary forces, military, public, intellectual figures and experts are attending the hearings. The ruling Civil Contract faction, however, does not participate in it. NA Deputy Speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan underscored that in …

At the cabinet meeting today, a decision was passed to provide an interstate loan to the government of the Artsakh Republic as well as provided funds to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Finance Minister Tigran Khachatryan said that this regulates the issue of allocating money to the Artsakh Republic for the month of …