The Biden administration is preparing for the Democracy Summit, the first of its kind, a gathering of governments, civil society and the private sector to “work together for democratic renewal around the world,” US Deputy Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya has said. In response to the Azerbaijani news …

In a Twitter post today, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Anne Linde said she had a “good conversation” with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhum Bayramov on recent developments in the region and called for continued de-escalation, reiterated support for process through Minsk Group Co-Chairs and “my Personal Representative.” Linde had a similar conversation with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan …

The meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council started in Yerevan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Kazkhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin and Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akilbek Japarov arrived at the residence of the Armenian President. The prime ministers of the EEU member states were photographed together, …

Armenian Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan met with Lt. Gen. Rustam Muradov on November 17 and briefed him on the Nov. 16 combat on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. He also provided information on the captured Armenian servicemen. An agreement was reached to continue intensive work both for the return of the captured servicemen and for the …

At the elections held during the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris on November 17, Armenia was elected a member of the UNESCO Executive Board for the first time for the period of 2021-2025, Armenian MFA said. “Candidates from four countries – Armenia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Azerbaijan – were nominated for the …

Before opening the cabinet meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a statement on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border demarcation and delimitation. “At yesterday’s question-and-answer session of the National Assembly, I said that since May 2021, the Russian Federation has made three proposals on demarcation and delimitation of the Armenian- Azerbaijani border, and all three, in fact, …

Georgia’s jailed opposition leader and ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike for weeks, is in a critical condition and lacks proper medical care, doctors said Wednesday, France 24 reported. Saakashvili, who has been refusing food for 48 days to protest his imprisonment on October 1, shortly after his return from exile in …

The Armenian Ministry of Defense has denied reports that Armenia has secretly turned over six Azeri solodiers captured in the Nov. 14 fighting. In response to Armenpress request to comment on media ans social networks reports networks that during the November 14 fighting on Armenia’s south-eastern border the six Azeri troops were captured and later …

As reported earlier, on November 17, the body of Armenian serviceman Sen. Lt. Taron Sahakyan,31, was transported on a direct flight from Baku to Yerevan. The deal was mediated by Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, Lt. Gen. Rustam Muradov, MoD said in a statement. The search operation for the …

At today’s Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asked Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan to provide information on the construction of alternative roads in Syunik. Sanosyan said that there are seven roads that are constantly discussed. “One is Tatev-Aghvani, which is finished and already passable. Work is underway in the other six …