Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s lawyer Beka Basilay expects incumbent President Salome Zurabishvili to pardon her client, osnmedia reported. “As a lawyer, I declare that the most effective way is to make a decision by President Salome Zurabishvili. Unfortunately, she got ahead of the events and initially accepted the strategy that she will not apologize, …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the 7th World Congress of Russian Compatriots Living Abroad, announced that five  new Russian schools will be opened in Tajikistan as part of an initiative to strengthen the Russian language. He also said that similar programs are being prepared for Uzbekistan, and that Armenia, according to Lavrov, is …

On October 15, at around 3:00 pm, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire on the Armenian positions located in the village of Yeraskh, Ararat province. No casualties among servicemen or the civilian population are reported.

Turkey has sealed a three-year,11 billion cubic metres (bcm) natural gas accord with Azerbaijan and is making “significant” progress in securing additional natural gas supply, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Friday. Turkey’s record demand for natural gas this year is forcing it to step up purchases on a surging spot market as it scrambles …

The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administration quit the 47-member body over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform, Reuters reported. The United States, which was unopposed, received 168 votes in the secret …

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone talk with his Russian counterpart on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal, the Iranian Mehr News Agency reported. Following the resumption of talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union that saw negotiations between Iranian Deputy …

Yesterday, the Dutch parliament passed an almost unanimous resolution against the Azerbaijani authorities, stating that “the pressure on the opposition and the citizens of Azerbaijan has intensified in Azerbaijan,” the director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, Leyla Yunus, has told the Azerbaijani Turan agency. She said the initiator of the discussions was the …

Another serviceman of the Azerbaijani army has killed himself. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has said that on October 14, Sub-officer Namin Ruslan oglu Mammadov, who was on vacation, committed suicide at his own home. A criminal case has been launched, a preliminary investigation is underway. No other details were reported.

Some 15,616 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 1,765 new cases; 39 people died. As of October 15 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,855,238 Confirmed positive cases – 278,431 Deaths – 5,713 Recovered – 252,211 Patients currently receiving treatment – 19,275