A regional head of Armenia’s Social Security Service has been arrested on bribery charges.
The Armenian delegation to PACE has countered false and deceitful statements made by Azerbaijani delegated during ongoing side-events as part of the organization’s summer session.
A Yerevan Court of Appeals has ordered former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan to be arrested again.
On June 25, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the border of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, in the north-east direction of Akna.
Shalva Alaverdashvili, the head of Georgia’s Association of Hotels and Restaurants, has recommended the country’s ministry of economy and tourism authorities to launch free-of-charge passenger buses from the airports of Yerevan, Armenia; Trabzon, Turkey and Baku, Azerbaijan to transport Russian tourists to Georgia.
The Armenian passengers of a bus that was denied entry to Georgia after crossing the Upper Lars checkpoint from Russia are already being transported to Armenia, the Embassy of Armenia in Georgia said. The backup bus picked up the passengers and left the checkpoint at 07:00, June 25.
The claims of the Azerbaijani foreign minister do not correspond to the reality. This is an unconstructive approach which devalues the seriousness of the peace process.
An Armenian passenger bus traveling from Russia has been stopped by Georgian authorities at the Upper Lars checkpoint on June 24 after entering the Georgian side. The Upper Lars border checkpoint is located at the Russia-Georgia border and is used by Armenians as land communication to travel from/into Russia via Georgia.
We must record that after our latest session the security environment around Armenia not only didn’t unwind, but on the opposite certain processes are taking place in our environment which force us to be more vigilant in the issue of our security challenges.
Vigen Kocharyan has been sworn in as Member of the Supreme Judicial Council today in parliament. He was installed to the position by lawmakers on June 21 in a confirmation vote.
