Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory letter to President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian on the occasion of the upcoming Independence Day.
ormer US Vice President Joe Biden has written a letter to the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) declaring that the United States must reaffirm, once and for all, their record on the Armenian Genocide, Armenpress reports citing ANCA website.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree according to which Commander of the 3rd Army Corps, Colonel Grigori Khachaturov has been bestowed with the military rank of Major-General.
Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov will hold a meeting at the mediation and participation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on September 23 in New York City.
President Armen Sarkissian has formalized a motion by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to award two foreign ministry staffers with the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Armenia’s Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan doesn’t rule out the possibility of the exchange of two Armenian captives in Azerbaijan Karen Ghazaryan and Araik Ghazaryan with two imprisoned Azerbaijani convicts in Artsakh – Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev.
On September 19, at 22:42 local time (at 18:42 by GMT) the RA MES Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network registered an earthquake at the northern latitude of 41.040 and eastern longitude of 43.920 geographic coordinates (13 km south-east from Bavra village, Armenia) with 2.3 magnitude and 10 km depth.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan introduced today interim Director of the National Security Service Eduard Martirosyan to the ranking officers of the structure.