Armenia’s defense minister Davit Tonoyan says the situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact and the Nakhijevan section of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border is calm.

Russian deputy defense minister Alexander Fomin denies the Russian media reports according to which Russia may suspend delivering arms to Armenia under the loan agreement worth 100 million USD.

 A bipartisan letter, spearheaded by the Armenian Caucus, backed by the bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees, and signed by 48 members of Congress was sent Tuesday calling on U.S. President Trump to meet with Armenia’s new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, as part of a larger effort to both broaden and deepen U.S.-Armenian dialogue and bilateral cooperation, Asbarez reports citing the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan invites people to meet in the Republic Square on August 17, at 18:30 to present the results of his 100-day term in office.

Russia salutes the interactions between Armenia and Azerbaijan that fosters the development of a dialogue based on mutual respect, reports official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakhorova told Sputnik Azerbaijan in Baku.

Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan has applied to international structures over the case of Armenian citizen Karen Ghazaryan who is currently in Azerbaijani captivity.

President of Italy Sergio Mattarella will arrive in Armenia on a two-day state visit on July 30 together with his daughter Laura Mattarella at the invitation of Armenian President Armen Sarkissian.

Viktor Soghomonyan, head of the Office of 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, considers the court’s decision to remand Kocharyan into custody as illegal.

During the period from July 22 to 28, the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact nearly 300 times during which they fired more than 2500 shots from various caliber weapons at the Armenian positions.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on July 28 held a telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during which they discussed a number of issues relating to the bilateral cooperation and their expansion.