The FBI arrested an ethnic Armenian Glendale cop in suspicion of obstruction of justice and providing false testimonies.

The Central Electoral Commission of Armenia continues exercising its powers as prescribed by law, CEC Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan told reporters on May 16.

Defense minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan on May 16 held a consultation over the complaints of officers of military commissariats, Artsrun Hovhannisyan – spokesman of the defense ministry, said on Facebook.

Deputy foreign minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan says newly-appointed foreign minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan is a professional diplomat and has passed a serious path, reports Armenpress. “He has served also as deputy foreign minister, and in general, the ministry is satisfied with his appointment”, the deputy FM told reporters.

During the May 16 sitting the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia adopted several decisions by giving mandates to new MPs Hovik Aghazaryan, Hrachya Hakobyan and Alen Simonyan from the Yelk faction, Hakob Hakobyan from the RPA and Ruzanna Arakelyan from the ARF.

US President Donald Trump has congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his recent election through a letter sent via the Armenian Embassy in Washington. The letter is dated May 14.

I continued my mission in Brussels by meeting my colleagues from European Parliament. I met counterpart from EP, co-chair of EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Mr Sajjad Haider Karim, Co-chair of EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly Mrs Rebecca Harms and Vice-president of European parliament Mrs Heida Hautala.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has appointed Shahen Avagyan – the former Secretary General and Chief of Staff of the ministry of foreign affairs under FM Edward Nalbandian – to serve as his adviser. Mr. Avagyan was dismissed from office in the foreign ministry at the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Soldier wounded in Artsakh on May 13 as a result of the Azerbaijani shooting is in critical condition, Gayane Hovhannisyan – head of the military-medical department of Armenia’s defense ministry, told reporters.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he is convinced that the government will work productively.