The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a powerful amendment introduced by Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) to block the transfer of U.S. defense articles to Baku that could potentially be used by the Azerbaijani government to act upon its threat to shoot down civilian aircraft operating out of Artsakh’s Stepanakert Airport, the Armenian National Committee of America reported.

 The U.S. House has overwhelmingly adopted the Chu Amendment endorsing the bipartisan Royce-Engel peace proposal for Artsakh, a three-part, ANCA-backed plan to deploy gunfire locators, add observers, and withdraw snipers, heavy arms, and new weaponry from the Artsakh line-of-contact, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

According to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, having a concrete roadmap for achieving high economic inclusive growth is one of the main tasks of the government.

According to preliminary reports, there are no Armenian citizens or persons of Armenian descent among those killed or injured in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece, the Armenian Embassy in Greece said.

The Armenian government will raise pensions by 10% starting from January 1, 2020, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during today’s Cabinet meeting.

Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, has nominated Andrea Wiktorin as Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Armenpress reports citing the EU website.

One of the Armenian citizens, who was injured in a tragic car crash in Georgia on July 7, is currently being transported to Armenia from a Tbilisi hospital via an ambulance helicopter. The citizen is in critical condition. His transportation is carried out under the control of the Armenian doctors, the Armenian Embassy in Georgia said on Facebook.

Within the framework of his official visit to Singapore, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and spouse Anna Hakobyan visited the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

There is no session of the Council of ministers of CSTO member states during which the issue of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has not been discussed, Acting CSTO Secretary General, Colonel-General Valery Semerikov said during Moscow-Yerevan-Minsk-Nour-Sultan-Bishkek video conference.

Number of flights from Armenia to Russia will increase starting from July 8, PR manager at the Armenia International Airports CJSC Satenik Hovhannisyan told Armenpress.