Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan stated about the abovementioned at the peacekeeping conference being held at the UN headquarters in New York City, as news.am reports, the Voice of AmericaArmenian Service informed.

Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I anointed Church of Holy Forty Children in Aleppo. Catholicos Aram I delivered remarks during the ceremony, noting that the anointing of the church has historical and symbolic significance.

UN Secretary General António Guterres welcomes the first meeting between the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, held in Vienna on 29 March 2019, under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met today in Vienna for the first time under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America).

The private conversation between Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Vienna lasted two hours.

The expanded format meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, with participation of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and foreign ministers, has ended.

 Acting Minister of Culture Nazeni Gharibyan has sacked Constantine Orbelian, the General Director and Artistic Director of the Alexander Spendiaryan Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, aka the Yerevan Opera Theater.

At the initiative of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the negotiations between RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev started in Vienna.

Converse Bank is starting a number of contests devoted to the great Armenians, whose jubilees are celebrated this year. This is another cultural initiative by Converse Bank aimed at increasing awareness of the cultural heritage left over by the great Armenian writers and raising interest towards their works.

Armenia will send humanitarian support to Iran to help in tackling the consequences of the deadly floods that hit the country last week.