Armenia is Russia’s strategic partner in the region and worldwide, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual press conference in response to a question from a reporter on “how is Russia planning to restore its policy with Armenia after the parliamentary elections”.
“The Republic of Armenia pursues its own policy and I think if not everyone, at least many see that. And Armenia will continue that policy”, the acting PM said.
Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan has issued a clarification about a mutual-agreement reached at the Milan meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, that has been mentioned by Azerbaijan’s FM Elmar Mammadyarov.
Former Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan has submitted an application for leaving the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Ruben Tadevosyan, chairman of the RPA Organizational Commission.
Caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spokesperson Arman Yeghoyan has addressed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko’s statement on why the Armenian premier is not raising the weapons supply issue to Azerbaijan also before Russia.
An on-duty soldier of the Artsakh Defense Army has been wounded in a shooting.
Then I have openly said: listen, they tell about 7 occupied territories. Serzh, give them 5 territories. What are the grounds for not returning them? They are empty. He said if the territories are returned they will cut the road and occupy Nagorno Karabakh.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that Russian news media are covering events concerning his country not objectively.
Yesterday I had a lengthy and detailed conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
“I advice to be guided by official reports. Open our official website and see if there is such a thing or not,” Babayan said when asked to comment on rumors claiming that Artsakh’s Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan and other high ranking officials have been sacked.
