Nikol Pashinyan paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the October 27 crime

Today, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, together with members of the government and deputies of the National Assembly, took part in the memorial ceremony of state and political figures who were victims of the crime of October 27, 1999, in the National Assembly Park.

The Prime Minister laid flowers at the memorial, paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the crime.

Suren Papikyan and the members of the French delegation discussed the possibilities of developing cooperation in the defense sector

On October 27, RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan received the delegation headed by Guillaume Olagnier, head of the Europe-America-Multilateral Operations Service of the General Department of International Relations and Strategy of the French Ministry of Defense.
 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Anne Louyot also participated in the meeting.
 
During the meeting, the implementation of the agreements reached during the working visit of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia to France and the opportunities for the development of Armenian-French cooperation in the field of defense was discussed.
 
Previously, the delegation held working discussions with the 1st Deputy Minister of Defense of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, Major General Edward Asryan, and the Head of the Defense Policy and International Cooperation Department of the Defense Ministry, Levon Ayvazyan.

Azerbaijan handed over the bodies of 10 Armenian servicemen to the Armenian side

Azerbaijan handed over the bodies of 10 Armenian servicemen to the Armenian side. Press Secretary of the RA Ministry of Defense Aram Torosyan informed in a conversation with News.am.

Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on Twitter that starting from September 14, Azerbaijan creates various obstacles for the search for the bodies of Armenian soldiers who died in the zone of the last Azerbaijani occupation.

Russia appealed to Armenia for clarification on the issue of banning the entry of Zatulin and Simonyan into Armenia

Russia has turned to Armenia through diplomatic channels to confirm the news of banning the entry of Konstantin Zatulin and Margarita Simonyan to Armenia and to get clarifications. As TASS reports, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova said:

“We immediately appealed to the Armenian side through diplomatic channels for official confirmation and clarifications. We have seen such reports, and we have officially asked to clarify whether it is true and if it is confirmed, what it is related to,” said Zakharova.

It should be reminded that on October 25, it became known that Konstantin Zatulin, the chairman of the commission for CIS affairs, Eurasian integration, and relations with compatriots of the Russian Federation, was banned from entering Armenia.

Margarita Simonyan, head of the Russian RT TV channel, and media manager responded to this and said that her entry to the Republic of Armenia was banned.

An extraordinary session of CSTO will take place tomorrow: The issue of aid to Armenia will be discussed

The results of the work of the CSTO mission sent to Armenia will be discussed at the extraordinary session of the Security Council tomorrow, October 28. This was reported by the CSTO press service.

It is planned to consider the issue of providing assistance to Armenia as well.

It should be reminded that after the latest Azerbaijani aggression on September 13, according to the decision of the extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the delegation led by the General Secretary of the Organization, Stanislav Zas, arrived in Armenia on September 20.

EU observers went to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to patrol

EU observers left for their first patrol in Armenia. In the next two months, the EU observation mission will monitor the situation on the Armenian side of the border in order to build trust and support the work of the border commissions. This was announced by the EU Security Protection Service, headed by Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Affairs of the European Union.

It should be reminded that on October 6, the four-way meeting of Nikol Pashinyan, Ilham Aliyev, Emmanuel Macron, and Charles Michel took place in Prague. A statement was adopted as a result of the meeting. According to the statement, Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, Armenia expressed its agreement to encourage the EU civilian mission along the border with Azerbaijan. The purpose of the mission will be to build confidence and support the border commissions through its reports.

The Deputy PM of Azerbaijan responded to Armenia’s proposal to create 3 checkpoints on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border

We consider the proposal of the Armenian government to establish 3 checkpoints on the border with Azerbaijan as an imitation of the fulfillment of the obligations assumed by point 9 of the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Shahin Mustafayev.

“According to the results of the conducted monitoring, the roads from those points are not suitable for transport connection with Nakhichevan and international transit transportation, which is one of the goals of the restoration of communications. In addition, as a rule, checkpoints are opened based on the mutual agreement of the parties. There was no agreement on this issue with Azerbaijan. Thus, the main reason for non-fulfillment of the conditions of point 9 regarding the transport communication of the western regions of Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan is the reluctance of Armenia to present the optimal route of the motor road proposed by the same monitoring,” said the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan.

It should be reminded that RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Armenia is waiting for a positive response from Azerbaijan regarding the opening of 3 checkpoints.

Other New

• The ruling faction MP presented the agenda and expectations of the Armenian side at the upcoming Pashinyan- Putin-Aliyev meeting in Sochi.

• On October 26, RA Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan received the needs assessment mission of the OSCE led by the representative of Poland in the OSCE, Colonel Robert Arkadiusz Tkachik, for the purpose of concluding discussions.

• The council of the Lazarian club issued a statement regarding banning Russian parliamentarian Konstantin Zatulin from entering Armenia.