Nikol Pashinyan received EU special representative Toivo Klaar

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia.

The interlocutors emphasized the location of the EU civilian mission in Armenia and referred to the mission’s activities.

Thoughts were exchanged on the issues of regional security, peace, and stability, the steps taken in that direction, and the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Issues related to the unblocking of regional transport infrastructures, as well as the work of border security and demarcation commissions were also discussed.

Nikol Pashinyan and Garo Paylan exchanged ideas on the Armenia-Turkey settlement process

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Turkish parliament member Garo Paylan, who arrived in Yerevan to participate in the first World Armenian Summit.

The Prime Minister welcomed the Armenian deputy and highlighted his participation in the summit devoted to the discussion of the problems of the Pan-Armenian agenda and his willingness to contribute to the solution of these problems.

Garo Paylan presented the current state of the Armenian community in Turkey and issues related to community life.

Thoughts were exchanged on the Armenia-Turkey settlement process.

Our biggest problem was to approach the solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem within the framework of the foundation of our statehood: Nikol Pashinyan had a speech at the CP congress

We’ve put a plan out to the public and we’ve stuck to that plan, and we’ve had times where sticking to the plan has brought us success and we’ve had times where it’s brought us a failure. The case of Nagorno-Karabakh is about that. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this today, on October 29, during the congress of the “Civil Contract” party at the sports and concert complex named after Karen Demirchyan.

A soldier mortally wounded by a fellow soldier’s shot – RA Ministry of Defense

On October 29, a reserve soldier, private Misak Petrosyan (born in 1985) was fatally wounded by a shot fired by a fellow soldier, RA Ministry of Defense reports.  An investigation is underway to fully clarify the circumstances of the incident.

A rally held in Stepanakert’s Revival Square

A large rally is being held in the Renaissance Square of Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh, parallel to the extraordinary session of the Artsakh National Assembly. Around 40.000 citizens participated in the rally.

A statement was adopted at the session of the National Assembly of Artsakh, in which it was stated that Artsakh has never been and will never be part of independent Azerbaijan.

According to the statement adopted by the National Assembly, this idea should be the basis of the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict. In addition, it was emphasized that any attempt to annex Artsakh to Azerbaijan would be a gross violation of international law and an official license for the implementation of a new genocide of the Armenian people, therefore documents with such content are unacceptable for the Republic of Artsakh.

We will reject any proposal where Artsakh will be considered part of Azerbaijan – David Babayan

Artsakh Foreign Minister Davit Babayan had a speech today during the rally in Stepanakert’s Revival Square.

Artsakh Foreign Minister Davit Babayan had a speech today during the rally in Stepanakert’s Revival Square. “A lot of work is being done together with all Armenians. We must be principled, we must give place to professionalism and patriotism. Any proposal or document where Artsakh will be considered a part of Azerbaijan is unacceptable to us, we will reject any such proposal. If such a proposal is presented to us by different countries, we will consider it a gross violation of international law. Believe that we will defend Artsakh, believe that there is that potential,” he said.
 

We hope that at the tripartite meeting, Armenia and Azerbaijan will move forward on the path of concluding a peace treaty – Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation

Russia expects that the upcoming tripartite meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin, Nikol Pashinyan, and Ilham Aliyev in Sochi will provide an opportunity to move forward on the path of signing a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to RIA Novosti, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko stated.

It should be noted that tomorrow, October 31st, Prime Minister Pashinyan will leave for the Russian Federation on a working visit, where he will meet with Vladimir Putin. A tripartite meeting of the leaders of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan is also planned.

Other News

• Nikol Pashinyan had a speech at the CP congress.

• RA Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan, his assistant Azat Babayan and the head of the Security Council office Hayk Petrosyan will be in Moscow on November 2-3 to participate in the 10th meeting of the secretaries of the security councils of CIS member states.