Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the government. During their private conversation, the interlocutors discussed matters related to Armenia-NATO cooperation, the PM’s office informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. Views were exchanged also on regional processes and discussions on the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty. The meeting between Pashinyan and Stoltenberg now continues with an extended format.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week to discuss efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and increase humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory, Barron’s reports citing a State Department spokesperson. Blinken will hold talks with Saudi leaders in Jeddah on Wednesday before travelling to Cairo on Thursday for talks with Egyptian authorities, spokesman Matthew Miller said from the Philippines, where Blinken is touring. This will be Blinken's sixth trip to the Middle...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statement about the threat of war with Azerbaijan is not related to Russia. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Maria Zakharova, stated this on Telegram. "What have the new curators of the European Union, NATO, and Washington brought about? Please note: this statement is in no way related to Russia. It is the jurisdiction of solely the current authorities of Yerevan and the result of their consultations with the West," wrote Zakharova. ...
President of the European Council Charles Michel said in an article on Monday that Europe must strenghthen its defences in shift to a “war economy” mode in the face of the war in Ukraine. In the article “If we want peace, we must prepare for war”, published in Euractive on the eve of the EU leaders meeting in Brussels he recalled the telephone conversation with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at 3:30 in the morning of February 24, 2022. “Hearing Ukraine President Volodymyr Zele...
At Monday's meeting with the people of Tavush Province, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan showed the model of the map of Armenia he had shown during his press conference last week. "The most important thing to say was what was said at that day's press conference: I also showed here the same outline of Armenia that I showed there," Pashinyan said in response to the RFE/RL Armenian Service’s question about what he proposed in and with what thoughts he went to Tavush. He assured that the residents of Voskepar and Baghanis vi...