Politics

Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius gave a joint press conference following their meeting. As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said, “Dear Linas, Thank you very much for the very warm welcome, I am very happy to ...

“My step” faction has decided to launch a process of depriving Constitutional Court member Hrayr Tovmasyan’s powers, ARMENPRESS reports head of “My step” bloc’s parliamentary faction Lilit Makunts told the reporters. Member of “My step” bloc Vladimir Vardanyan talked about the legal side of the issue. He noted that one of the gr...

The ruling “My Step” faction has approved a decision to initiate a process of suspending the powers of the President of the Armenian Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan, the Head of the faction Lilit Makunts wrote on her Facebook page. The news came following the statement by Parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan at the National...

Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan received on September 16 the outgoing Ambassador of the UK to Armenia Judith Farnworth, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of Tigran Avinyan. Tigran Avinyan noted that the UK is a reliable partner for Armenia. He emphasized that during her tenure Judith Farnworth made a signif...

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan informed that they expect the visit of Iranian President to Yerevan to participate in the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, ARMENPRESS reports Pashinyan announced during the press conference on September 16. “We expect him to visit Yerevan on October 1”, Pashinyan said. The Supr...

Baku does not consider joining the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) through an observer status, the Head of foreign relations department at the President’s Office of the Azerbaijani Republic Hikmet Hajiyev stated on Monday. “Azerbaijan does not consider for now any participation in CSTO, including through an obse...

Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan on September 16 held a farewell meeting with UK Ambassador to Armenia Judith Farnworth, the Parliament told Armenpress. “During this period we managed to cooperate quite effectively and I hope this partnering relations will continue also in the future”, Speaker Mirzoyan said. The ...

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on relieving Artur Vanetsyan from the position of Director of the National Security Service, the Presidential Office told Armenpress. The President signed the respective decree based on the Prime Minister’s proposal. Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan ...

Artur Vanetsyan has quitted as Director of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS). In a statement announcing his resignation, Vanetsyan described his decision as ‘the most preferable and justified option’ to serve Armenia and its people under the current circumstances. “I made this decision as confident as the one when I a...

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed a motion on dismissing Arthur Vanetsyan as Director of the National Security Service. “I have signed the motion on dismissing the director of the national security service and the order will be signed within one or two days,” the PM said referring to the formal procedure whereby the pres...