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Armenian Prime Minister: Armenian border guards start serving at Agarak checkpoint on the border with Iran
... service at the Agarak border checkpoint on the border with Iran. On 8 October 2024, Armenian Prime Minister's Press Secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan said that during a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, an agreement was reached that from 1 January 2025, Armenian National Security Service border troops will participate in the guarding of state borders with Iran and Turkey. It was specified that only Armenian border guards will serve at the checkpoint ...
12/30/2024Armenian PM says return to CSTO has become impossible
... is becoming increasingly difficult, if not impossible, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday. During a governmental question-and-answer session in the National Assembly, the prime minister was asked to comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent statement on Yerevan's further cooperation with the CSTO. 'We don't participate in the discussions and decision-making in the CSTO, but we don't veto them either, as we already consider ourselves outside the CSTO. Let them decide for themselves ...
12/04/2024Putin: ‘Today's situation between Armenia and CSTO most likely dictated by internal political processes in Armenia itself’
The situation between Armenia and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is most likely dictated by internal political processes in Armenia itself, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed today. YEREVAN, 28 November. /ARKA/. The situation between Armenia and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is most likely dictated by internal political processes in Armenia itself, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed ...
11/28/2024Moscow finds BRICS platform attractive for Armenia
... that the entire South Caucasus feels the pull of BRICS," Kopyrkin said. Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Yerevan had no plans to integrate with BRICS. However, he accepted the invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin and participated in the BRICS+ summit, which took place in Kazan from October 22 to 24. BRICS is an intergovernmental association that includes Russia, Brazil, India, China, South Africa, the UAE, Iran, Egypt, and Ethiopia. The name comes from the ...
11/25/2024Russia remains committed to its security obligations to Armenia – Ambassador
... within the framework of the CSTO. “We also count on the active participation of our Armenian partners in joint efforts to develop an equal and indivisible security system on the Eurasian continent, an idea first proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 14 of this year during a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and reiterated at the recent BRICS summit in Kazan,” Kopyrkin said. Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that "the ...
11/25/2024Full report of commission investigating the 44-day war to be presented to Armenia’s National Assembly
... Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all military actions. A Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and the Lachin corridor. On January 11, 2021, Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, along with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, signed a joint statement aimed at developing the region and unblocking communications. -0-med at developing the region and unblocking communications. -0-
11/11/2024Russia was and remains a friend of Armenia - Armenian ambassador
Russia was and remains a friend of Armenia and the Armenian people, Armenian ambassador to the Russian Federation Gurgen Arsenyan said a ceremony of presenting his credentials to Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Russia was and remains a friend of Armenia and the Armenian people, Armenian ambassador to the Russian Federation Gurgen Arsenyan said a ceremony of presenting his credentials to Russian president Vladimir ...
11/06/2024President of Russia: we are doing everything for normalization of Azerbaijani-Armenian relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today his readiness to continue working towards Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization. YEREVAN, November 5. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today his readiness to continue working towards Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization....
11/05/2024Armenian Prime Minister to attend BRICS summit
... Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will attend the BRICS summit in Russian Kazan on October 22-24, Pashinyan's press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan said. The 16th BRICS summit kicks off today under the chairmanship of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It will be attended by representatives of more than 30 countries. The summit's agenda includes such issues as crises, formation of multipolarity and the new states joining BRICS. Earlier, during a meeting in Moscow, Putin invited Pashinyan ...
10/22/2024From 2025, Armenian border troops will guard state borders with Iran and Turkey - Nazeli Baghdasaryan
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached an agreement whereby starting from January 1, 2025, the border troops of the National Security Service of Armenia will 'participate in the protection of Armenian state borders with Iran and Turkey,' Pashinyan's ...
10/08/2024Russia leading foreign investor in Armenian economy– Putin
Russia is the leading foreign investor in the Armenian economy, with accumulated investments amounting to about $4 billion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Moscow on Tuesday. YEREVAN, October 8. /ARКА/. Russia is the leading foreign investor in the Armenian economy, with accumulated investments amounting to about $4 billion, Russian ...
10/08/2024Trade turnover between Russia and Armenia may reach record high in 2024 - Putin
... Armenia and Russia are developing very vigorously and successfully. YEREVAN, October 8. /ARKA/. Trade and economic relations between Armenia and Russia are developing very vigorously and successfully. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at an expanded meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. "Last year, trade turnover reached $7.4 billion, and in the first half of this year it grew 2.5 times, exceeding $8.3 billion. If we continue at this pace, this means that ...
10/08/2024Russian President to hold separate meetings with Pashinyan and Aliyev
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold two bilateral meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin ahead of the CIS summit on 8 October. Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said this at a press briefing, TASS ...
10/07/2024Armenian PM congratulates Russian President on his birthday
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday. YEREVAN, October 7 /ARKA/. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday. ‘’We believe that at this ...
10/07/2024Putin congratulates Pashinyan on Armenia's Independence Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Armenia's Independence Day, the government press service reports. YEREVAN, 21 September. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister ...
09/21/2024New Armenian Ambassador to Russia submits credentials, discusses bilateral relations
... receive support and cooperation from Russian authorities. Following the submission of his credentials to Russia's Foreign Ministry, Arsenyan is now officially assuming his duties as ambassador. He will present his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin at an upcoming ceremony for newly appointed ambassadors.
09/12/2024Iran clearly expresses its opposition to any changes in international borders - Foreign Ministry
... Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said. 'The issue of the fictitious ‘Zangezur Corridor’ has become a subject of attention in recent days. The news and analyses published about the Caucasus and the claimed corridors are based on Mr Putin's trip to Baku, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's interview and statements of the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson,’ Kanani said at a press briefing, IRNA reported. He said these facts and statements have created a basis for putting forward ...
09/09/2024Russian ambassador reaffirms Moscow’s role as "honest broker" in Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process
... Kopyrkin, emphasized that Moscow has never abandoned its role as an "honest broker" in the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In a recent interview, Kopyrkin pointed to recent diplomatic efforts, including Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Azerbaijan on August 18-19 and his phone conversations with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as clear examples of Russia’s continued involvement. Kopyrkin highlighted that Russia,...
09/05/2024Pashinyan supports bilateral negotiations with Azerbaijan for normalization of relations
... general understanding was that at this stage, we are working in a bilateral format, and since we are making progress in this format, I consider it the right approach," Pashinyan said. He added that he communicated this directly and openly to Vladimir Putin during their last phone conversation. However, he noted that bilateral work does not exclude other formats, emphasizing the need to consider each specific issue within its own context. Pashinyan also addressed claims that Armenia turned down a meeting ...
09/02/2024Pashinyan, Putin discuss Azerbaijan visit, agree on future meeting
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation YEREVAN, August 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation, according to a statement from the Armenian government's press service. During the call,...
08/23/2024Putin: Russia ready to assist in Baku-Yerevan peace process where needed
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed Moscow's readiness to participate in the resolution of issues between Baku and Yerevan YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed Moscow's readiness to participate in the resolution of issues between ...
08/19/2024Putin to brief Pashinyan on talks with Aliyev after visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday that he will inform Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about the outcomes of his discussions with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday that ...
08/19/2024Security Council Secretary: Russia took Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia and handed it over to Azerbaijan
... we were completely dependent on Russia. This was the reality back then,” he said. “Russia came to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, handed it over to Azerbaijan, and withdrew its troops,” he added. Grigoryan also noted that Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin publicly spoke of Nagorno-Karabakh as of Azerbaijani territory even before the Prague meeting between Nikol Pashinyan, Ilham Aliyev, Charles Michel and Emmanuel Macron in October 2022, where Baku and Yerevan committed to the 1991 Alma-Ata Protocol,...
06/26/2024Russian deputy prime minister says EEU and EU incompatible
... relations." "When real threats arise, as now, when the elements actually destroyed the only railway route that connected Armenia with the rest of the world via Georgia, <...> we, by the decision of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, promptly came to the rescue and restored the traffic in record time," he said. Earlier, Overchuk said the first test train travelled on the restored track on 14 June, a week earlier than expected. The railway connection with Georgia, which ...
06/25/2024CSTO General Secretary: Armenia still member
... he hopes Yerevan will “clarify the situation” regarding Armenia’s membership and make the respective decision. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently stated that Armenia might seek formal exit from the CSTO. Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, later said he hopes Russia and Armenia will remain allies and partners.
06/21/2024Russian Foreign Minister: Armenia did not request CSTO exit
... not present at the Council, but there was no official motion from Armenia [to leave the bloc],” Lavrov stressed. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently stated that Armenia might seek formal exit from the CSTO. Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, later said he hopes Russia and Armenia will remain allies and partners.
06/21/2024Russia closely follows developments in Armenia, political analyst says
... Dmitry Trenin, a Russian political scientist from Moscow's Higher School of Economics (HSE), said in Yerevan. "Armenia has the sovereign right to determine its fate. Russia is not in the business of exporting ‘colour revolutions’. President Putin mainly fights against ‘colour revolutions’ but by no means sets them on fire,’ Trenin said at a conference dedicated to the priorities of Russia's and Armenia's foreign policy in the post-Soviet space. At the same time, he noted that Russia ...
06/12/2024Pashinayn congratulates Putin on Russia Day
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent congratulatory messages to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on the occasion of Russia Day saying that 'this important day in Russia's modern history symbolizes the desire of Russians to open a new YEREVAN June 12. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent ...
06/12/2024North-South road may turn into a highly sought-after international corridor - Putin
The shipment of cargoes along the North-South route will allow reducing the transportation time from St. Petersburg to the Persian Gulf countries by 10 days, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday at a meeting with heads of world news agencies. YEREVAN, 5 June 6. /ARKA/. The shipment of cargoes along the North-South route will allow reducing the transportation time from St. Petersburg to the Persian Gulf countries by 10 ...
06/06/2024Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Armenia avoids diplomatic, defense cooperation due to pressure from West
... authorities to resolve all issues and irritating factors between us will turn out to be true. We are ready for this,” Galuzin stressed. The Deputy Foreign Minister noted that Moscow and Yerevan remain in touch anyway. “Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a thorough discussion at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on 8 May. Mikhail Mishustin, the Prime Minister of Russia, met with his Armenian counterpart in February,” Galuzin said. “We have ...
06/05/2024Putin and Pashinyan agree on withdrawal of Russian border guards from several Armenian regions
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have agreed on the withdrawal of Russian military and border guards from several Armenian regions, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday. YEREVAN, May 9. /ARKA/. Russian President ...
05/09/2024Pashinyan outlines agenda for May 8 meeting with Putin in Kremlin
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a press conference on Tuesday touched upon his May 8 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. "Tomorrow I will go to Moscow to chair the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and I will also hold a meeting with the Russian President. The agenda with Russia is very diverse. There are a number of accumulated ...
05/07/2024Pashinyan and Putin to have meeting in Kremlin on May 8
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will have a meeting in the Kremlin on May 8 after a gathering of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov said. YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and ...
05/06/2024Armenian National Assembly speaker considers it "right for Pashinytan to participate" in EEU summit
... Speaker Alen Simonyan said the country’s leader should travel to Moscow to participate in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) summit, scheduled for May 8. Speaking to reporters on Monday Simonyan revealed that PM Nikol Pashinyan will not attend Russia’s Putin’s inauguration slated for May 7. "The Republic of Armenia has assumed the presidency of the EEU, and I believe it would be right to participate in the EEU summit," he said. Earlier, Nikol Pashinyan, speaking about possible contacts with ...
05/06/2024Pashinyan will not attend Putin’s inauguration - speaker
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not travel to Moscow to attend the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan told reporters in parliament on Monday. YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not travel to Moscow to attend the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin,...
05/06/2024Putin and Pashinyan will be able to personally discuss all existing issues in the near future - Peskov
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will be able to personally discuss all issues existing in the relations between the two countries in the near future, TASS reported quoting Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. YEREVAN,...
04/10/2024Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson accuses Armenian leadership of spreading ‘lies’
... recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, while the rights of the residents of the unrecognized republic were in no way guaranteed in the documents that were signed at the dictation of NATO members. According to her, Russia and President Vladimir Putin had many times used all opportunities, political and personal, to prevent the development of bloodshed and prevent a full-scale war from breaking out in the region. "But official Yerevan says it's all because of Russia and because of the CSTO....
04/03/2024Armenian leadership express condolences to Putin in connection with terrorist attack in Moscow
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a telegram of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the terrorist attack in Moscow, the government press service reported. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a telegram of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of ...
03/23/2024Contacts between Putin and Pashinyan may be organized, but they are not currently on the schedule - Peskov
Contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan can be promptly organized if necessary, but they are not currently on the schedule, said Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to Tass news agency. YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/. Contacts between ...
03/04/2024Armenia has not officially notified of suspension of CSTO membership - Kremlin
...." "No official action has been taken by the Armenian side in this regard. We are going to get in contact with our colleagues and clarify the meaning of these statements," Peskov said. He also told TASS that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet discussed with Pashinyan his statements on suspending Yerevan's membership in the CSTO. And no such contacts are planned for now. "There have not been any contacts at the moment. But within the framework of working contacts, of ...
02/23/2024Pashinyan: we maintain traditional relations with Russia
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with France 24 TV channel was asked whether he communicates with Russian President Vladimir Putin and when he last spoke to him. YEREVAN, February 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with France 24 TV channel was asked whether he communicates with Russian President Vladimir Putin and when he last spoke to ...
02/23/2024Armenia's accession to Rome Statute does not effect relations with Moscow in the best way - Foreign Ministry
... International Criminal Court (ICC) does not effect its relations with Russia in the best way, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said today, responding to a journalist's request to comment on the possible arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin in case of his visit to Armenia. YEREVAN, February 14. /ARKA/. Armenia's decision to ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court (ICC) does not effect its relations with Russia in the best way, Russian Foreign Ministry ...
02/14/2024Kremlin expects certain assurances from Armenia regarding Putin's possible arrest on ICC warrant if he visits Armenia
The Kremlin expects Yerevan to provide certain assurances regarding the possible arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, Russia's Interfax news agency reported today. YEREVAN, February 12. /ARKA/. The Kremlin expects Yerevan to provide certain assurances regarding the possible arrest of Russian President Vladimir ...
02/12/2024Russia hopes Armenia's accession to ICC will not affect bilateral relations — Kremlin
... to join the Rome Statute. "Armenia knows very well that we are not a party to the Rome Statute, and Armenia knows very well the hard-to-please decision of the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, made on the basis of this statute. We know that this is very well known in Yerevan. This is not something we welcome," the Kremlin spokesman said last September According to the Armenian government, joining the ICC will allow it to initiate ...
02/01/2024EEU leaders adopt development declaration until 2045
... former Soviet republics, which make up the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), approved Monday in Russian St. Petersburg a declaration laying out a path for the group’s development until 2045, Russian Tass news agency reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying that ‘this new document of program nature provides for specific measures to intensify joint efforts in key sectors, as well as identifies additional areas of cooperation, such as the climate agenda, medicine, tourism and some ...
12/26/2023Pashinyan reminds it was Putin who first recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan denied Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement that he was the first to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, reminding that it was first done by Putin himself in November and December 2020, right after the end of the 44 –day war in the conflict zone. YEREVAN,...
12/20/2023Russia ready to host negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan - Galuzin
... settlement on the basis of the principles that were formulated by the leaders of our countries in November 2020 and later remain in force, remain open," Galuzin said. Galuzin declined to say whether there is a chance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan holding a trilateral meeting at the upcoming informal CIS summit in St. Petersburg, slated for December 26. "I would prefer, as a diplomat, to refrain from forecasts,...
12/13/2023Armenia's representative on international legal issues to take part in discussion on Rome Statute in the U.S.
... country’s obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) comply with the Basic Law. On March 17 of this year, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began ...
12/06/2023EU special representative: any road, any railway that goes through Armenian territory is controlled by Armenia
... Georgia Toivo Klaar said in an interview with Armenpress. Klaar recalled that in May 2023, in Moscow, Azerbaijani President Aliyev very clearly said publicly on television that at a meeting with Armenian PM Pashinyan in the presence of Russian President Putin he said that naming the road across Armenian Syunik a ‘corridor’ doesn't imply extra-territoriality. 'Yes, calling it a corridor, as you know, we say transport corridors in reference to different corridors that we have in Europe and we never ...
11/20/2023Armenia to become member of International Criminal Court on February 1, 2024
... country’s obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) comply with the Basic Law. On March 17 of this year, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began ...
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