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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset. According to the Armenian readout, during the meeting, issues on the agenda of Armenia-Council of Europe cooperation, ‘as well as prospects for expanding joint programs in the fields of democracy and the rule of law, were discussed’. * On Thursday, Pashinyan sent congratulatory messages to the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Russia Da
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has proposed the creation of a council that would take active steps towards organising the election of a new catholicos. He mentioned the criteria for the candidates and suggested those meeting the requirements to apply his personal email, as he stated he would ‘take responsibility for the selection’ of the council’s first 10 members. * Armenpress reports that the Prosecutor General has officially requested the parliament to approve the initiation of c
Regional * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an X post congratulated Azerbaijan and its people on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, ‘wishing peace and prosperity to our countries and peoples’. Armenia * A telephone conversation was held between Pashinyan and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, with Pashinyan also congratulating him and Iran on the occasion of Eid. They also discussed bilateral and regional security issues. * On Friday evening Armenian National Security Service (NSS) announced
Regional * The Russian Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) will open a robotics centre in Abkhazia and Armenia, among other places. Agency head Yevgeny Primakov stated that the centres would use modern equipment to teach youth computer science, physics, electrical engineering, and robotics. * On Friday, the Armenian National Security Service (NSS) reported that two minors from Syunik, born in 2007 and 2008, got lost and ended u
