ArmInfo.Russia still considers Armenia its ally. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated in an interview with Sputnik, Moscow Speaks and Komsomolskaya Pravda radio stations in response to a request to tell how things stand in relations with Armenia.

ArmInfo. Brussels "takes note" of the announced withdrawal of Russian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh,  a European Union official has said.

ArmInfo.Armenia and Kazakhstan, despite a number of difficulties, continue to remain in a single security system. Political scientist, Doctor of Political Sciences Vahe Davtyan stated in an interview with Erkir Media in the context of the recent visit to Armenia of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

ArmInfo.Below is the answer of the RA MFA Spokesperson Ani Badalyan to the question of the media.

ArmInfo. Moscow once again emphasizes the 'complete ineffectiveness of the EU presence' in  Armenia in terms of preventing incidents 'on the ground'. This was stated on April 18 during a weekly briefing by official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to a request to comment on the start of activities of the representative of Canada in the EU Civilian Mission in Armenia  (EUMA). According to her, Moscow has already commented on this issue.

ArmInfo. We are leaving Artsakh, which no longer exists. There is no one else to pacify in Karabakh - Azerbaijan got what it wanted, having been preparing revenge for decades. Famous Russian journalist - war correspondent, analyst and blogger Yuri Kotenok wrote on his Telegram channel. As a journalist who supports  the principle of the people's right to self-determination, Kotenok covered the course of the second Karabakh war, during which he was seriously wounded and barely survived.

ArmInfo.The US and the EU 'assign Armenia only the role of an instrument for igniting a new big  fire'. Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated on April 18 during a weekly briefing.

ArmInfo.Team Telecom Armenia has become a partner of the CaseKey Academy, which is part of the  international competition for solving CaseKey business problems.  As part of this year's collaboration, 100 participants and trainers participating in the competition will undergo two months of intensive training courses.

ArmInfo. On April 17, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia  Zhanna Andreasyan received director of the the Francophone Regional Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (CREFECO) of  the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF), Emmanuel Samson . This was  reported by the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science.

ArmInfo.On April 17, political consultations were held in Yerevan between the foreign  ministries of Armenia and France. The consultations were chair by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan and head of the Continental Europe Department of the  French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs,  French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil.. The press service of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

ArmInfo. In 2023, Armenia did not adhere to VD11 commitments. In particular, Armenia did not  provide annual VD11 data on its armed forces, nor any other required information or notifications.

ArmInfo.The  credibility and positioning of the OSCE in the global political and security  architecture "remain at stake".   OSCE Chair-in-Office, Malta's Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade Ian Borg, stated in Washington, Turan news agency reports. 

ArmInfo.The delegation of the National Assembly to PACE takes part in the work of the Second part  of the Annual Session of the Assembly going on in Strasbourg, the press service of the RA NA reports.  At April 16 meeting the member of the NA delegation to PACE Armen Gevorgyan gave a speech during the  debate on the Application by Kosovo for membership to the Council of Europe.

ArmInfo.The member of the RA NA delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe  (PACE) Vladimir Vardanyan took part in the work of the Second part of the Annual (Spring) Session. 

ArmInfo.The defense of the former Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan, who is under house  arrest, intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after exhausting all possibilities within the national courts, the lawyer of the former minister, Tigran Yegoryan, told a press  conference on April 17.

ArmInfo. At a meeting of the council of the youth organization of the European People's Party (EPP) in The Hague, a resolution presented by the French Republican Party on the situation in Artsakh and EU support for Armenia was  adopted.

ArmInfo.In the Republic of Armenia, human rights violations and democratic regression are  obvious. This is stated in the joint statement of the "Armenia" bloc and the "I have the honor" faction.

ArmInfo. The beating of citizen Samvel Vardanyan was organized by the ruling political force  in Armenia, the "Civil Contract". Human rights activist, ex-Ombudsman of Artsakh Ruben Melikyan stated on April 16 during a specially convened press conference.

ArmInfo.The Armenian authorities assured us that the meeting in Brussels was purely  economic. Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani  stated on April 16 at a press conference in Yerevan in response to a request to comment on the Armenia-US-EU meeting in  Brussels on April 5.

ArmInfo. A number of European embassies in Yerevan are planting one-sided narratives in Armenian  society in connection with Iran's retaliatory actions against Israel on the night of April 13. Ambassador of Iran to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani stated on April 16 at a press conference in Yerevan, referring to  Iran's retaliatory actions against Israel after the Israeli strike on the Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus.