ArmInfo. Armenia supported the  joint statement prepared by Russia on the case of poisoning in  Salisbury, to make sure that this problem will be solved within the  framework of international law. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia  Shavarsh Kocharyan stated this in a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo.Press Secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan advised Azerbaijan to follow the example of France on the issue of cooperation with Artsakh.

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ArmInfo. According to preliminary data, among the victims of the fire in the shopping  center in Kemerovo there are Armenians. Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Tigran Balayan informs. The Armenian Foreign Ministry will provide additional information on this matter as the data are clarified.

ArmInfo.President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev mainly conducts a policy of information and psychological pressure. This opinion was expressed by the director of the Noravank scientific and educational foundation Gagik Harutyunyan to ArmInfo's request to comment on Aliev's territorial claims to Armenia.

ArmInfo. Official Yerevan reacted to the next statement of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about territorial claims to Armenia.

ArmInfo.The Armenian side should always be ready for any provocations of Azerbaijan. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan stated this in a conversation with journalists on March 15 after the meeting of the Armenian  government touching on large-scale military exercises held in Azerbaijan these days.

ArmInfo.The international  community turns a blind eye to the militaristic rhetoric of Baku.  This was stated in his microblog on Twitter by the head of the  apparatus of the Ombudsman of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan, referring to  the large-scale military exercises being conducted by Azerbaijan in  these days.

ArmInfo.Holding of large-scale military exercises of Azerbaijani Armed Forces treated with irony in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. Rumors about the possible nomination of the RA Ambassador to the Vatican, the son-in-law of President Serzh Sargsyan Mikael Minasyan to the post of the Prime Minister of Armenia by the Republican Party do not correspond to reality. The press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Tigran Balayan stated this at the request of Haykakan Zhamanak daily.

ArmInfo.The European Parliament did not accept any document on the events in Khojalu, Azerbaijan again distorts the essence. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Political figures and foreign affairs agencies of Turkey and Azerbaijan can compete in hypocrisy. Thus, Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tigran Balayan commented to ArmInfo that the last statement of the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the Khojaly events.

ArmInfo. Yerevan is convinced that the lack of a proper reaction of the international  community to the statements of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who expressed his claims to the Armenian territories, led to the sounding of new threats about the use of force now at the level of the Defense Minister of the AR.

ArmInfo. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan believes that Azerbaijan is not one of those countries where elections matter. "The results of these elections are always predetermined, as we know how they are organized," Shavarsh Kocharyan stated to journalists on February 8 after a government meeting. According to the deputy head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the decision to hold early elections in Azerbaijan is primarily due to unfolding intra-clan processes there, taking into account foreign policy factors. "If there is an internal struggle for power in the country, then any information that a party opposing the government can enlist the support of external forces and interfere in this process has its own special influence," Kocharian said. Asked whether activation of negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement after the completion of the electoral processes in Armenia and Azerbaijan is expected, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia noted: "Looking at what you mean by the word of negotiations." "If we are talking about real progress in the negotiation process, the implementation of activities, which were mentioned in Vienna and St. Petersburg. Obviously, without the atmosphere of confidence, progress is almost impossible, "he stressed. Referring to the next visit of the mediators, Shavarsh Kocharyan said that there is very little time left. In any case, as the representative of the Armenian Foreign Ministry noted, after the meetings and discussions with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the sides will make statements and comments. Nevertheless, he urged to draw attention to the fact that mediators will speak, as Armenia and Azerbaijan are talking about, and then compare what has been said.

ArmInfo. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will visit Yerevan on February 8-9. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told ArmInfo.

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ArmInfo. By provocation on the contact line with Artsakh, Baku is trying to divert attention and compensate for its diplomatic failures.

ArmInfo. The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov started in Krakow.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan welcomes the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the phased settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ArmInfo. The official Yerevan commented on the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be resolved by one document and a step-by-step solution of the issue is needed.