ArmInfo. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joshua Huck and Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations Louis Bono have arrived in Baku for high-level meetings with their counterparts and consultations with Ambassador Mark Libby and members of his team. This was stated in a message of the US Embassy in Azerbaijan on Twitter (X).
ArmInfo. On December 5, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Armenia Claudia Busch.
ArmInfo. Until 2023, passports with code 070 granted Artsakh residents the same rights as Armenian citizens, except for the right to participate in elections. Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan made this statement at the hearings at the National Assembly of Armenia on November 29. He pointed out that in addition to the possibility of obtaining temporary protection status, Artsakh residents were also being offered expedited registration for Armenian citizenship. However, statistics show that forcibly displaced Artsakh residents are hesitant to apply for citizenship due to various reasons, both objective and subjective. Gegham Stepanyan explained that the concerns of the Artsakh people regarding obtaining Armenian citizenship are related, among other things, to the exercise of their right to return. "During conversations with the Artsakh people, it is evident that the loss of the opportunity to return raises significant concerns, and, unfortunately, this issue has not been adequately addressed," the Ombudsman explained.
ArmInfo.The CSTO should not have intervened in the conflict in Karabakh to defend Yerevan, as
there was no external aggression against Armenia. Russian President Vladimir Putin made this remark while answering journalists' questions in Astana.
ArmInfo. Yerevan, November 29. ArmInfo, Aline Grigoryan. Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia Sergey Smbatyan will perform in Canada at the Regent Theatre on November 30 as conductor of the Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra.
ArmInfo. An event was held at the Pompidou Center in Paris dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great director, screenwriter, artist, and collage artist Sergei Parajanov, as well as the 125th anniversary of the outstanding painter and sculptor Yervand Kochar. In relation to the events, two works by Kochar were exhibited at the Pompidou Center - "Eastern Women" (1926) and one of the works associated with the "Spatial Painting" movement (1934), which are both part of the Center's collection.
ArmInfo. As part of its monitoring of the implemention of court decisions, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has issued a new resolution on the case of Makuchyan and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan, concerning the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan by an Azerbaijani serviceman in Budapest in 2004. This was reported by Armenpress with reference to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
ArmInfo. A delegation led by Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan, visited Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 4 to 7. According to the press service of the Armenian parliament, Rubinyan met with the head of the Bosnia and Herzegovina delegation to PACE, Sasa Magazinovic, along with members of the House of Peoples and the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Foreign Relations Committee, the Friendship Group with Central and Eastern Europe and the European Integration Committee chaired by Zdenko Cosic, during the visit.
ArmInfo. Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan presented the number of vehicles on the balance sheet of the parliament.
ArmInfo. According to data
provided by the State Revenue Committee, 25,000 forcibly displaced
Artsakh residents are officially employed. This was stated by Deputy
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Ruben Sargsyan, during a meeting
of the Public Council on Support for Forcibly Displaced Artsakh
Residents on December 5.
ArmInfo. Within the framework
of the 16th session of the Conference to Combat Desertification, held
in Saudi Arabia, Germany confirmed its willingness to assist Armenia
in organizing the Conference on Biological Diversity (COP17). This
was stated by Niels Annen, the Parliamentary State Secretary to the
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of
Germany, at a meeting with Hakob Simidyan, the Minister of
Environment. After thanking the German side for their willingness to
provide support, the Minister emphasized: "Holding COP17 in Armenia
is a pivotal moment for us, and we want to organize it properly.
Therefore, it is important to exchange experiences with the German
side on ensuring the participation of different countries in the
forum, as well as the proper engagement of youth and women." He also
pointed out the effective high-level cooperation between the two
countries with an expanded agenda that goes beyond environmental
protection.
ArmInfo. The delegation of the Republic of Armenia, led by the Minister of Environment, Hakob Simidyan, is participating in the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Riyadh. As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Environment of Armenia, the conference will be attended by high-ranking representatives from dozens of countries. The goal is to make important management decisions that will elevate global ambitions for land restoration land and resilience enhancement.