ArmInfo.As part of the 33rd EBRD Business Forum on May 15 at the Dvin , Ardshinbank, a flagship sponsor of the event, organized a panel discussion on economic and trade sanctions. Ardshinbank's initiative brought together international experts, as well as representatives from the private and public sectors interested in monitoring sanction processes, onto one platform. The main objective of the discussion was to exchange views and assist participants in the practical implementation of sanctions compliance.

ArmInfo. Ivana Zivkovic, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and  Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), is on a visit to Armenia. 

ArmInfo. During the official visit to the State of Qatar on April 28-29, Minister of Foreign  Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan gave an interview to the leading news channel Al-Jazeera with around half a million audience.  As the press sevice of the RA MFA reports , the interview was published in  Arabic and English versions.

ArmInfo.A seismic shift in Armenia's foreign policy that has seen it forge closer relations with  the European Union is not a threat to Moscow, the country's ambassador in Brussels insisted amid increasingly tense relations with the Kremlin.

ArmInfo.We highly appreciate the peace negotiations ongoing between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on April 26 in Berlin.

ArmInfo. There is a trend towards a decrease in the flow of words of hatred and disinformation on Armenian television channels, Chairman of the RA Commission on Television and Radio Tigran Hakobyan stated this on April 26 at a  meeting of the RA National Assembly Committee on Science, Education,  Culture, Diaspora Youth and Sport. 

ArmInfo.The closing ceremony of the Russian-Turkish monitoring center has taken place in Aghdam. 

ArmInfo. Armenian MP Taguhi Tovmasyan had a meeting with representatives of the EU Delegation to Armenia. 

ArmInfo.Negotiations are underway in the Committee of Ministers on the return of Azerbaijan to  PACE. This was reported by PACE co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, Norwegian MP  Lise Christoffersen.

ArmInfo. By the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on April 17, the position of military attache of the Republic of Armenia was instituted at the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and  Northern Ireland.

ArmInfo.The United Kingdom has started talks with four countries that could receive illegal  migrants expelled from the country, The Times newspaper reported, citing documents of the British Foreign Office.

ArmInfo. Armenia will appoint a defence attache at its embassy in the United Kingdom. The decision  was made on April 12 at a government meeting.

ArmInfo. The extension of EUMA for another two years is under discussion, Armenia's Premier Nikol  Pashinyan stated in Parliament on April 10. 

ArmInfo. The involvement and contribution of France in the process of establishing peace in the  South Caucasus is known to all partners. Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ani Badalyan stated.

ArmInfo. Armenia is not the aggressor and has no plan to attack Azerbaijan. Member of the French  National Assembly, head of the France-Armenia parliamentary friendship group of the National Assembly of France  Anne-Laurence Petel wrote in her account on Twitter (X), reacting to Azerbaijani disinformation that  the Armenian Armed Forces allegedly are accumulating forces at the border.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, control by public organizations over the living conditions of persons granted  asylum will be strengthened. At a meeting on April 2, the Commission of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia issued a positive conclusion on the draft amendments to the law "On Refugees and  Asylum."

ArmInfo.The U.S. Department of State cautions and will continue to caution against escalating  rhetoric or hostilities along the border, Matthew Miller, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, told a briefing. 

ArmInfo. There are four issues on the agenda of the Artsakh Ombudsman as oftoday: international support and social and humanitarian problems of forcibly displaced Artsakh residents in Armenia, work towards ensuring the right of Artsakh residents to return to their homeland, as well as protecting the rights and return of hostages and prisoners and work to preserve the spiritual and historical-cultural heritage.

ArmInfo.The high-level meeting of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen,  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan scheduled for April 5 in Brussels is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation and is  not and could not be directed against any third party, Ani Badalyan, Spokesperson for the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated in an interview with Armenpress. 

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet with US Secretary of State Anthony  Blinken and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyne on 5 April.