ArmInfo. The leaders of Russia and Armenia, Vladimir Putin and Nikol Pashinyan, agreed on the withdrawal of Russian troops and border guards from some regions of  Armenia. Spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told  RIA.

ArmInfo. Despite a pluralistic environment, the media remain polarised. The country is facing an unprecedented level of disinformation and hate speech, especially over the Nagorno-Karabakh territorial dispute and the ongoing threat of war with Azerbaijan, according to the 2024 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders today.

ArmInfo. The draft statement proposed by the parliamentary opposition on the delimitation and  demarcation of the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan does not provide for either the beginning or the end of this process, Armenian NA Vice-Speaker Ruben Rubinyan stated.  

ArmInfo. Everything that is happening in Armenia today under the guise of "pilot border delimitation" is nothing more than the surrender of parts of Armenian territories to Azerbaijan, opposition Armenian MP Artur Khachatryan stated in Parliament while presenting a draft statement to the National Assembly on the process of delimitation and demarcation of borders, which was planned to be included in the parliament's agenda.

ArmInfo.Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposes opening Armenia's consulate General in Tabriz, Iran. 

ArmInfo.Actions of disobedience have started in Armenia directed against the policies pursued by the current authorities of Armenia. Citizens oppose the unilateral concessions of the Armenian authorities to Azerbaijan.  Citizens took to the streets in support of Tavush and, as a step of disagreement with the policy of the Armenian authorities, blocked the Yerevan-Gyumri, Yerevan-Meghri, Yerevan-Sevan roads.

ArmInfo. On the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Noubar Afeyan, Co-Founder, The  Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, called the international community to  prevent a second Armenian Genocide. His appeal has been posted by The  New York Times, The Washington Post ? The London Times, as well as on  social media. 

ArmInfo. The rapprochement between Baku and Moscow is already a recorded fact, but the extent of  the same anti-Westernism and pro-Soviet nostalgia between the parties is different, as well as the motivations for building value lines. This is how political scientist Sergei Markedonov commented on the working visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the Russian Federation.

ArmInfo. Armenia has never been far from the West.  RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in  an interview with British media representatives, answering a question about the risks of rapprochement with the West against the backdrop of the neighborhood with authoritarian states such as Russia, Iran,  Turkey and Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo. Iran has always emphasized that the presence of foreign troops in the South Caucasus does not contribute to the establishment of security, stability and ensuring the interests of the peoples of the region. This was stated by I Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani , referring to the situation in the South Caucasus.

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.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. "Iran's "red lines" regarding the inviolability of the borders of the countries in the  region have not changed, I emphasize this on a regular basis in all my interviews." Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani stated on April 16 at a press conference in Yerevan to clarify whether Iran's  position on this issue has changed, taking into account the fact that Azerbaijan continues to keep a number of territories of the Republic of Armenia under occupation.

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.

ArmInfo.The current authorities of Armenia are lying, assuring the public that there is no alternative to the shameful concessions to Baku, member of the "Group of Alternative Projects" Vahe Hovhannisyan writes.

ArmInfo. Iran responded to Israel asymmetrically, thereby raising the bar for escalation in the Middle East. This is how APRI Armenia researcher and orientalist Sergei Melkonyan commented on Iran's attack on Israel on the night of April 13.

ArmInfo. Escalating tensions in the Middle East are a cause for grave concern, the Armenian  Foreign Ministry said after Iran delivered what it described as a retaliatory strike against Israel over the weekend.

ArmInfo.Supreme Leader's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati criticized the Armenia-EU-US trilateral meeting in Brussels on April 5.