ArmInfo.The National Assembly of Armenia received observer status in the Inter-Parliamentary  Assembly of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). 

ArmInfo.The Azerbaijani court has once again extended the pre-trial detention of Ruben Vardanyan,  Armenian philanthropist, and former State Minister of Artsakh, who has been illegally detained in Baku since September 27, 2023.

ArmInfo.Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan gave a manipulative answer to the question whether the Armenian side asked Moscow for Russian border guards to continue guarding the Armenian-Iranian and Armenian-Turkish borders, as stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

ArmInfo.  Attributing the mansion to the minister and looking for manifestations of corruption are  futile attempts. This is stated in a statement by the press service of Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan, issued after an investigative  article by Hetq that the minister's mother is building a mansion  worth $230 thousand.

ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani puppet court extended the illegal arrest of Ruben Vardanyan for another 5  months. Vardanyan's defense report notes that this decision is illegal and  unfounded.

ArmInfo.The EU, as well as the Collective West, is pursuing its own interests in the South Caucasus,  Hermine Mkhitaryan, an expert for the Insight analytical center, told ArmInfo as she commented on a statement by Ms Adrienn Kiraly, Director for DG NEAR Directorate C, Neighbourhood East and Institution Building, European Commission. 

ArmInfo. Regarding the events in Turkey: this does not look like a coup. This, rather, looks like an  internal showdown, a kind of "cleansing" within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Thus, Russian political scientist, historian, expert on the problems of the Middle East, Semyon Bagdasarov, commented on reports of an attempt to carry out another coup in Turkey.

ArmInfo.Moscow sees a lot of speculation regarding the meeting of the leaders of Armenia and  Russia in Moscow on May 8. This was stated on May 15 during a weekly briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to clarification as to whether it could be assumed that Moscow offered Pashinyan to completely withdraw Russian troops from the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Regarding temperature measurement, please go there (Armenia - ed.). This is how official  representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the prospects for warming Armenian-Russian political relations after the Putin-Pashinyan meeting in Moscow on May 8.

ArmInfo.The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova refused to assess the protests in Armenia and Georgia.

ArmInfo. Russian peacekeepers did the main thing that should not be forgotten: they brought peace  and stability to the conflict region, Russian Deputy FM Mikhail Galuzin said this in an interview with NEWS.ru regarding the role of the RMK in Artsakh.

ArmInfo. We welcome the holding of negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and  Armenia on a peace treaty on May 10 and 11 in Almaty. Another step has been taken towards achieving reliable and long-term peace and stability in the South Caucasus, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin stated in an interview with NEWS.ru in response to a request to assess the prospects of Astana  becoming a new negotiating platform for the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement.

ArmInfo. Yerevan requested to withdraw  the temporary operative forces of the Russian border  guards. This was announced on May 14 by Alexander Bortnikov, a candidate for the post of director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia. "Such a decision has been made," noted the head of the FSB.

ArmInfo.Russian border guards are leaving the territory adjacent to the village of Nerkin Hand,  Syunik region. The head of the village of Nerkin Hand Khachatur Baghdasaryan reported to the Armenian media representatives.

ArmInfo. Today an exceptional situation has arisen in Armenia - the Armenian people took to the  streets to express their will in order to record that they do not accept what is happening. This was stated by members of the National Democratic Pole (also known as the National Democratic Alliance )  council Ara Papyan and Garegin Chookaszian on May 13 at a press conference.

ArmInfo. From now on, Nikol Pashinyan (RA Prime Minister) cannot speak on behalf of the Armenian  people, his promises and policies contradict each other. The "National Democratic Pole" believes that the root of all troubles and failures lies in its fundamentally incorrect management. This was stated by NDP Council member Ara Papyan at a press conference convened on May 13.

ArmInfo. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention drew attention to the policies of Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and members of his team, which are at odds with the fundamental principles of genocide prevention, genocide recognition and justice, and which directly relates to Armenian  national security issues.

ArmInfo. Against the background of the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement in Armenia led by Primate  of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, attacks on the AAC have become more frequent.

ArmInfo.The Armenian people have only one option: either impeachment or the sacred right of the  people for self-defense. This is how Russian politician, expert on the problems of the Middle East and Central Asia, Semyon Baghdasarov, commented on the processes within Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Russian Embassy in Armenia hosted a gala reception on the occasion of the 79th  anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.