ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities are consistently, step by step, leading the country to  withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Armenian political analyst Arman Ghukasyan told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Mher Grigoryan received the  delegation headed by Adrienn Kiraly, the newly appointed Director for Neighborhood East & Institution Building of the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission. Head of the EU Delegatio government reports.

ArmInfo. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan delivered a speech at the  High-Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament.

ArmInfo. "I express my deep condolences to all those who lost relatives and friends 36 years ago  in Sumgait," Head of the EU delegation to Armenia, Vassilis Maragos wrote on his Twitter (X) account.

ArmInfo. Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the German Bundestag Elisabeth  Winkelmeier-Becker, refused to comment on the issue of political prisoners in Armenia, citing the fact that she does not have complete information on this issue.

ArmInfo. I did not participate in any discussions on this topic, but I believe that the withdrawal of Russian border guards from Zvartnots airport would be correct. President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan told reporters during a briefing on February 27, noting that this is his personal opinion.

ArmInfo.Germany would be happy for the normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations and the  establishment of  long-term peace and stability in the region. 

ArmInfo.Germany is pleased that they can play a mediating role in the process of normalizing  relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Germany's charge d'affaires in Armenia, Deputy Ambassador   Erik Tintrup , stated at a press conference in Yerevan on February 27.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) commemorates the 36th anniversary of  the Sumgait pogrom, a ruthless massacre against the Armenian population in the former Soviet Azerbaijan, the Assembly's statement on the36th anniversary of the first of the Armenian pogroms committed  by Azerbaijan notes.  As the Assambley's press service reports, the staement reads as follows:

ArmInfo.On February 26, 2024, in Ashgabat, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and a delegation that arrived in Turkmenistan led by the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Amir Khan Mottaki, consisting of representatives of various government agencies of Afghanistan, including the Ministry of Mining and Petroleum, energy company “Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat”, Afghanistan Railway Authority.

ArmInfo. The ANCA was proud to join the AYF Washington DC "Ani" Chapter-led protest at the  Azerbaijani Embassy commemorating Azerbaijan's anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait-Baku- Maragha-Kirovabad (1988-1992) and demanding justice for the Artsakh Genocide of 2023.

ArmInfo. The Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) does not provide for  the "freezing" of the membership of a particular country. This was stated by spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, referring to the statement by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  that the country's participation in the CSTO is "frozen."

ArmInfo. More than 30 Armenian non-governmental organizations issued a statement calling on  civil society representatives not to participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ("COP29") in Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo. The delegation of the German Bundestag, led by the head of the legal affairs commission  Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, got acquainted with the activities of the European Union Mission to Armenia (EUMA).

ArmInfo. Ambassador of France to Armenia Olivier Decottignies assessed the current level of  Armenian-French relations as unprecedented.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan continues to ramp up arms purchases while claiming any defense purchases made by Armenia indicate it is planning an imminent attack on AZ. American journalist Lindsey Snell wrote on her account on Twitter (X), sharing a photo from the Fly-radar website, which shows that the military aircraft is heading from Israel to Baku.

ArmInfo.If Armenia doesn't want to be in the CSTO, it won't collapse, it won't be destroyed," Lukashenko said. This is how President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko commented on the statement of the Prime Minister of Armenia about freezing the country's membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

ArmInfo.The RA NA delegation to takes part in the work of the Winter Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) in Vienna. The deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract, the member of the delegation Lilit Minasyan delivered a speech in the Assembly. As the press service of the RA NA reports, the MP in her speech said, in particular:

ArmInfo.The West will constantly put great pressure on the CSTO countries, and, in particular, on Armenia. Dmitry Suslov,  Deputy Director at Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the  Centre for  Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) stated in discussions "Armenia at a crossroads. CSTO or NATO, non-bloc status", organized by the Analytical Center for Strategic Studies and Initiatives of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. On February 21, on the occasion of the reburial ceremony of the hero of the French Resistance Movement Missak Manouchian and his wife M‚lin‚e in the French Pantheon, at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, a meeting was held between Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and co-chairs of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF) Murad Papzian and Ara  Toranian.