ArmInfo. The US State of Michigan adopted a resolution recognizing the independence of

ArmInfo. The people of  Artsakh should realize its right to self-determination and  independence. This was reported on the Facebook page by Congressman  Tulsi Gabbard following the visit to Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh  Republic.

ArmInfo.Changes in Iraqi Kurdistan, launched by a referendum on independence, make the domino effect of the strengthening of the Kurdish factor in Iran, perhaps,  the greatest threat to Armenia. Similar opinion was expressed by  ArmInfo of the head of the department of Iranian studies of YSU,  orientalist Vardan Voskanyan.

ArmInfo.The September 25 referendum on the immediate proclamation of the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan will not lead. Similar opinion was expressed by ArmInfo of the head of the department of Iranian studies of YSU, orientalist Vardan Voskanyan.

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ArmInfo. The example of Azerbaijan indicates that as a geopolitical project Kurdistan may well develop. Rachya Arzumanyan, an expert on military and national  security issues, expressed this opinion to ArmInfo. Director of the  Center for Strategic Studies "Ashkharh" (Stepanakert).

ArmInfo.Political relations, and especially cooperation between Armenia and Iraqi Kurdistan are impossible by definition, - the president of the Middle East  Institute Evgeny Satanovsky is convinced.

ArmInfo.American congressman Frank Pallone, who, during the devastating earthquake in Spitak, brought US aid to Armenia, and Tulsi Gabbard from the Hawaiian  Islands on September 20, accompanied by Robert Avetisyan, the  permanent representative of the NKR in the US, Anthony Barsamian, the  cochairman of the Armenian Congress of America (ACA) and the director  of the All-Armenian Fund Hayastan in the United States, Maria  Migranyan, visited Artsakh.

ArmInfo.The Azeri armed forces are characterized by the handwriting of the terrorist group "Islamic State". This was stated on September 18 by the Minister of  Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, speaking on the panel "Topical  Foreign Policy Challenges and Armenia-Diaspora Cooperation in  Reflecting" within the framework of the 6th Armenia-Diaspora Forum.

ArmInfo. Presidents of  Artsakh and Armenia Bako Sahakyan and Serzh Sargsyan participated in  the September 2 festivities dedicated to the 26th anniversary of the  independence of Artsakh.

ArmInfo.The publication of the six principles for the settlement of Karabakh conflict by  outgoing US co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland is in no way connected with yesterday's meeting of the Armenian and Russian leaders Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin and is not conditioned by the crisis in Russian-American relations. This opinion was expressed  in the conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo by the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, press secretary of the ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov.

ArmInfo. The state does not appreciate the merits of those people who fought for the independence of Artsakh, the attitude that the authorities show to the heroes of the Artsakh war and their families is unacceptable. This was announced at a press conference on July 26 by Razmik Rushanyan, director of the NGO for the "Protection of Rights of Azatamartics and Dead Soldiers".

ArmInfo.Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Georgia Mikhail Janelidze exchanged messages on the  occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic  relations between the Republic of Armenia and Georgia.

ArmInfo.The issues of sustainable  development of Armenian- Czech parliamentary relations and activation of mutual visits of parliamentary delegations were  discussed on June 28 by the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament,  the head of the Armenia-Czech friendship group Eduard Sharmazanov and  his Czech counterpart Milush Gorska.

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ArmInfo.Armenian-Greek political cooperation is at high level, however, there is an  unimplemented potential for activization of cooperation in other fields, Greece Deputy MFA Terens Nikolaus Quick, stated during the meeting with Armenian Parliament vice speaker Eduard Sharmazanov in Yerevan. The meeting was attended by Greece Ambassador to Armenia Nafsika Nancy Eva Vraila. 

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ArmInfo. Armenian Defense sphere should provide independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability of borders, security of the population of RA  and NKR, timely identification, analysis, prevention and neutralization of possible threatens, including military ones, Government new program for 2017-22 states, presented to the adoption of the Parliament.

ArmInfo.Kurdistan independence could lead to a chain reaction in Iran, resuming the conflicts at South Caucasus. Such an opinion was stated to ArmInfo by  independent  analyst, Arman  Melikyan, the Ex-Foreing n Minister of NKR. 

ArmInfo.Turkey is an important partner to NATO. Head of the NATO Office in Georgia William Lahue expressed such  an opinion during the "NATO as a stabilizing force in the South  Caucasus: today's challenges and progress in the region" seminar.