ArmInfo.  The Russian  inter-governmental delegation held comprehensive negotiations in  Yerevan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told this to  reporters following the visit.

ArmInfo. Defense Minister  of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu left for Baku. RIA Novosti  reports.

ArmInfo. Russia's Defense Minister General of the Army Sergey Shoigu, on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, paid a working visit to the Republic of  Armenia.

ArmInfo.The geopolitical struggle for participation in the processes around Artsakh between the West, Russia and Turkey is more than obvious today. A similar  opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by Fyodor Lukyanov, director for  scientific work of the Valdai International Discussion Club, a  well-known Russian analyst.

ArmInfo. The European Union believes that it is  necessary to resume political negotiations on the status of  Nagorno-Karabakh within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. 

ArmInfo. Co-chairs of the Support Group for Armenia in the US Congress Frank Pallone, Gus Bilirakis, Jackie Speyer and Adam Schiff called the current ceasefire  conditions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, imposed on Armenia  by Turkey and Azerbaijan, "untenable." ArmInfo was informed about  this by the press service of the Armenian National Committee of  America (ANCA).

ArmInfo.Senator Bob Menendez called on the United States to provide humanitarian aid to the Armenian people in the amount of $ 100 million and to immediately  stop abandoning Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act. ArmInfo was  informed about this by the press service of the Armenian Assembly of  America.

ArmInfo.The United States welcomes the cessation of active hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is stated in the statement of US Secretary of State  Mike Pompeo, which is quoted by the American Embassy in Armenia.

ArmInfo.  Over the past  couple of weeks, the ICRC has increased the volume of assistance  provided to people affected by the actions in the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict zone, especially to internally displaced persons. This was  announced on November 17 in Moscow at a joint press conference with  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, President of the  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer,  recalling that the ICRC has been present in the region for the past  28 years and expressing hope for further effective interaction with  all parties, including the Russian Federation.

ArmInfo. The Spanish Congress of Deputies (lower house of parliament) approved the  proposal put forward by faction EH Bildu, on sending humanitarian aid  to Nagorno-Karabakh and the suspension of arms sales to Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo. Unfortunately, there are no fewer conflict zones in the world. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this in Moscow opening negotiations with  the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)  Peter Maurer.

ArmInfo.  "The issue of maintaining internal stability and public security is on my agenda," Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at an online press  conference today, answering a question about the possibility of his  resignation.

ArmInfo.Turkey will not allow any indulgences and concessions on the issue of transferring territories to Azerbaijan in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict. The Turkey's defense department made this statement after  two-day Russian-Turkish consultations on the formation of a joint  Observation Center for Karabakh.

ArmInfo. The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) learnt about the ceasefire statement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict (signed on  November 9) with utter shock and dismay, this is stated in the  organization's statement received by ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.Three Iranian border guards were killed in a clash in the northwestern part of the country, in the province of West Azerbaijan. RIA Novosti telegram  channel reports.

ArmInfo.Indeed, the questionon assistance in the return to a normal peaceful life of the  population, suffered as a result of hostilities in the zone of the  Nagorno- Karabakh conflict is very important and relevant.

ArmInfo. The militants, unfortunately, who were transferred to the zone of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from the Middle East, did not disappear  anywhere, did not evaporate. This was announced on November 13 during  a weekly briefing by the official representative of the Russian  Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

ArmInfo.The United States, as one of the three OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, welcomes the apparent ceasefire and cessation of hostilities in the Nagorno- Karabakh  conflict zone. This is stated in the statement of the US Ambassador  to the OSCE James S.  Gilmore.

ArmInfo. Active work is  underway to create mechanisms for the exchange of prisoners of war  and bodies of those killed. This is stated in a statement issued by  the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.

ArmInfo.UN human rights experts took note of the agreement reached on November 9 on the cessation of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and expressed the hope  that this will lead to the establishment of a lasting peace in the  region. This is stated in the experts, members of the UN Working  Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights  and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to  self-determination, published on the website ohchr.