ArmInfo. On September 24, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will host a discussion on the issue of Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku. The Free Armenian Prisoners initiative press service told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. The "Trump Route" (TRIPP) will operate under the jurisdiction of Armenia. This was stated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on September 16 during government hour in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, responding to a question from Marianna Ghahramanyan, a member of parliament from the opposition Strong Armenia faction.

Arminfo.  The PISA study conducted provided us with baseline data on the situation in Armenia’s education sector before the introduction of the new educational standard. Armenia’s Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan said this in the National Assembly, responding to parliamentarians’ questions.

Arminfo. The ARF “Dashnaktsutyun” advocated that the deputies of the Artsakh parliament, without yielding to threats from the Armenian authorities, elect a new speaker of the National Assembly of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

ArmInfo. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia cannot give instructions to the Prosecutor General’s Office regarding the confiscation of illegally acquired property. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this from the rostrum of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on September 16, responding to a question from National Assembly deputy Mesrop Manukyan of the opposition "Armenia" faction.

ArmInfo.  Russia would not like to “pay for” Armenia’s European integration at the expense of the preferences the republic receives thanks to its membership in the EAEU. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this.

Arminfo. A decline is being observed in Armenia’s agricultural sector this year. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this on September 16 during Government Hour in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, responding to a question from Narek Karapetyan, head of the opposition Strong Armenia faction.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian side did not raise the issue of withdrawing the 102nd Russian military base stationed in Gyumri. Armenia’s Security Council Secretary Alen Simonyan stated this in a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. The withdrawal of the 102nd Russian military base would be yet another adventure that would lead to new threats to Armenia’s security. This was stated by Ishkhan Saghatelian, a member of the Armenian parliament from the opposition “Armenia” faction and a representative of the Supreme Council of the ARF “Dashnaktsutyun” (ARFD), at a press conference in Yerevan on September 16.

Arminfo. On September 16, RA National Assembly Speaker Ruben Rubinyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Armenia Giorgi Sharvashidze.

Arminfo.  On September 16, President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan received Andrea Barbara Baumann, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Armenia, on the occasion of the national holiday.

Arminfo.  Staff members of the Human Rights Defender’s Office, together with representatives of competent state bodies, discussed practical issues related to organizing meetings between parents deprived of liberty and their children, as well as possible mechanisms for resolving them.  This is stated in a release from the Ombudsman’s Office.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian Revolutionary Federation “Dashnaktsutyun” (ARF Dashnaktsutyun) will participate in the upcoming elections to local self-government bodies (LSG). This was stated on September 16 at a press conference in Yerevan by Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a member of the Armenian parliament from the opposition “Armenia” faction and a representative of the Supreme Council of the ARF “Dashnaktsutyun” (ARFD).

Arminfo.  Armenia’s Ambassador to Greece Tigran Mkrtchyan discussed cooperation in the field of education with Greece’s Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Professor Nikolaos Papaioannou.

ArmInfo.  Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling Civil Contract party is carrying out a program of “denationalization” of Armenia and the Armenian people in the country. Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a member of the Armenian parliament from the opposition Armenia faction and a representative of the Supreme Body of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), stated this at a press conference in Yerevan on September 16.

ArmInfo.  Former ministers of culture of the Republic of Artsakh have addressed Armenia’s Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan, demanding that she take effective and consistent measures to protect, document and present Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh internationally.

Arminfo.  Working meetings of the COP17 presidency delegation have begun in Montreal, at the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. This was reported by the press service of Armenia’s Ministry of Environment.

Arminfo.  EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Magdalena Grono defends her visit and the visits of other diplomats to Artsakh, rejects Azerbaijan’s crimes and the ethnic cleansing carried out in Artsakh, and no visits to the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts Museum "Matenadaran" will change her position. This was written by historian and political scientist Armen Ayvazyan.

Arminfo.  The “Strong Armenia” party, led by Samvel Karapetyan, and the eponymous National Assembly faction headed by Narek Karapetyan plan to create a tourist center in Tigranashen. This was stated on September 16 by Anush Mirzoyan, an MP from the “Strong Armenia” faction, speaking from the NA rostrum.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian kyokushin karate team, which competed at the "All-Russian Youth Martial Arts Festival" in Anapa, won 16 medals.