ArmInfo. Representatives of foreign states must respond to the actions of the Armenian authorities against peaceful participants in the protest movement. The leader of the Tavush for the Motherland movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, announced this at a press conference on June 19.

ArmInfo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in Almaty on June 20-21, where he will take part in a meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers.  Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced this on June 19 during a briefing, adding that the meeting will be chaired by Kazakhstan.

ArmInfo.The Golden Apricot International Film Festival presented a competitive program of  feature films, in which 11 films by directors from France, Portugal, Iceland, Slovakia, Germany, Russia, Brazil, India, Lithuania, Nepal, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland will compete.

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities are resorting to various types of influence on supporters  of the Tavush for the Motherland movement, trying to intimidate people. The leader of the movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, announced this at a press conference on June 19.

ArmInfo. The small group of people ruling in Armenia is ready to do anything for the sake of  money and maintaining power. The events of June 12 are evidence of this. The leader of the protest movement "Tavush in the Name of the Motherland," Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, announced this at a press  conference on June 19.

ArmInfo.The reaction of official Baku to military-technical cooperation between Armenia and France is puzzling. Any country has the sovereign right to have an army armed with combat and modern military equipment. This is stated in a statement by the Armenian Foreign Ministry, against the backdrop of yesterday's threats made from Baku.

ArmInfo.The Armenian-Georgian cultural and culinary festival "Mimino" starts for the second time in  Dilijan, within the framework of which Armenian and Georgian culinary specialists will present the diversity of their national cuisine to the jury commission.

ArmInfo.Prominent French figures sent an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron,  calling on him to send French troops to Armenia. The letter was published by the French publication Le Point.

ArmInfo.Armenia has not sent any signals about its desire to leave the Commonwealth of Independent  States (CIS) or weaken its participation in the post-Soviet bloc, CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev told TASS.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,  during a telephone conversation held the day before, announced the presence of political will for the complete normalization of relations between the two countries without any preconditions. The press service of the RA government reported this.

ArmInfo. Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I, at a meeting with Iranian Ambassador  to the country Muchtapi Amani, emphasized the right of Artsakh Armenians to return to their homes with international guarantees.

ArmInfo. On the day of the summer solstice, June 21, a music festival will be held in Goris,  initiated by the Embassy of France in Armenia and the French University in Arme nia. France has been holding this event since 1982 and during its forty-year history, the festival has crossed borders and turned into a truly international event that has covered 5 continents, 120 countries, and more than 1,000 cities. On this day, concerts are held with the participation of both professional and amateur musicians.

ArmInfo.The Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia has  officially joined EuroPris (European Organization of Prisons and Correctional Institutions). This was stated in the press release of the press service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of  Armenia.

ArmInfo. The issue of opposition MPs resigning their mandates is on the agenda. This was  stated by Artsvik Minasyan, Secretary of the opposition faction of the RA National Assembly, at a press conference on June 18.

ArmInfo. Dialogue is of key importance from the point of view of having a proper system for the  protection and promotion of human rights. This was stated by Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan, speaking at the opening of the forum on the topic "Civil society's involvement in the reform agenda of  Armenia".

ArmInfo. On June 18, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received US  Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma.

ArmInfo. Violating the regime of nature reserves, wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, natural  monuments and other specially protected state natural areas, causing damage or their destruction is fraught with fines for citizens in the amount of 150 thousand drams (instead of the previously existing 80  thousand drams), and for officials - 300 thousand drams (instead of 150 thousand drams). This is stated in the message of the Inspection Body for the Protection of Nature and Subsoil.

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ArmInfo. Below is a statement by the We Are movement. 

ArmInfo.Armenia has signed a contract with France for the purchase of 155mm self-propelled CAESAR  howitzers, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu revealed.