ArmInfo.On September 7, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan, Deputy Foreign  Minister of the Republic of Armenia Vahe Gevorgyan met with  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Armenia  Fukushima Masanori.

ArmInfo.The Day of the Miner and Metallurgist was celebrated on a grand scale at the Zangezur and Agarakskom copper-molybdenum plants. In connection with the professional day, on July 15 and 1July 6, festive events were held.  

ArmInfo.Literally days ago the American army finally accepted the results of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) competition, by which the next generation of the main shooting armaments of the American army was determined, that is, a firearm,a machine gun, a unified cartridge and an optical fire control system.

ArmInfo. Over the past months, the resistance movement has achieved significant results. Ishkhan Saghatelyan, coordinator of the Resistance Movement, Vice-speaker of  the National Assembly of Armenia, stated this at a briefing on  Thursday.

ArmInfo.The U.S. not being immediately involved in the launching of the first Armenian satellite to orbit by means of the SpaceX carrier by no means plays down the  psychological significance of the event, Armenia's former  vice-ambassador to the USA Armen Khazaryan said in an interview with  ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The reason for the congestion at the Upper Lars checkpoint is low throughput. Aram Customs attache: The reason for the congestion at the Upper Lars  checkpoint is low throughputTananyan, customs attache of Armenia at the Upper Lars checkpoint,  said this in a telephone conversation with an ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo. There exist redlines not to be crossed. Artsakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, Gegham Stepanyan, Human Rights Defender of Artsakh, told reporters on the  sidelines on the Future Armenian forum as he responded to a question  about possible signing of an Armenian-Azerbaijani agreement in  Brussels, which would grant cultural autonomy to Nagorno-Karabakh.   

ArmInfo. RA Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan received a delegation led by Guilio Centemero, Head of the Italy-Armenia Bilateral Relations Department  of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

ArmInfo.Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan started his official visit to the Netherlands from the Boskamp Cemetery in Assen, where he laid a wreath at the khachkar  dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims. The members  of the Armenian governmental delegation, Mayor of Assen Marco Out  also laid flowers. The khachkar-monument dedicated to the victims of  the Armenian Genocide was erected in Assen in 2001.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will pay a two-day official visit on May 10-11 to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the press service of the RA  PM reports.

ArmInfo.In case some of the post-Soviet states, at least the CSTO member-states, are involved in the actions against Ukraine, Moscow will significantly advance the  expansion of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), well into realizing  a project of Allied State, Armen Grigoryan, Vice-Chairman of the  International Politics and Society center, said in an interview with  ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.No serious global geopolitical actor is discontent with Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan's foreign policy, the political analyst Armen Hovhannisyan  said in an interview with ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.The 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows that journalism, the main vaccine against disinformation, is completely or  partly blocked in 73% of the 180 countries ranked by the organisation.

ArmInfo.Artsakh was top of the agenda of the Putin-Pashinyan talks in Novo-Ogaryevo, Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of the Caucasus Institute, said in an interview  with ArmInfo.    

ArmInfo. Relations between Russia and Armenia are at their highest level, including cooperation in all key industries of both countries, Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan said at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir  Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, TASS reports. 

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan assures that everything has already been said about the negotiation process on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict.  Pashinyan stated this on April 13 in parliament, answering  a question from Sona Ghazaryan, MP of the Civil Contract faction.

ArmInfo.Armenia should join the NATO military alliance  to ensure security. A similar opinion is shared by 34.1% of respondents participating in the "Armenian society  at the crossroads. Foreign policy orientations, priorities and  perceptions" sociological survey. The survey was conducted by  specialists of the SOCIES Expert Center with the assistance of YSU  and financial support from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

ArmInfo.Regrettably, over the last 30 years, the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict has not only been a cause of serious crisis and instability in the South Caucasus, but  has also affected the development of the region and neighboring  territories, as well as the interregional cooperation, reads a  complimentary message by Iranian FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on the  occasion of the 30th anniversary of Armenian-Iranian diplomatic  relations.

ArmInfo. The speculation with the thesis "Let;s surrender Artsakh and we will live" for many years has disintegrated the foundations of the Armenian 30-year  independence.  Leader of the RPA, third President of the Republic of  Armenia Serzh Sargsyan stated this during his welcoming speech at the  opening of the 17th Congress of the Republican Party of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Armenian director Artavazd Pelechian was awarded a special Life achievement award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - IDFA , for invaluable contribution to the field of cinematography.  According to  "Kinoashkhar", the award ceremony took place at the legendary cinema  in Amsterdam Tushinski.