Alen Simonyan: "Armenia Hopes to Extend EU Mission on Border with Azerbaijan"
In response to the journalists' remark that skirmishes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border continue, despite the presence of European observers, the Speaker pointed out that there was no serious escalation with the start of the work of observers.
Alen Simonyan to Russian Official: "Collective Security Treaty Organization Did Not Respond Effectively to Azerbaijan's Actions Along Border"
On October 10, at a meeting in Moscow with Vyacheslav Volodin, the Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Alen Simonyan, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, stated that the CSTO did not respond effectively and promptly to Azerbaijan's actions on the border.
Armenia concerned about Head of Estonian Parliament visit to Shusha
In his video address from Shusha, the speaker of the Estonian parliament previously called Shusha an Azerbaijani city reconstructed after 30 years of occupation.
Armenian Parliament Speaker meets with Iranian President
Simonyan presented to the President of Iran the situation created as a result of “the war unleashed by the Azerbaijani-Turkish tandem against [separatist] Nagorno-Karabakh," humanitarian problems, and the issue of preserving Armenian cultural and historical monuments in the territories that have come under Azerbaijani control, stressing that Azerbaijan is destroying the Armenian heritage at the state level.
Newest developments in Armenia-Iran relations
"Although Armenia is a country adjacent to the East Azerbaijan province, we have not been able to increase our trade turnover with this country by more than half a billion dollars, so we must try to increase this amount to $ 1 billion," said the Iranian ambassador to Armenia, Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri.
Recent political developments regarding Armenia
European Union pleased with Armenia's efforts to expand EU-Armenia cooperation. Armenia and Georgia agreed to cooperate militarily for 2022. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan held discussion at “Atlantic Council” think tank.
Georgian FM visited Armenia
Darchiashvili and Pashinyan welcomed the high-level political dialogue between Georgia and Armenia and the friendly relations between the Heads of Government, which will contribute to the further development of cooperation between the countries.
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