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2022-02-15 17:24:48 Mirzoyan and Lavrov discussed topical bilateral and regional issues, including the implementation of the trilateral agreements between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia dated November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, as well as interaction in the CSTO, taking into account the Armenian chairmanship.

This is reported by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

It is noted that a detailed exchange of views was also held in connection with the ongoing negotiations on security assurances.

The importance of consistently defending the principles of equal and indivisible security in the Euro-Atlantic region has been emphasised, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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2022-02-15 15:35:01 Acting President Alen Simonyan received the United States Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy on February 15.

Simonyan and Tracy congratulated each other on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and the United States.

Simonyan’s visit to Washington D.C. in January as Speaker of Parliament was discussed at the meeting, the presidency said in a press release. Attaching importance to the visit, Simonyan touched upon his meeting with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. He presented details to the Ambassador from his visit, stressing the productivity of a number of meetings with US colleagues and readiness to develop continuous programs.

Views were exchanged over organizing joint projects within the framework of the 30th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and the United States.

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2022-02-15 15:19:48 “On February 15, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan again spread disinformation, claiming that on February 14 and 15, units of the RA Armed Forces opened fire on Azerbaijani combat positions located in the northeastern and eastern parts of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is relatively stable and is under the full control of the RA Armed Forces”: Armenian Defense Ministry

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2022-02-15 15:15:03 - Armenian Ambassador to Greece Tigran Mkrtchyan held a friendly meeting with Greek Deputy Foreign Minister for Diaspora Relations Andreas Katsaniotis, during which the interlocutors discussed cooperation between the Armenian and Greek Diasporas, in particular in the United States, the great role of Diasporas in Armenian-Greek relations, promising joint projects.

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2022-02-15 15:07:11 As a result of the criminal actions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, some villages of Gegharkunik lost water-Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan reports on Facebook.

According to Tatoyan, ombudsman's office employees are collecting facts about violations of the rights of residents of the Kut, Geghamabad, Norabak, Sotk, and other villages.

The armed forces of Azerbaijan are present in those territories that local residents use as pastures and arable land. All this has led to the fact that civilians do not have the opportunity to engage in cattle breeding.

“During this trip, we will pay special attention to the problem of water. The fact is that the Azerbaijani armed forces occupy territories where there are pools where both drinking and irrigation water is formed, for example, in the village of Geghamabad. The issue of providing drinking water, which is delivered from a neighboring village, is especially acute,” Tatoyan said.



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2022-02-15 14:48:47 Representatives of the Kurdish community of Armenia organized a protest in front of the UN office in Armenia, demanding to convene a special UN meeting to discuss the release of the co-founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, political prisoner Abdullah Ocalan.

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2022-02-15 14:44:55 Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan is trying to destroy the diaspora itself Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF) are outraged by the brazen behavior of the representative for Diaspora Affairs In October 2021, the… Open / Comment

2022-02-15 14:35:42 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

“Good call with Aliyev. We addressed regional security and Russia's military build-up in and around Ukraine, including implications on energy markets. I thanked Azerbaijan for increasing gas supplies and being a reliable energy supplier to Europe.” Stoltenberg wrote in his Twitter page.

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2022-02-15 14:35:34 The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan informs that the President of the Republic of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, will be arrested in the near future and handed over to the investigation. The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan accuses him of "committing four terrorist acts against civilians in Ganja in 2020," as a result of which 26 people were killed and 175 civilians were injured.

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2022-02-15 14:03:21 Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan is trying to destroy the diaspora itself

Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF) are outraged by the brazen behavior of the representative for Diaspora Affairs

In October 2021, the representative of the Diaspora, Zareh Sinanyan, after consulting with the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), postponed his visit to France to take part in the annual CCAF dinner, which is attended by the French political elite led by the president.

CCAF also took over the organization of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs tour. However, later the CCAF was notified that the High Commissioner was planning a meeting with a newly popped out organization "movement", which agitated through social media about the resignation of the heads of the CCAF, because of political preferences in Armenia, which does not affect the activities in France in any way.

As it became known later, an agreement was reached between CCAF and the commissioner that Sinanyan could meet behind closed doors with anyone he wanted, but public meetings should be organized within the framework of the tour that CCFA planned, which was beneficial to Armenia, since this is the commissioner's first trip, and CCFA is the most influential organization in France.

However, Sinanyan decided to take part in a forum of the so-called "movement", with which he signed an "agreement" that the "movement" would represent "the state of Armenia before French officials,” thereby jeopardizing the most influential Armenian organization in France.

The High Commissioner did not limit himself to violating the agreement with CCAF, but also made harsh remarks to the most respected Armenian organization in France.

As a result, due to the arrogant and boorish behavior of the High Commissioner, he did not take part in the CCAF dinner, which was attended by more than 460 politicians, including presidential candidates, mayors, deputies, ambassadors, Prime Minister and Secretary of State.

As a result, the "tour" of the Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs ended with several unimportant meetings, and, as expected, not a single high-ranking official of France met with him.

In connection with the arrogant behavior of the High Commissioner, the head of the CCAF Ara Toranyan addressed an open letter to the Prime Minister of Armenia.

In order for our readers to understand the whole essence of the importance of the CCAF meeting, we present a short list of participants

Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo
President of the regional council of Île-de-France Valérie Pécresse,
Prime Minister Jean Castex, French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal, State Secretary Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne,
Diversity and Equal Opportunities Minister Elisabeth Moreno,
Senate President Gerard Larcher, France-Artsakh friendship group President François Pupponi

This year, the French president could not participate because he was abroad on Ukraine issues, in this regard, he apologized and sent the Prime Minister on his behalf.

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