China declares readiness to invest in projects in Syunik

During a meeting with Hayk Harutyunyan, the Deputy Governor of Syunik, Fan Yong, Chinese Ambassador to Armenia, announced readiness to invite Chinese investors to Syunik

"Syunik is a region of great importance for the Republic of Armenia. In recent years, mining products have the highest percentage in the trade turnover between our countries, and they are mainly exported from Syunik," the Chinese Ambassador to Armenia said. He added that this is not the only area where cooperation can be made, and new areas need to be found.

Harutyunyan, in turn, told the diplomat about the areas in which Syunik could cooperate with the Chinese side.

Armenian President appoints new ambassador to Georgia

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturian signed a decree on the dismissal of the republic's Ambassador to Georgia Ruben Sadoyan.

According to the Press Service of the President of Armenia, Ashot Smbatyan was appointed to this position by another decree of Khachaturian.

From 2015 to 2021, Sadoyan served as the Ambassador of Armenia to Germany. Since 2018, he has concurrently held the position of Ambassador to Liechtenstein.

Armenian MPs will visit Turkey for the PACE summit

Eduard Aghajanyan and Armen Gevorgyan, two MPs from Armenia, will visit Turkey to participate in the proceedings of the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health, and Sustainable Development in Izmir.

National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan has already signed the order to send the MPs to Turkey. Meetings of the PACE Committee will take place on September 21–24.

Phone conversation between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and France

On August 24, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a phone conversation with the Foreign Minister of France Catherine Colonna, the Press Office of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.

Minister Mirzoyan expressed his condolences to the French side on the human casualties caused by the storm in Corsica on August 18. Minister Colonna, on her part, expressed condolences to the Armenian side regarding the human casualties resulting from the explosion in the Surmalu trade center and wished speedy recovery to the injured.

Ararat Mirzoyan and Catherine Colonna commended the high level of Armenian-French privileged relations. In this context, the willingness to undertake active steps towards further deepening mutually beneficial cooperation and promoting bilateral agenda through implementing specific projects was underscored. The sides emphasized the role of France as a Co-Chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group in promoting the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Minister Mirzoyan presented to his colleague the position of the Armenian side regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the establishment of peace in the region. Referring to the resolution of the humanitarian issues resulting from the 44-day war, the Foreign Minister of Armenia stressed "the need for the repatriation of the Armenian POWs and civilians illegally detained in Azerbaijan and clarification of the fates of the forcibly disappeared and missing persons."

Deputy of Supreme Council of Armenia: "Rubinyan, who are you to express condolences to Turkey?"

"The current authorities demonstrate criminal indifference towards the Declaration of Independence of Armenia," Mekhak Mkhitaryan, the Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia, said during a meeting convened on the 32nd anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

As for democracy, Mekhak Mkhitaryan cited the meetings of the Armenian government as an example. "All of you watch government meetings. Suddenly, a door opens in the middle, and a certain person enters, and everyone jumps up like one famous animal. In our time, there was not such a democratic country, there was no exaltation of the individual. Is this a democracy? Where are we heading? There is probably no such situation even in North Korea," he stressed. According to him, today, Armenia has lost its prestige in the international arena. 

"I watch government meetings and am surprised at the issues discussed. Are these issues on the agenda in the current situation? We have already reached the point where the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly expresses his condolences to Serdar Kılıç in connection with an accident in Turkey. Yes, what right do you have to express condolences on behalf of the people when on April 24, the Turks gather at the Margara bridge and deliberately arrange a feast on Ramadan? How did it happen that you need to send condolences because two cars collided in Turkey? Who are you, Rubinyan? Your father was with us in the Supreme Council and together with us became the founder of democratic processes in Armenia," he said.