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During her visit to Yerevan, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly took part in the official opening ceremony of the Canadian Embassy in Armenia on 25 October.

Armenia is disappointed by the inaction of the CSTO and has not felt the benefits of Russia’s military presence on its territory, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, published on October 25.

Armenia needs the ability to defend itself and protect its population, French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu wrote in his account on the social network X on 24 October.

The meeting of the heads of Armenia and Azerbaijan, scheduled for the end of October through the mediation of the head of the European Council Charles Michel, will not take place.

On 24 October Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southern European and Eurasian Affairs Joshua Huck. This was reported by the press service of the Prime Minister.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry on 24 October summoned Russian Ambassador Sergei Kopyrkin to hand a note of protest, the Foreign Ministry’s press service reported.

On 23 October the foreign ministers of Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia adopted a joint statement following the meeting in the 3+3 format in Tehran.

The next meeting of the “3+3” format will be held in Turkey in the first half of 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on 23 October.

Azerbaijan has lost the trust of the international community and is no longer seen as a trustworthy partner, said the German Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Commission Chairman Michael Roth at a press conference in Yerevan on 23 October.