On 16 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan held a phone conversation with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, reports the Armenian Foreign Ministry press service.

On October 16, the Government of Armenia will organize a special flight from Tel Aviv to Yerevan to facilitate the voluntary relocation to homeland for Armenian nationals and members of their families for security reasons, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.

Speaking after Sunday's service, Pope Francis has recalled the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh and the serious humanitarian challenges facing displaced Armenians.

On 12 October the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved a resolution on “Humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.” The resolution was published on the PACE website. Below is the full text of the resolution:

The presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, met in Bishkek on October 12. As reported on the Kremlin website, the presidents are in Bishkek to participate in a meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State on October 13.

At the moment, there are no Armenians or citizens of Armenia among those killed or injures injured as a result of the fighting in Israel, the Armenian Embassy in Israel reported on 12 October.

Chairman of the State Duma Chairman of the Commission on Investigation into Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasily Piskarev, told reporters on October 12 that a list of foreign NGOs considered as “undesirable” in Russia and a register of foreign agents will be handed over to partners in the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, Interfax reports.

On 11 October Louis Bono, the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group and senior adviser for negotiations in the Caucasus met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the head of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan.

France will push for a UN Security Council resolution on creating conditions for the return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said in her speech in the French Senate on October 11.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has received US Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations and co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Louis Bono, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported on 11 October.