Armenia

The index of economic activity in January-September in Armenia has grown by 9.7%, and the main growth was achieved through the service sector, Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan said at a joint meeting of the standing committees of the National Assembly of Armenia on 30 October 30 during the preliminary discussion of the draft state budget for 2024.

Armenia is determined to improve relations with Turkey and sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on 30 October at the 2024 draft budget discussions in the National Assembly.

During the recent Azerbaijani aggression the Russian peacekeeping contingent took up a merely observer position, Nagorno-Karabakh President Samvel Shahramanyan said on 28 October 28 in an interview with Artsakh Public Television.

On 28 and 29 October Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan held a series of meetings with foreign partners within the framework of the “Malta: Formula for Peace” talks.

French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak visited Armenia on 26 October, paid tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide and visited the Matenadaran - the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, where she held a joint press conference with the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (ONKS) of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan.

A tete-a-tete conversation between the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Nikol Pashinyan and Irakli Garibashvili took place in Tbilisi, the press service of the Prime Minister of Armenia reported on 26 October.

The Kremlin expects to receive information about relations between Moscow and Yerevan during conversations with Armenian colleagues. Russian President Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said this when commenting on an interview with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Vedomosti writes on 26 October. Peskov in particular noted that the Kremlin is not inclined to perceive the WSJ as a primary source and it is necessary to understand exactly what Pashinyan said in the interview.

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