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Armenian National Assembly’s speaker Alen Simonyan at a news briefing in the Parliament on 4 October denied rumors on possible accession to the Russia-Belarus union or joining Russia. “Armenian independence, its sovereignty are not subjects of discussion,” he said.

A number of representatives of International organizations, high-ranking diplomats and officials have reacted to the recently appeared video showing extrajudicial execution of Armenian POWs by Azerbaijani servicemen.

Criticism of the CSTO in the context of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is of little use, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a September 29 briefing.

Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan briefed on 29 September diplomatic corps representatives on the damages, caused by the recent Azerbaijani shelling at civilian targets in Gegharkunik province, Armenpress reports.

Azerbaijani attacks on Armenian positions on the border in the evening of 28 September should be stopped and condemned, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote in his Twitter account.

Since the days of the 2020 Artsakh war, Iran has been announcing that the geopolitical change in the region is unacceptable. Iran believes that the establishment of the so-called “Zangezur corridor” through Armenia is directed against Islamic Republic and can eliminate Armenian-Iranian border.

Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan during his visit in Paris on 27 September discussed the situation on the border with Azerbaijan with his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu. According to a post on Lecornu’s official Twitter account, the interlocutors discussed the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

Armenian Prime Minster Nikol Pashinyan, receiving Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on 27 September, welcomed development of trilateral projects including Cyprus, the Prime Minister’s office reported.