Yerevan summons Russian envoy over anti-Pashinyan TV programOctober 25, 2023 - 12:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin was summoned to the Armenian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, October 24 after Russia’s state-run television channel Channel One aired a program during which “offensive and completely unacceptable statements were made against high-ranking officials of” Armenia, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reports. “During the meeting, the ambassador was handed a note of protest.” Then on October 23, Channel One aired an hour-long program titled “Nikol Pashinyan: The Bearer of Calamity,” in which Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Security Council Chief Armen Grigoryan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan were labeled as “Soros agents,” referring to the American billionaire George Soros. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |