A decision on expelling Armenia from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is the prerogative of the supreme commanders of the member states, but all circumstances would have to be taken into account, CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov said in an interview with TASS.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Ruben Rubinyan said Yerevan is not taking any steps that could harm its relations with Moscow and remains committed to maintaining good-neighborly ties, according to the parliament's press service.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed former Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan as Secretary of the Security Council, replacing Armen Grigoryan who held the position since 2018.
Russia's upper house speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Armenian parliament speaker Ruben Rubinyan have discussed a referendum on Armenia’s accession to the European Union over the phone, the Armenian legislative body said.
Russia's upper house speaker Valentina Matviyenko held a telephone conversation with Armenian parliament speaker Ruben Rubinyan on August 6.
Hayk Konjoryan, a member of the ruling Civil Contract faction, has been elected Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia.
The candidate from the ruling Civil Contract faction, Ruben Rubinyan, has been elected Speaker of the Armenian Parliament of the 9th convocation, the chairwoman of the parliamentary counting commission Lilit Minasyan announced.
Nikol Pashinyan has been reappointed Prime Minister of Armenia, with President Vahagn Khachaturyan signing the decree after the Civil Contract faction submitted his candidacy.
The Armenian government has included on the agenda of its July 16 meeting the ratification of the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation with the United States on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project.
The relevant announcement was made by the minister himself in the parliament
Final results of the June 7 parliamentary elections in Armenia will be released on June 14, Chairman of Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Vahagn Hovakimyan said.
The parliamentary election campaign has kicked off in Armenia. The elections will take place in just one month, on June 7, 2026.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia has announced that 19 political parties will take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Registration was denied to two candidates.
The Central Election Commission of Armenia accepted documents from almost twenty political forces wishing to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections in early summer.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is uncertain at this stage whether his country will withdraw de jure or de facto from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), according to remarks he made at a briefing for journalists broadcast by local TV channels.
In Istanbul, brief discussions occurred involving the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, the Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan, and the head of the Russian Federation Council.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenian citizens are experiencing the advantages of peace with Azerbaijan to a greater extent than the government had expected.
Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan said that he will hold meetings with his Azerbaijani and Georgian counterparts, Sahiba Gafarova and Shalva Papuashvili, during the 152nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, which will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Incumbent Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been nominated for prime minister in the June parliamentary elections by the Civil Contract party he leads.
The Armenian Parliament has approved the ratification of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EAEU and the UAE, with ninety-four members voting in favor of the document's adoption.
