Armenia has a clear will to withdraw from Russia's economic and military zone of influence, Finnish Parliament Speaker Jussi Halla-aho said on Thursday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the West is inciting Yerevan to destroy ties with Moscow. This is stated in the Russian Foreign Ministry's answers to media questions received for Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's press conference.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in Moscow that his current trip had been preparing for three months, but was postponed for technical reasons. We believe that among the "technical reasons",

At a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Moscow, Lavrov said the Kremlin was ready to assist in the normalisation of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations. View on euronews

The freshest details regarding the crash of an Embraer 190 aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan’s AZAL company near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, have been revealed.

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The Armenian parliament is ready to consider the draft law on joining the European Union in the first half of February, the country's legislative body told Izvestia. The government approved the document on January 9.

The Rescue Service has warned drivers about a road closure and icy conditions in Armenia. In particular, the road connecting the Amberd high mountain meteorological station to Lake Kari in Aragatsotn Province is currently inaccessible. Drivers are also urged to watch out for black ice on the Vardenyats Pass, Aparan and Aragats regional roads.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia values its close relations with Armenia and that the United States, which is set to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Armenia, had never played a stabilising role in the region.

Lavrov responded that while Moscow has strategic partnerships and allied relationships with Armenia as well as with Azerbaijan it has a “vested interest” in seeing Armenia and Azerbaijan normalize their relations.

Lavrov, according to a statement released by his office, said Russia “has always valued and continues to value fraternal ties with the Armenian people, with Armenia.”

The EU's decision to expand its mission in Armenia to 2025 has a geopolitical context. Brussels, hiding behind peacekeeping rhetoric, is turning this mission into an instrument of military and political pressure. The South Caucasus is becoming yet another arena where the interests of global and regional players collide.