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Daily briefing
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Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Hayk Konjoryan met on October 15 with UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator Haoliang Xu. Konjoryan thanked UNDP for its cooperation with the parliament, which he said had contributed to digitalization, transparency and accountability.
During Israeli President Isaac Herzog's speech at the 7th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) under way in Baku, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his delegation left the hall.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the next meeting of foreign ministers in the 3+3 format (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Türkiye, Iran) could be held in Azerbaijan, and the one after that in Yerevan.
At its October 15 session, the government decided that the Health and Labor Inspection Body will temporarily carry out controls at the border crossing point of Zvartnots airport to prevent the entry of the Bundibugyo (Ebola) virus.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will arrive in Yerevan on a short visit on October 16 to attend the leaders' summit held within the framework of the COP17 conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed the reconciliation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the 7th CICA Summit in Baku.
On October 15, Artsakh Armenians and civil society representatives held a protest outside the Government building on the eve of COP17.
According to the Interior Ministry's police, on October 14 officers of the Sisian division received information that a 44-year-old man had regularly subjected his 13-year-old daughter to violence, including sexual violence.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government briefing on October 15 that Türkiye will take part at ministerial level in the COP17 conference being held in Yerevan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the October 15 government meeting that he considers the signing and ratification of the peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan his most important upcoming task.
After meeting OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ignazio Cassis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ararat Mirzoyan said the border with Turkey could open before the candidacy of a new special envoy is agreed.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said that an exchange of enclaves and exclaves with Azerbaijan is one of the possible options.
Lawyer Inessa Vardanyan, citing a parent, said that a 12-year-old child at Yerevan Basic School No. 98 is regularly subjected to bullying and beatings.
On the evening of October 14, a 6-year-old boy riding a scooter collided with a Lexus car on Moldovakan Street in Yerevan.
According to the Environment Ministry's Eco-Patrol Service, eco-patrol officers of the Ijevan section found a UAZ loaded with timber in the Gandzakar forestry area; its driver tried to flee and the vehicle rolled onto its side.
On October 14, judges Edgar Shatiryan and Vladimir Vardanyan were nominated for the post of president of the Constitutional Court.
MS NOW, citing sources, reported that US FBI Director Kash Patel had arrived in Russia for a two-day visit to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Aram Vardevanyan, together with Strong Armenia faction MPs Harutyun Harutyunyan and Irina Yolyan, met on October 14 with newly appointed French Ambassador Florian Escudié.
On October 14, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Baku.
Lusine Badalyan, an MP from the Civil Contract faction, said that on October 14 she was not allowed to enter the Russian Federation on the grounds that she is banned from entering the country.
On October 14, a discussion chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan focused on the main directions for transforming the migration management system.
Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia said in a speech at the Dprevank that throughout history there have been internal and external attempts to destroy the identity of the Armenian nation.
Ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), a UN flag-raising ceremony took place at the Meridian Expo Center.
On October 16, the Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet will host a gala concert marking the 75th birthday of tenor Gegham Grigoryan.
US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that large-scale exploration for oil, gas and minerals will begin in Greenland.
According to the daily Zhoghovurd, Mesrop Manukyan, an MP from the Armenia faction, may be stripped of his mandate over a criminal case involving him that is now before the court.
At the final stage of the ISSF World Cup under way in Cairo, Elmira Karapetyan won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol event.
The State Revenue Committee said it has uncovered a case of particularly large-scale fraud at a company operating in Yerevan.
According to Ukrainian presidential adviser Serhiy Beskrestnov, on the night of October 14 SpaceX, without warning, restricted military Starlink terminals from operating when moving faster than about 160 km/h, disrupting a number of missions.
