Foreign policy

COP17 Leaders' Summit opens in Yerevan

Foreign policy. Photo: gov.am, cropped
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On October 15, the opening ceremony of the Leaders' Summit of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) took place at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Vahagn Khachaturyan welcomed UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and the Prime Minister of Georgia. The heads of other delegations were welcomed by Environment Minister Hambardzum Matevosyan.

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  1. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  2. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  3. News.am (Opposition)
  4. Tert.am (Opposition)
  5. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  6. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  7. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  8. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  9. Infocom (Balanced)
  10. Azg (Opposition)
  11. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  12. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  13. Ararat News (Balanced)
  14. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  15. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  16. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  17. 1in.am (Balanced)
  18. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  19. Panorama (Opposition)
  20. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  21. Mediahub (Opposition)
  22. Aravot (Balanced)
  23. Factor (Balanced)
  24. Hetq (Balanced)
  25. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  26. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  27. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  28. Politik.am (Opposition)
  29. CivilNet (Balanced)

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