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Foreign policy & security

Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal Al Saud arrives in Armenia

First reported by News.am: 14:10

Updated 22:33, 19 sources

Foreign policy & security. Photo: president.am, cropped
Photo: president.am, cropped

Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia arrived in Armenia on October 27. This was announced by Armenia's Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan, who welcomed the prince at Zvartnots Airport and posted a video. Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Saudi Arabia were established on November 25, 2023.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: News.am · 14:10 · Opposition

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Armenpress, 2 min later
Balanced 5 / 14 First: Shant TV / Shantnews, 20 min later
Opposition 7 / 21 First: News.am, 14:10

Foreign outlets: 2, first: Caliber.az, 14:22

Timeline as a list
  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  3. 24news.am (Opposition)
  4. Tert.am (Opposition)
  5. Caliber.az (Foreign)
  6. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  7. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  8. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  9. Mediahub (Opposition)
  10. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  11. 1in.am (Balanced)
  12. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  13. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  14. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  15. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  16. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  17. Ararat News (Balanced)
  18. 168 Zham (Opposition)

All sources

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