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🇦🇲♟️ Armenian grandmaster Hayk Martirosyan became the winner of the international rapid chess tournament in Switzerland.

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🇦🇲🥊 The Armenian boxing team at the European Championships in Sarajevo U16 became second in the team competition with 3 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze medals. #Armenia

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❗️ Western media journalists were denied entry to Azerbaijan for the COP29 energy industry conference

The British publication The Guardian reports this. The media travel ban has renewed concerns about state repression of the media ahead of key UN climate talks in Baku later this year, according to published information. ⬇️

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🇦🇲🇦🇱 Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Albanian Foreign Minister Igli Hasani. The meeting took place within the framework of the Dubrovnik Forum, taking place in Croatia.

The interlocutors discussed issues on the bilateral agenda aimed at expanding the political dialogue between the two countries, as well as the greatest realization of cooperation opportunities in various fields. Issues of interaction at multilateral platforms were touched upon.

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Albania also exchanged views on regional issues. Ararat Mirzoyan presented the latest developments in the process of regulating relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the importance of concluding a peace treaty for establishing a stable peace in the South Caucasus. #Armenia

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🇺🇸🇦🇲 Washington is ready to hold a meeting of the foreign ministers of azerbaijan and Armenia - O'Brien

The US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs expressed hope that the ministers of the two countries will find an opportunity to meet in the very near future.

"If this happens in Washington, we will be happy to accept them in whatever role we can play. But there are many channels and both sides maintain very effective direct communication," he told reporters in Baku. #Armenia

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🇦🇲🎥 Yerevan International Film Festival “Golden Apricot” will present the capital of Armenia for the 21st time with a 7-day film festival together with world famous artists.

The festival will present more than 100 of the best films from Armenia, the region and the whole world.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Sergei Parajanov and Charles Aznavour, guests will enjoy premieres from the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice film festivals, meetings with their titled masters, exhibitions and concerts. #Armenia #FilmFestival

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🇦🇲🎥 The guest of honor at the 21st Yerevan International Film Festival “Golden Apricot” will be one of the greatest theater and film actors, Kevin Spacey. #Armenia

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🇦🇲🇮🇷 Iran’s policy towards the Republic of Armenia is fundamental and it will not change.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani stated this to the media.

“We respect the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia, we are against changes to internationally recognized borders and any geopolitical changes. This principled approach will never change, no matter who comes to power in Iran and Armenia.”

The ambassador noted that the Republic of Armenia is a very important country for them and a good, honest neighbor, the security systems of the two countries are connected with each other.

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🇦🇲🇨🇳 Chinese Ambassador to Armenia Fan Yong is confident that in the near future the parties will be able to reach an agreement on the opening of direct flights, as well as on the mutual abolition of visas, the diplomat said in an interview with local media.

The parties are currently actively working on these issues. The topic was discussed several days ago, during the visit of Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hakob Arshakyan to China, the ambassador said.

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🇦🇲♟️ Armenian chess players won silver at the European Youth Team Championship

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🇦🇲 Employees of the National Security Service of Artsakh will be given the opportunity to work in the National Security Service of Armenia. The corresponding draft amendments to the legislation are included in the agenda of the government meeting on June 27. #Artsakh #Armenia

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🇦🇲🇫🇷 According to the Force Operations Blog, a contract was signed between the manufacturer KNDS and the Ministry of Defense of Armenia for the supply of spare parts and 155-mm shells for the previously purchased 36 Caesar self-propelled gun mounts. #Armenia #Military

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🇦🇲🇫🇷 Armenia signed a contract with France for the purchase of Caesar self-propelled artillery.

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❗️ Canada, Qatar, Germany and the Netherlands called on their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.

According to media reports, Israel's ground operation in Lebanon could begin "within 48 hours of the conclusion of the Trump-Biden debate." #MiddleEast

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🇦🇲🏅 At the moment, already 15 Armenian athletes have tickets to the 33rd Summer Olympic Games in Paris, which will be held from July 26 to August 11, reports the press service of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia.

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🇦🇲🇫🇷 A loan agreement in the amount of 75 million euros was signed in Yerevan by the Minister of Finance of Armenia Vahe Hovhannisyan and the regional director of the French Development Agency for Eurasian countries Mathieu Vassier.

According to the press service of the RA Ministry of Finance, the funds will be provided within the framework of the budget assistance program aimed at assisting the Armenian government in improving the efficiency and stability of the provision of public services, as well as the development of the financial sector. #Armenia

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⚡️ The Armenian delegation will not take part in the International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar" in Belarus this year.

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The parties discussed various issues of mutual interest, democratic reforms in Armenia, the Crossroads of the World project & others.

Simonyan also asked his Latvian colleague to assist in the return to their homeland of Armenian prisoners in prisons in Azerbaijan.

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🇦🇲🇱🇻 The delegation from Armenia, headed by the Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, held a meeting in Riga with the Speaker of the Seimas of Latvia Daiga Mieriņa. ⬇️

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To be precise: Students of Armenia won 2 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medals at the 4th International Applied Biology Olympiad (IABO), held in Bali (Indonesia). #Armenia

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🇦🇲👩‍🔬 Armenia won 8 medals at the International Olympiad in Applied Biology, two of them were gold. #Armenia

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Artists from Georgia, Iran, France, Switzerland and Italy held 54 seminars, master classes, lectures, round tables, meetings with local artists and representatives of the field, in which more than 600 people, including children, took part. #Armenia

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🖼️ The Henrik Igityan National Center for Aesthetics carried out a large-scale project “Cultural Crossroads 2024” in Yerevan, Vanadzor, Gyumri and Goris from May 31 to June 17. #Armenia ⬇️