Peace only reliable guarantee of Armenia's security - Armenia
Peace is Armenia’s only reliable guarantee of security, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in comments in Dublin, where he also...
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will travel to Tehran on Sunday (4 October) for talks with Iranian officials, with regional cooperation and Armenia-Iran relations expected to be key topics.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the visit is part of ongoing consultations between the two countries aimed at “expanding bilateral relations and strengthening regional peace and security”, according to IRIB.
Mirzoyan is expected to discuss developments in the South Caucasus, where Armenia, Azerbaijan and Türkiye remain central to shifting regional dynamics.
The visit comes as Tehran and Yerevan continue regular diplomatic engagement, particularly on regional security, connectivity and cooperation.
The diplomatic engagement comes alongside efforts to strengthen economic ties.
Iranian and Armenian officials recently met at the Nordooz border terminal on Thursday, 1 October, to discuss increasing the movement of commercial vehicles, improving customs procedures and expanding transport and logistics capacity, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA.
Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said exports to Armenia rose 7.5 per cent to $385 million during the first seven months of 2026, according to IRNA.
Iranian officials also said improvements to customs procedures and infrastructure could eventually raise Nordooz’s capacity to 300 trucks a day.
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has backed withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and overhauling the country’s defence doctrine, calling both steps essential to national security and deterrence.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted a nationwide ground stop on Friday (13 November) after a communications failure at air traffic control centres caused chaos at airports and triggered the longest nationwide shutdown since the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks while the United States continues to work towards what could become the largest prisoner exchange of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Microsoft struggled to restore its services on Friday after a major outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot across the United States and Asia-Pacific region.
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Peace is Armenia’s only reliable guarantee of security, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in comments in Dublin, where he also commented that the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) alliance had failed to fulfil its obligations towards Yerevan.
Türkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defence agreement on Friday, November 13, aimed at strengthening collective security and regional stability. The two countries pledged to take a united stance against any external armed attack on either nation.
As Central Asia expands its hydropower infrastructure and high-rise construction, seismologists are examining whether large mountain reservoirs could influence earthquake activity. The question is particularly pressing in a region where major cities lie close to active tectonic faults.
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of everyday life, languages with smaller speaker communities risk being left behind. Georgian, spoken by around four million people worldwide, is facing a digital challenge: making sure it is understood by the machines shaping how the world communicates.
Tajikistan has urged the international community to increase funding to protect shrinking glaciers and help mountain communities adapt to climate change at the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya, Türkiye.
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