Armenia has new permanent representative to UN

The entire negotiation process for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was aimed at keeping Armenia and Azerbaijan "in a trap," said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a government Q&A session in parliament on Wednesday.

Turkey is considering reopening its land border with Armenia in the next six months, according to people familiar with the matter, doing away with Europe’s last closed frontier of the Cold War-era and paving the way to revived trade in the Caucasus, Bloomberg says in a story.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos welcomed the approval of the new strategic agenda for the Armenia-EU partnership at a meeting in Brussels, emphasizing their readiness to actively work to deepen cooperation in all areas outlined therein.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will be visiting Brussels on December 2-3.

Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan met with Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ibrahim Yumakli in Istanbullast Saturday, the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Economy reported.

An extraordinary session of the National Assembly of Armenia has ratified the agreement between Armenia and the European Union on the terms of Armenia's participation in EU crisis management operations.