ArmInfo. David Allen has been appointed Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the United States to the Republic of Armenia. The press service of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia reported this.

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ArmInfo. Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov held talks with a delegation led by Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense and Support of the Armed Forces of Iran.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Court of Appeals has changed the pretrial detention order for Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhian, head of the Shirak Diocese, to house arrest.

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ArmInfo. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin discussed Moscow's position on events in the South Caucasus and emphasized Armenia's benefits from membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

ArmInfo. David Vardanyan, son of former Artsakh State Minister and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, called on the administration of US President Donald Trump to press for the release of all Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan since September 2023 ahead of US Vice President J.D. Vance's visit. This was stated by the American Catholic human rights organization Catholic Vote, according to a report received by ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian leadership has made no secret of its interest in rapprochement with the European Union, which is reflected, among other things, in the law adopted in April 2025 on the Republic of Armenia's accession to the European Union. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin in an interview with Rossiya-24.

ArmInfo. Issues related to the Armenia-EU bilateral agenda and the further development of relations were discussed at a meeting in Yerevan between Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia  Magdalena Grono.

ArmInfo.  Russia is closely monitoring developments surrounding the widely publicized US-Armenian project "Trump Road for International Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP). This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin in an interview with Rossiya-24, responding to a question about Armenia's membership in the organization.

ArmInfo. The CSTO's legal framework does not provide for a membership freeze. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin stated this in an interview with Rossiya-24, responding to a question about Armenia's membership in the organization.

ArmInfo. On February 6, RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic  of Iran to Armenia, Khalil Shirgolami.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Army will continue to have a spiritual service, but it will now report to the Moral and Psychological Support Department of the Armenian Armed  Forces (AF), as dual subordination is not permitted in the army.  Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan stated this in a  conversation with journalists on February 6, commenting on the decree  abolishing the Spiritual Service of the Armenian Apostolic Church in  the Armed Forces and terminating the military chaplaincy program,  which has been in effect for two decades.

ArmInfo.  The head of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhian, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human  Rights (ECHR) regarding a violation of his rights guaranteed by the  European Convention on Human Rights.

ArmInfo. The US Embassy will no longer have "any dealings" with Marshal of the Polish Sejm (speaker of the lower house of parliament) Włodzimierz Czasty, who criticized US President Donald Trump. This was announced on Thursday by the US Ambassador to Warsaw, Tom Rose.

ArmInfo. US and Iranian delegations began talks in the Omani capital of Muscat on Friday, renewing diplomatic efforts amid heightened regional tensions.

ArmInfo. The EU is considering resuming dialogue with Russia, Politico reported.

ArmInfo.  Impeachment has been and remains the real instrument for power change in Armenia. Public figure Narek Malyan writes about this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. An unknown assailant attempted to shoot Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev of the Russian Defense Ministry in northwest Moscow. He has been hospitalized, according to Svetlana Petrenko, spokesperson for the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICR).

ArmInfo.  The Moscow Cinema hosted the Yerevan premiere of Mher Mkrtchyan's film "Golden Double," dedicated to Soviet football legend Nikita Simonyan, a seven- time  USSR champion: four times as a player and three times as a coach. It  was under his leadership that the Ararat football club achieved  historic success in 1973, winning the USSR Cup and the USSR  championship. This triumph forever etched the team into the history  of both Armenian and Soviet football.