Armenia has actually frozen its participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during an interview with Greek newspaper Kathimerini, Trend reports.

The Cold War fought via clandestine operations with boots on the ground and proxy conflicts between parties backed by the U.S., China or Russia might be a thing of the past, but the times of bloc-based warfare are far from over. Now, a majority of the theatres of war have become digital, with state-sponsored or -affiliated groups conducting cyber warfare against targets in various sectors.

Every engagement of the US with Azerbaijan and Armenia is aimed at reaching a durable peace, US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said during a briefing on March 26, Trend reports.

„Our objectives in every engagement with the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan are to encourage them to work to bridge the differences between the two countries and reach a durable and lasting peace agreement“, he said.

The European Union exported 32.1 million tonnes of waste to non-EU countries in 2022, according to Eurostat. This is a slight decline from the 33.0 million tonnes of waste exports to these countries in 2021. Turkey was the primary destination country for EU waste that year with some 12.4 million tonnes sent there, accounting to 39 percent of the total exports of waste.

Yerevan announced a meeting of the speakers of the parliaments of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Geneva, Trend reports via Armenian media.

According to the media, the meeting between Sahiba Gafarova and Alen Simonyan will take place today.

Simonyan's secretary confirmed this information.

Russia and Armenia are discussing the rules of transmitting Russian TV networks in Armenia, Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said during a briefing, Trend reports.

Pursuant to a decision of the National Assembly of March 14, 2024, promulgated on March 19, 2024, on a proposal by the executive director of Bulgartransgaz EAD Vladimir Malinov the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of the company took the decision for carrying-out a public procurement in relation to the initiative of the gas transmission operators of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine and Moldova for the Vertical Corridor.

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The US State Department reacted to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's remarks regarding the urgency of border demarcation with Azerbaijan, Trend reports.

Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department said during a briefing that the US continues to pay close attention to this issue.

The first round of the presidential election in Russia is taking place from Friday to Sunday this weekend. It will be the country's eighth presidential election and more than 112 million voters will be called to the polls.