During his visit to Latvia, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan said that his country wants to be part of the European Union.

Moscow welcomes the initiative of Georgian politicians to restore ties and is ready to follow the path of resuming diplomatic relations. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

Acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte has been confirmed as NATO Secretary General. The tenure of the current head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, expires on October 1.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, held a meeting with the leadership of security agencies and law enforcement agencies against the background of terrorist attacks in Dagestan. He called on the participants to strengthen efforts to ensure public safety and prevent terrorism and religious extremism.

Russia's share in the structure of arms and military equipment supplies to Armenia has fallen from the previous 96% to less than 10%. This was announced by the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan.

Armenia received from Azerbaijan the 10th package of proposals on the draft peace treaty. This was announced by the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan.

The leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party in parliament, Mamuka Mdinaradze, and the head of Georgian special forces, Zviad Kharazishvili (Khareba), as well as members of their families, were subject to sanctions by the United States. They are prohibited from entering this country, TV Pirveli and Netgazeti reported.

The ex-head of the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, Magomed Omarov, whose sons and nephew participated in the terrorist attack in Derbent, was arrested for 10 days. He is charged with “petty hooliganism.”

The political vector of Armenia is leaning more and more towards the West. This conclusion was voiced by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk.

The head of the government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile, Akhmed Zakaev, was accused by the Russian authorities under Part 1 of Art. 205.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation of a terrorist community) and Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public justification of terrorism using the Internet). He is on the international wanted list.