Statements of the new president of Iran Hassan Rouhani are in line with Russia's vision of resolving the Iranian nuclear issue, and Russia expects their implementation, Russian Foreign Ministry stated in its commentary, RIA Novosti reported.

Iran will inaugurate a space rocket launch base by the end of the incumbency of the current administration in August, the Mehr News Agency quoted Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying.

24 thousand Georgian citizens are in parallel illegally citizens of another state. According to the Ministry of Justice, the public services agency is actively working on updating voter lists and analyzing the database.

President of the United States of America Barack Obama, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and President of the French Republic Franсois Hollande made a joint on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict.

Unlike the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Heritage Party has not been invited to the summit of European People’s Party (EPP), although both political forces have observer status in EPP. There is an opinion that such an attitude to Heritage Party is conditioned by the decline in the party’s political weight in the opposition field, “Zhoghovurd” writes.

The member of the Chess Men’s team of Armenia, the Grand Master Tigran L. Petrosyan took the 13th place at the 2nd Grand Europe Open that was held in the Golden Sands Resort, Bulgaria. As Armenpress was reported by the Armenian Chess Federation, Tigran L. Petrosyan scored 6,5 points out of 9 and took the 13th place among 220 participants at the 2nd Grand Europe Open that was held in the Golden Sands Resort, Bulgaria.

The ANCA has welcomed the State Department's first public expression of concern regarding a recent Turkish court’s “blasphemy” ruling against noted journalist and writer Sevan Nisanyan, an ethnic Armenian citizen of Turkey.

Fire, which broke out in Martiros Saryan House Museum, damaged domestic utilities covering 10 sq. m of the first floor of the building. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia informed "Armenpress" that they had received alarm call regarding the fire at 00.00, on June 19. Rapid reaction and rescue groups arrived at the spot. The blaze was isolated at 00.16 and extinguished at 00.34.

In the framework of the inter-museum cooperation, the “Haroutiun Galentz: Color as Form” exhibition will be open at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts. As Armenpress was reported by the Department for Public Relations and Marketing of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts, the exhibition will present the selection of the works of Haroutiun Galentz from the Galentz Museum’s collection.

The President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan received Ivan Volinkin, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Armenia on June 18.