After the crash of the Azerbaijani Arilines plane, the Armenian authorities do not intend to cancel the airline's civil flights to Russia. "It is not planned at the moment," Sona Harutyunyan, spokesperson of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia, told "Interfax". The representatives of Armenian airlines reported that there are no changes in the implementation of flights from Armenia to Russia. all flights are carried out according to the schedule.

In January-October 2024, the volume of industrial output of the Eurasian Economic Union was 104.4 percent of the level of January-October 2023. It was reported by the press service of the Eurasian Economic Union. During the reporting period, the production volume of the processing industry in the EAEU increased by 7.9%, electricity supply, gas, steam and air conditioning - by 3.4%, water supply, sewage system, control of waste collection and distribution - by 0.4%; In the mining industry, the volume of production and quarrying decreased by 0.6%. In January-October 2024, an increase in industrial production was observed in all member countries. In Armenia - by 11.7%, in Belarus - by 6.2%, in Kyrgyzstan - by 5.3%, in Russia - by 4.4%, in Kazakhstan - by 2.6%.

The issue of withdrawing Armenia's lawsuit against Azerbaijan from international courts is not on the agenda at the moment. This was announced by Yeghishe Kirakosyan, the representative of Armenia on international legal issues, on September 18, at the Second World Armenian Summit. "The judicial process continues, we are waiting for the court's decisions. International legal processes cannot be opposed to the peace process. Such contrasts are artificial. It is no coincidence that this comes from Azerbaijan, where this idea originated from. This indicates that Azerbaijan is concerned about legal processes. Lawsuits and decisions have a serious impact on the behavior of Azerbaijan. It is important to continue the process, it is a part of the peace process," he said. Kirakosyan explained that the legal process was initiated not only to restore the violated rights of Armenians, but also in terms of interstate claims, it is also a war of narratives. "In the framework of this process, many stories, which Azerbaijan has been putting forward for a long time, are denied. In addition, the positions of Armenia are being strengthened. The lawsuits concern not only the people of Artsakh, but the whole of Armenia. We are talking about the attempt to erase the traces of Armenians in the region," he emphasized. Kirakosyan added that an important part of Armenia's demands against Azerbaijan is the preservation of Armenian cultural monuments in Artsakh. "During the court proceedings under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, we submitted a demand for the protection of the cultural heritage of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, considering that it is one of the manifestations of Azerbaijan's anti-Armenian policy. erasure or falsification of history," he said. Kirakosyan reminded that the court satisfied this demand of Armenia by adopting an interim decision on December 7, 2021.

On September 17, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Austria took place in Vienna. This was reported by the RA MFA. On the Armenian side, the consultations were conducted by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Paruyr Hovhannisyan, on the Austrian side, by Gregor Kösler, Political Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, General Director of Bilateral Relations and Common EU Foreign Policy Affairs. During the consultations, the parties discussed a wide range of issues on the Armenian-Austrian bilateral agenda, emphasizing the activation of high-level political dialogue and the deepening of inter-parliamentary cooperation. The parties referred to the activation of bilateral trade and economic relations, the prospects of further deepening of cooperation in education, culture, science and other fields, as well as the current programs in the fields of development policy and humanitarianism. A number of issues of the comprehensive and ambitious agenda of the Armenia-EU partnership were also discussed at the consultations. The deputy minister presented to his colleague Armenia's vision of achieving sustainable peace in the South Caucasus and the "Crossroads of Peace" project developed by the RA government. Reference was made to the latest developments in the process of regulating and demarcating relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as signing a peace treaty.

The International Court of Justice has given Armenia and Azerbaijan a deadline of November 12, 2025 to submit counter-arguments regarding the violation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. According to the Court, it is about the case initiated by Azerbaijan against Armenia based on the complaint submitted on September 23, 2021. It is reported that taking into account the order of January 21, 2022, by which the Court has set January 23, 2023 and January 23, 2024 as the appropriate dates for submission of arguments by Azerbaijan and counter-arguments by Armenia. As noted in the report, taking into account the argument of Azerbaijan, which was submitted within the time limit thus established, and the preliminary objections raised by Armenia on April 21, 2023, the submission of preliminary objections by Armenia led to the suspension of the consideration of the case on the merits. By its decision of November 12, 2024, the Court found itself competent to examine the application submitted by Azerbaijan, excluding Azerbaijan's claims related to the alleged actions that took place before September 15, 1996. Therefore, the Court set the deadline for submission of counterarguments by Armenia to November 12, 2025 and announced that it reserves the further procedure for a further decision. Let's remind that earlier, on September 16, 2021, Armenia started a trial at the International Court of Justice against Azerbaijan in relation to the violation of the UN International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan, as part of her working visit to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, met the President of the European Union Criminal Justice Agency (Eurojust) Ladislav Hamran in The Hague on November 6, 2024. Anna Vardapetyan thanked the President of Eurojust for the warm reception and emphasized that the third meeting within a year is a proof of the developing interaction between the two structures. The RA Prosecutor General highlighted the cooperation agreement between Armenia and Eurojust signed in Brussels on April 5, 2024, which was ratified by the RA National Assembly on September 10, and on September 23, Armenia signed a working agreement with Eurojust. Let's remind that the Agreement envisages the possibility of sending a Prosecutor of Commonwealth Affairs from Armenia to Eurojust. Representation of the Prosecutor's Office in Eurojust will provide an opportunity to ensure operational communication with contact persons of EU member states and third countries, will provide an opportunity to implement more effective international legal cooperation with criminal proceedings initiated in the Republic of Armenia. During the meeting, the parties discussed the ongoing work towards the implementation of the Agreement and referred to other issues of mutual interest. During his visit to Eurojust, the Prosecutor General of RA also had meetings with the representatives of Italy and Greece at Eurojust.

Albania's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku has been suspended and banned from traveling abroad as part of the ongoing investigation. On October 31, the anti-corruption prosecutor's office informed Balluku that an investigation is being conducted against him for violating the rules of tenders related to road construction in 2020. He denies the accusations. At the request of SPAK [Special Prosecutor for Corruption and Organized Crime], the Special Court of First Instance imposed personal security measures on [Balluku], banning him from performing his duties and leaving the country. Personal security measures were also applied to two other persons under investigation. Balluku, a key figure in the ruling Socialist Party led by Edi Rama, has been Minister of Infrastructure and Energy since 2019 and Deputy Prime Minister since 2022. The opposition Democratic Party demanded his resignation. Speaking in the parliament on Wednesday, he called the accusations against him groundless. Prime Minister Rama also expressed his support to the Deputy Prime Minister when the opposition demanded his resignation.

The opening ceremony of the special military exercise of the Collective Security Treaty Organization "Kobalt-2024" has started in Novosibirsk Region, led by the Russian Guard. According to the TASS agency, new forms and methods of operations of groups of forces and means will be tested during the military exercises, new samples of weapons and military equipment will be tested, as well as tactical tricks of using unmanned aerial vehicles. Representatives of interested ministries and departments of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are participating in the event. It was reported earlier that Armenia will not participate in the military exercises.