A public inclusive playground titled “Armenian Inventors: Science from Inside Out” has been opened in Missak Manouchian Park in Yerevan.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan and other officials, visited the park—named after French-Armenian poet, World War II hero, and National Hero of France Missak Manouchian—to inspect the new playground on Wednesday.

Another shipment of fertilizer and grain will be sent from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan by rail on May 6, the Azerbaijani media outlet Report said, citing the country’s railway operator.

To date, more than 25,000 tons of grain, around 2,000 tons of fertilizer, and 68 tons of buckwheat have been transported from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijani territory.

The cargo passes through Georgian territory, as the rail connection between Armenia and Azerbaijan has not yet been restored.

The export of petroleum products from Azerbaijan to Armenia is also continuing. So far, more than 8,500 tons of diesel fuel, 979 tons of AI-92 gasoline, and 2,955 tons of AI-95 gasoline have been supplied to Armenia.

President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs will arrive in Armenia on an official visit on May 7, Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has said.

“And tomorrow our president is coming on an official visit, something that we greatly celebrate and that also directly connects our leaders, politicians, people, and economies,” the Latvian Foreign Minister said at a panel discussion during the Yerevan Dialogue 2026 forum.

Braže noted that direct flights between Armenia and Latvia will be relaunched in June.

She underscored the close, respect-based relationship between the two countries.

Armenian Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan has held a meeting with Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Robert Kaliňák.

The meeting took place in Warsaw during Papikyan’s official visit to Poland, where he also attended Defence24 Days, the largest conference in Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to defense and security.

During the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to Armenia–Slovakia cooperation in the defense sector and prospects for further cooperation, according to the Defense Ministry’s readout.

“Both sides emphasized the importance of military education, professional training, experience exchange, exercises, and military-technical cooperation. An agreement was reached to put the cooperation into practical effect in the near future,” the ministry said.

The meeting was also attended by Armenia’s Ambassador to Poland, Alexander Arzumanyan.

A senior Armenian lawmaker has said that strong democracy depends on effective communication between politicians and citizens.

Speaking at a panel discussion during the Yerevan Dialogue 2026, MP Sargis Khandanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs said that politicians often fail when they treat people only as voters rather than as the source of their legitimacy.

The moderator of the discussion, Gayane Abrahamyan, addressing Sargis Khandanyan, noted that past experience has shown that countries choosing the path of democracy end up facing war. She cited the example of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014, asking Khandanyan what role parliaments play in protecting democracy.

“That narrative was proven wrong, that democracy brings war,” the Armenian MP said.

“And the best democracy is good communication. We need to provide people with better communication. And sometimes politicians fail treating citizens as electorate. But they are source of our legitimacy, and we need to go down and talk to the people. And those politicians, those political parties who are able to go to listen to people and to talk to people, they are successful, and this will be also proven in a month in Armenia. So I think it is very important sometimes to go out from the digital space and talk to the people physically. And I would like to narrow down one specific group of people which is the most challenging now, it is young people. Not only in Armenia, everywhere else young people are getting more disintegrated from politics, from decision making, so it is very important also to talk to young people to see what they are thinking about their lives, their future and to adapt our policies and adapt our narratives to their priorities. That is, I believe, the most challenging part, because in Armenia we have many young politicians, as you can see, but me as a young politician, I blame the previous generations of politicians for leaving the conflict and the problems as a burden on our shoulders to solve. And now we do not have the right to do the same, I do not want to be blamed by future politicians for leaving problems unsolved for them.”

Armenian Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan has attended the opening ceremony of the Defence24 Days defense and security conference in Warsaw during his official visit to Poland, the Defense Ministry said.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa ahead of the first-ever Armenia–EU Summit on Tuesday in Yerevan.

Pashinyan welcomed the EU leaders and hailed the “historic moment” marking the inaugural summit. The Prime Minister added that holding the first Armenia–European Union summit implies that a second summit is expected, and that it now only remains to reach an agreement on its organization.

President of France Emmanuel Macron visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan during his state visit to pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan accompanied the French president. The two leaders placed wreaths at the memorial and, together with members of their delegations, laid flowers at the Eternal Flame. Macron then signed the guestbook at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan and Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan also accompanied the delegation. The French president is expected to hold a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the state visit. The leaders will deliver statements to the press after a document signing ceremony. Macron and Pashinyan will also visit Gyumri.