10:00 News in Brief: World Focus on Armenia, Protests in Yerevan, New Biometric Passports

Here are the highlights of the news from the past hour:

• The 8th Summit of the European Political Community has started in Yerevan. Participants are currently arriving at the venue of the summit.
• Residents of Artsakh are staging a protest near the sports complex, demanding support from European leaders for the release of Armenian prisoners held in Baku.
• The President of Ukraine has arrived in Armenia on an official visit after decades, highlighting the political and symbolic significance of the event.
• The President of France is on a state visit to Yerevan with the aim of consolidating the deepening of strategic partnership between the two countries.
• The Belgian Embassy has opened in Yerevan, which both sides have described as a new perspective for the development of bilateral relations and cooperation with the European Union.
• A security incident occurred in international waters, with ships ordered to leave the Ras al-Khaimah area due to potential Iranian actions.
• According to sources close to the government, authorities plan to amend Armenia's criminal code regarding the legal responsibility for bribery before the parliamentary elections.
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs has familiarized itself with the printing process of Armenia's new biometric passports and their security standards in the Netherlands.