- In Bishkek, Nikol Pashinyan meets with presidents of Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Prime Minister of India.
- Pashinyan and Aliyev stress the importance of continuing the work of the state commissions on the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- Iran and the United States strike each other; trade sanctions imposed.
- United States will pay for the strikes on the missile site on Larak Island on both the economic and military fronts: IRGC.
- Iceland votes against the resumption of EU membership talks: BBC.
- Russia and Ukraine continue to strike each other.
- Kyrgyzstan and China sign 32 documents, including a treaty on eternal friendship.
- Death toll from floods in Nepal exceeds 900.
Ruben Rubinyan meets with Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk
On October 16, the President of the RA National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan being in Rome to participate in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
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