Citizens of Armenia are not ready to bear the brunt of the anticipated rise in the prices of a long list of essentials, effective from January 1, 2020, Marina Arakelyan, director of the Center for Economic Development Initiatives, said at a news conference on Tuesday.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has today completed his official visit to Azerbaijan, APA reports.

Russia will spend $500 million to modernize Syria's commercial port of Tartus, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

The US Senate has voted for a $738 billion defense budget, which includes sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and military assistance to Ukraine, according to the results of the vote, according to Sputnik.

The number of drug smuggling incidents has increased, Deputy Chairman of Armenia's State Revenue Committee Edward Hovhannisyan said at a press conference on Tuesday.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and his spouse Elena Zelenskaya have visited the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center at Baku Slavic University, AzerTag reports.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Chairperson of the Senate of the Uzbek Oliy Majlis Tanzila Narbayeva.

Armenia's National Security Service said it has revealed a large bribe-taking case by a former mayor of Yerevan.

The US State Department has commented on the resolution passed by Congress on the so-called "Armenian genocide", APA reports citing the Press Service of the US State Department.

An Azerbaijan-Ukraine business forum has been held in Baku.