In remarks denounced by critics as advancement of a Turkish narrative a close ally of Prime Minister Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has pronounced in favor of essentially “verifying” the number of victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey that is widely believed to be 1.5 million.
While no military component was discussed during last week’s meeting in Brussels between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and top EU and U.S. officials, a senior pro-government lawmaker in Yerevan hopes Armenia will soon be granted access to security assistance.
Azerbaijan has still not accepted a fresh U.S. proposal to organize talks between the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers in Washington, a senior Armenian diplomat said at the weekend.
The European Union is committed to helping Armenia overcome grave security challenges but it cannot “save” the South Caucasus nation, according to the Czech Republic’s incoming ambassador in Yerevan.
A spokesman for Yerevan’s embattled Mayor Hayk Marutian has hit out at Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, saying that it wants to oust him because of his popularity.
A senior official in Yerevan has implicitly denied reports that Russia blocked his widely anticipated appointment as Armenia’s new foreign minister.
The draft of about 2,000 Armenian army reservists for three-month trainings beginning on August 25 is not specifically related to a threat of war, according to a senior pro-government lawmaker.
More than two months after the resignation of Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazian and his four deputies, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has still not handpicked Armenia’s new top diplomat.
Senior Armenian officials have criticized the secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for saying that the Russian-led defense alliance must not intervene in a continuing military standoff on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
A senior member of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s administration has effectively confirmed differences between the current ruling party and Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutian that opposition media have speculated on for months.
Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission has officially summed up the results of the June 20 snap parliamentary elections, reaffirming the landslide victory scored by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party and rejecting opposition demands for annulling the results.
The United States hopes that Armenia’s upcoming snap parliamentary elections will be free and fair and will closely monitor them, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, Lynne Tracy, said on Monday.
A close associate of Levon Ter-Petrosian has accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of blatantly lying about his last meeting with Armenia’s former president which focused on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Former President Robert Kocharian on Thursday voiced strong support for the Armenian military’s top brass and opposition forces demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation and reaffirmed plans to participate in possible fresh elections.
A senior European Union diplomat has praised Russia for stopping the autumn war over Nagorno-Karabakh and said that despite mounting tensions with Moscow the EU will continue to work with it in facilitating a peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Opposition leaders denounced on Monday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s reported plans to appoint a senior but politically inexperienced lawmaker as Armenia’s new ambassador to the United States.
Armenian opposition groups again rallied several thousand supporters in Yerevan at the weekend to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation and fresh general elections.
A new incoming administration in the United States may mean a positive change for Armenia, but this change will take time while Armenians have no much time to wait, a Yerevan-based political analyst believes.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is the Democratic candidate in next week’s presidential elections in the United States, has called on President Donald Trump to “get personally involved” to put an end to the ongoing hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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