Residents of Kirants again blocked a local highway on Thursday after the Armenian government resumed preparations for ceding part of the border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province to Azerbaijan.
Armenia’s two main opposition groups on Thursday asked the Yerevan-based ambassadors of the United States and major European countries to urgently meet with them to discuss what they called growing human rights abuses committed by the Armenian authorities.
A young man has been detained in Armenia on suspicion of hooliganism after confronting a pro-government lawmaker on a bus in Yerevan.
The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized on Thursday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s upcoming trilateral meeting with top U.S. and European Union officials, saying that it is part of Western efforts to break up Armenia’s alliance with Russia.
The leadership of the Armenian parliament has refused to sign up to a statement by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) condemning last Friday’s terrorist attack on a concert hall outside Moscow.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian on Wednesday again questioned the wisdom of having Russian border guards in Armenia while saying that the Armenian government is not considering demanding their withdrawal.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has signaled that he is in no rush to try to enact a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
Armenia must cede more territory to Azerbaijan to avoid another attack by its neighbor, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told residents of Armenian border villages that would be gravely affected by that unilateral concession.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Friday did not deny the Armenian government’s plans to hand over more border areas to Azerbaijan, echoing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s claims that they are not part of Armenia’s internationally recognized territory.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan indicated on Thursday that he and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov did not make significant progress towards an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty during two-day talks held in Berlin last week.
Azerbaijan is demanding unilateral territorial concessions from Armenia during ongoing discussions on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian said on Wednesday.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian on Thursday accused Russia of not honoring its security commitments to Armenia and said Yerevan should consider seeking membership of the European Union.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov began on Wednesday two-day negotiations in Berlin aimed at narrowing their countries’ differences on a bilateral peace treaty.
France will provide more weapons and other military assistance to Armenia to help the South Caucasus country defend its territory, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said during a first-ever visit to Yerevan on Friday.
France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu flew to Yerevan on Thursday as Armenia reportedly received French military hardware acquired by it last October.
A member of Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled leadership said on Tuesday that it is taking “concrete steps” for the eventual repatriation of the region’s ethnic Armenian population displaced by last September’s Azerbaijani military offensive.
Armenia's Foreign Ministry has blocked access to background information about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict posted on its official website following complaints voiced by a senior Azerbaijani official late last week.
It is still not clear whether Azerbaijan has agreed to resume negotiations with Armenia mediated by the European Union, a senior Armenian lawmaker said on Friday.
A state body overseeing Armenian Public Radio has moved to take action against its executive director Garegin Khumarian who has openly criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest statements on the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Armenia must change its constitution in order to make peace with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Thursday, stoking Armenian opposition claims that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has already agreed to make such a concession to Baku.
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