[ last updated 18:18 ] The United States has criticized the Armenian government for its handling of last week’s presidential election and expressed serious concern at the ensued arrests of several top allies of the main opposition candidate, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
[ last updated 18:20 ] In a dramatic about-face, opposition leader Artur Baghdasarian on Friday recognized Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian as Armenia's legitimate president-elect and agreed to join a new coalition government which the latter has pledged to form in the coming weeks.
[ last updated 18:22 ] Outgoing President Robert Kocharian urged his predecessor Levon Ter-Petrosian to stop disputing the official results of Armenia’s presidential election and again threatened to forcibly disperse opposition crowds demonstrating in Yerevan on a daily basis.
[ last updated 18:09 ] “Azg” describes the post-election standoff between the Armenian authorities and the opposition as a “war of nerves.”
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