The Armenian authorities are “working around the clock” to secure the release of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, a senior security official said on Tuesday.
Armenia has set two conditions for embarking on a demarcation of its border with Azerbaijan proposed by Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
A senior pro-government lawmaker insisted on Friday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has not secretly agreed to cede any Armenian territory to Azerbaijan as part of a demarcation of the border between the two states proposed by Russia.
Russia offered on Wednesday to help Armenia and Azerbaijan demarcate their border some portions of which have been the scene of a military standoff over the past week.
Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian military officials announced no agreements after holding more talks over the weekend in a bid to end a military standoff at disputed sections of Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
Armenian-Azerbaijani crisis talks have yielded no agreement so far, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinian said on Friday, warning of a further escalation of a military standoff at disputed sections of Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
Armenia continued to accuse Azerbaijan of occupying its internationally recognized territory on Thursday as troops from the two countries remained locked in a border standoff for a second day.
Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) began on Tuesday preparations for early parliamentary elections one day after they were officially scheduled for June 20.
Law-enforcement authorities have brought criminal charges against Movses Hakobian, Armenia’s former top general, nearly six months after he accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of mishandling the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) announced on Thursday its decision to seek an electoral alliance with another opposition party led by former National Security Service (NSS) Director Artur Vanetsian.
Armenia’s public debt has soared by more than $1 billion, to $8.65 billion, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic that plunged its economy into a recession, according to government data.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday accused Azerbaijani troops of opening fire on local settlements in breach of a Russian-brokered ceasefire that stopped last year’s Armenian-Azerbaijani war.
Onik Gasparian, Armenia’s former top general controversially replaced last month, demanded the declassification of some security documents on Tuesday in response to fresh government allegations that he lied about last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
A senior Nagorno-Karabakh official was sacked on Monday hours after criticizing Armenian authorities’ efforts to secure the release of Armenian soldiers and civilians remaining in Azerbaijani captivity.
President Armen Sarkissian has refused to validate major amendments to Armenia’s Electoral Code which some opposition parties say are aimed at helping Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian win snap parliamentary elections expected in June.
The head of an independent body empowered to nominate, sanction and fire judges on Friday accused Armenia’s political leadership of ordering criminal proceedings against him in a bid to replace him with a government ally.
A court in Yerevan on Monday reaffirmed its provisional decision to reinstate Colonel-General Onik Gasparian, the former chief of the Armenian army’s General Staff fired last month after demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political team have named four senior government officials to run their parliamentary election campaign.
Armenian hospitals appeared to have practically run out of vacant beds for COVID-19 patients on Tuesday amid what health officials described as a third wave of coronavirus infections in the country.
Armenian lawmakers on Thursday unanimously adopted amendments to the penal code setting tougher penalties for high treason and espionage.
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