The Armenian parliament effectively fired on Thursday the head of a state anti-corruption body who has investigated many pro-government lawmakers suspected of illicit enrichment, conflict of interest or other corrupt practices.
Yerevan is inclined to continue talks between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Brussels format, through the mediation of President of the European Council Charles Michel, an ally of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in parliament said on Wednesday.
The Armenian government has welcomed the decision by foreign ministers of the European Union concerning the expansion of the 27-nation bloc’s border-monitoring mission in Armenia.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to disagree on several key issues hampering the signing of a peace treaty between them, a senior Armenian official indicated on Thursday.
A senior Armenian official rejected on Wednesday Azerbaijan’s continuing demands for the return of “eight Azerbaijani villages” which it says are occupied by Armenia.
Ten days after joining multilateral peace talks initiated by Ukraine and condemned by Russia, the secretary of Armenia’s Security Council announced on Tuesday that he will not attend Wednesday’s meeting of his Russian and other ex-Soviet counterparts.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan sounded optimistic about the normalization of Armenia’s relations with Turkey on Friday just as Turkish President Erdogan Recep Tayyip again demanded that Yerevan open a special transport corridor for Azerbaijan.
A senior Armenian official on Thursday seemed to downplay the risk of an Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia, saying that Baku has not amassed a significant number of troops along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Foreign Minister Melanie Joly reaffirmed Canada’s support for Armenia’s territorial integrity when she visited Yerevan and inaugurated the Canadian Embassy there on Wednesday.
It remained unclear on Tuesday whether the European Union’s top official, Charles Michel, will manage to host fresh talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev before the end of this month.
A senior Armenian lawmaker suggested on Wednesday that Armenia will seek to acquire air-defense systems and other “defensive” weapons from France after Paris gave the green light for first-ever defense contracts between the two states.
A U.S.-based video blogger wanted by Armenian law-enforcement authorities could determine who will be the next mayor of Yerevan following municipal elections in which his obscure political party did unexpectedly well.
All ethnic Armenians remaining in Nagorno-Karabakh will flee to Armenia in the coming days, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday, accusing Azerbaijan of practically finishing “ethnic cleansing” in the region.
Russia accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of seeking to ruin Russian-Armenian relations and reorient his country towards the West on Monday as it rejected his claims that Moscow has failed to protect Nagorno-Karabakh’s population against ethnic cleansing and guarantee Armenia’s security.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan on Thursday of reneging on an agreement to reopen the Lachin corridor for shipments of badly needed humanitarian aid to the Armenian-populated region.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian pleaded with the international community on Thursday to intervene to thwart what he described as Azerbaijan’s plans to launch a new military attack on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s ruling party and three opposition groups have reached a consensus on who should replace Arayik Harutiunian, who resigned as president last week amid a deepening humanitarian crisis caused by Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor.
Ending months of speculation, Arayik Harutiunian, Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, announced on Thursday his decision to resign amid a deepening humanitarian crisis in Karabakh caused by Azerbaijan’s eight-month blockade of the Lachin corridor.
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have set up a tent camp on a road leading to the Azerbaijani town of Aghdam to prevent the delivery of Azerbaijan humanitarian aid which they say is aimed at legitimizing Baku’s blockade of the Lachin corridor.
France is reportedly planning to propose a UN Security Council resolution against Azerbaijan’s continuing blockade of the Lachin corridor and the resulting humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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