Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev did not achieve “concrete results” at their latest meeting hosted by European Union chief Charles Michel on July 15.
The European Union has again welcomed Azerbaijan’s offer to send food and other humanitarian supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh via an alternative route bypassing the Lachin corridor blocked by Baku for the last seven months.
Representatives of Armenia’s two main opposition groups on Tuesday criticized Arayik Harutiunian, Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, for joining a sit-in in Stepanakert organized by his administration in protest against Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor.
Azerbaijan has rejected Russia’s latest calls for an immediate end to its seven-month blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh’s only land link with Armenia which has led to a serious humanitarian crisis in the Armenian-populated region.
A fresh meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, postponed by Baku earlier this month, will take place in Washington next week, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Thursday.
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Yerevan on Friday to accuse Russian peacekeepers of being responsible for Thursday’s shootout between Armenian and Azerbaijani border guards near the Lachin corridor.
Armenia’s two leading opposition forces said on Friday that they have still not decided whether to run in municipal elections in Yerevan tentatively slated for September 17.
Azerbaijan has postponed fresh talks between its Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan slated for next week, official Yerevan said on Thursday.
There will be no peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan unless Baku agrees to address “the rights and security” of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population, a senior member of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party said on Wednesday.
Moscow said on Friday that it “took note” of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s remark that Armenia is “not Russia’s ally in the war with Ukraine.”
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian confirmed on Tuesday that he is due to meet with his Azerbaijani and Russian counterparts later this week for further talks on transport links between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Two lawmakers representing the main opposition Hayastan alliance were forcibly removed from Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday after arguing and jostling with pro-government colleagues.
Representatives of two major opposition parties called on Tuesday for street protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s plans to sign a peace deal with Azerbaijan that will uphold Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of pressuring Armenia to end Russia’s military presence in the South Caucasus country and rely instead on the United States for defense.
Armenia is not considering leaving the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) despite its unprecedented tensions with other CSTO member states, a senior Armenian official said on Tuesday.
Two days after the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly made progress during talks in Brussels, the Armenian government again declined to clarify on Tuesday whether it recognizes Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian government on Friday pointedly declined to clarify whether it is ready to explicitly recognize Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of ongoing peace talks with Baku.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian complained on Thursday that his statements are often misunderstood by Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders after they accused him of effectively siding with Azerbaijan.
The Armenian government condemned Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday for again telling Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population to accept Azerbaijani rule or leave the region.
Opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday of trying to dodge responsibility for continuing national security failures after he sacked the commander of Armenia’s Border Guard Troops.
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