President Serzh Sarkisian said on Thursday that he will not seek another reelection but stopped short of categorically ruling out the possibility of becoming prime minister after completing his second presidential term in 2018. (UPDATED)
Economic growth in Armenia is still likely to accelerate this year despite negative spillover effects of a possible recession in Russia resulting from the crisis in Ukraine, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
The United States criticized Armenia on Wednesday for voting against a UN General Assembly resolution that condemned as illegal a Moscow-backed referendum that led to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Putting Armenia’s relations with the West to the test, President Serzh Sarkisian appeared to have recognized Russia’s internationally condemned annexation of Crimea during a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
Armenia’s government on Monday reacted evasively to the weekend referendum in Crimea that was followed by a declaration of its independence from Ukraine welcomed by Russia but condemned as illegal by the West.
A senior U.S. diplomat expressed hope on Tuesday that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet again this month in a further attempt to revive the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
The crisis in Ukraine and its resulting negative economic impact on Russia could have spillover effects on Armenia, Economy Minister Vahram Avanesian admitted on Thursday.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian demanded President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation but stopped short of announcing a new campaign of non-stop anti-government protests as he rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan for the first time in almost a year on Saturday.
A team of U.S. military instructors will finish on Saturday a weeklong training course for dozens of new sergeants recruited by Armenia’s armed forces, highlighting NATO’s growing role in the selection of Armenian non-commissioned officers.
President Serzh Sarkisian claimed on Wednesday that his decision to make Armenia part of a Russian-led union of ex-Soviet states has not damaged relations with the European Union.
Russia is satisfied with the implementation of Armenia’s “roadmap” to join the Customs Union led by Moscow, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Monday after meetings with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and President Vladimir Putin.
The United States voiced strong support on Friday for a controversial pension reform implemented by the Armenian government, with U.S. Ambassador John Heffern saying that it is vital for Armenia.
Chinese investors are ready to finance an ambitious $3 billion project to build a railway connecting Armenia to Iran that could be launched in 2016, according to the Armenian government.
President Serzh Sarkisian insisted on Friday that membership of the Russian-led Customs Union will be good for Armenia, dismissing as “disinformation” critics’ claims that it will sharply raise the cost of living in the country.
The International Monetary Fund has signaled the impending release of a fresh $125 million loan to Armenia designed to support macroeconomic stability and more structural reforms promised by its government.
A U.S. energy company acquired on Wednesday Armenia’s main cascade of hydroelectric plants in a $250 million deal that represents the single largest U.S. investment in the Armenian economy to date.
Another Armenian-Azerbaijani war for Nagorno-Karabakh is unlikely to break out anytime soon despite the latest upsurge in ceasefire violations in the conflict zone, President Serzh Sarkisian insisted on Friday.
A senior U.S. diplomat has expressed serious concern over the latest deadly ceasefire violation in Nagorno-Karabakh which the Armenian side says resulted from Azerbaijani commando raids on its frontline positions around the disputed territory.
Former President Robert Kocharian on Friday reaffirmed his criticism of the Armenian government’s controversial energy agreements with Moscow and its secret subsidizing of the price of natural gas supplied by Russia.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) ruled out the possibility of former President Robert Kocharian’s return to the political arena on Wednesday as it again responded to his latest verbal attacks on the Armenian government. (UPDATED)
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