The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has accused Armenia of unleashing aggression against Azerbaijan and described Nagorno-Karabakh as an “occupied” Azerbaijani territory at an annual meeting of the foreign ministers of its predominantly Muslim member states.
A continued lack of further progress in Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks could increase the likelihood of another full-scale armed conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official warned on Friday.
Another pro-Armenian member of the U.S. Senate has blocked congressional confirmation of Matthew Bryza, President Barack Obama’s pick for the next U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, it emerged late on Wednesday.
The Armenian Defense Ministry officially confirmed on Wednesday the identity of an army officer who was arrested last week for abusing his soldiers and is now facing up to five years in prison.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian warned President Serzh Sarkisian against making an unpopular peace deal with Azerbaijan as his Armenian National Congress (HAK) launched what it called a “new wave” of anti-government street protests late on Friday.
Iran’s top leaders reportedly reaffirmed their strong interest in deepening political and economic ties with neighboring Armenia during Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s visit to Tehran that ended late on Wednesday.
Officials in Yerevan denied on Tuesday reports that Armenia and neighboring Iran have finalized a free trade agreement in an effort to expand bilateral economic ties.
President Serzh Sarkisian and his key ministers have underlined the importance of Armenia’s “friendly” relationship with the United States and called for its further expansion at a meeting with a visiting top U.S. diplomat.
In a surprise decree announced on Tuesday, President Serzh Sarkisian appointed a Moscow-based construction magnate as Armenia’s first-ever ambassador to Iraq.
Russia’s new military agreement with Armenia poses no security threat to Azerbaijan, President Dmitry Medvedev insisted on Friday during a visit to Baku which he said will help elevate Russian-Azerbaijani relations to a “new level.”
An Azerbaijani soldier has been taken prisoner after crossing into Armenian-controlled territory north of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Karabakh Armenian military announced over the weekend.
The United States expects to maintain a “strong” relationship with Armenia even after the signing of a new and potentially far-reaching Russian-Armenian defense agreement, the U.S. State Department said late Wednesday.
Following a sharp fall caused by the global recession, cash remittances from Armenians working abroad rose by about 10 percent in the first half of this year, contributing to Armenia’s ongoing economic recovery.
Eight officers have been dismissed and more than a dozen others demoted because of the latest non-combat shootings in the Armenian army that left seven servicemen dead, the Defense Ministry announced over the weekend.
The Armenian government’s tax revenues rose by almost 23 percent in the first half of this year amid renewed economic growth and a declared crackdown on tax evasion, according to latest data from the Finance Ministry.
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian ended late Monday a three-day visit to Afghanistan during which he inspected Armenian troops serving there and met with his Afghan counterpart and NATO’s top military commanders on the ground.
After repeated denials, Azerbaijan on Thursday confirmed Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new plan to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at their meeting in Saint Petersburg last month.
The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations is indispensable for Armenia’s security and sustainable development, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian said over the weekend.
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian will begin on Saturday a two-day visit to Tehran that will underscore Armenia’s deepening ties with Iran focused on economic cooperation until now.
Turkey is considering temporarily opening its border with Armenia for a NATO disaster relief exercise due in September, a Turkish diplomat was reported to say on Thursday. Officials in Yerevan were quick to dismiss the announcement as a gimmick.
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