The United States welcomes democratic change in Armenia and will continue to help its government combat corruption and strengthen the rule of law, Lynne Tracy, the recently appointed U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, said on Monday.
A detailed report published in an American art journal sheds more light on the reported destruction of an ancient Armenian cemetery in Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave.
Armenia’s government has received around 13 billion drams ($27 million) as a result of criminal investigations launched by the National Security Service (NSS) since May, according to NSS Director Artur Vanetsian.
Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Monday that it is now the country’s main opposition force, dismissing criticism from other political groups challenging Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The United States hopes that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will take “decisive steps” to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after his likely victory in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said on Thursday.
The European Union hopes that upcoming general elections in Armenia will be democratic and plans to allocate over $3 million for that purpose, senior EU diplomats said on Thursday.
Richard Mills, the outgoing U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, sounded optimistic on Monday about Armenia’s chances of becoming an established democracy after the recent dramatic change of its government.
Armenia’s new leadership needs to create new institutions in order to build on recent months’ democratic changes in the country, a senior European Union official said on Thursday.
The head of an Armenian law-enforcement agency investigating the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan has declined to clarify whether it could also prosecute or question former President Serzh Sarkisian.
Tackling the sizable informal sector of Armenia’s economy is a top priority for tax authorities, the head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC), Davit Ananian, said over the weekend.
The Azerbaijani leadership is ratcheting up tension in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to prevent democratic change in Armenia from spreading to Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed on Thursday.
A senior European Union diplomat on Thursday praised the new Armenian government’s efforts to combat corruption and said the EU is ready to assist Yerevan in that campaign.
The new Armenian government will maintain Armenia’s “very deep” ties with Russia while trying to “complement” them with closer cooperation with the European Union and other world powers, according to Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian.
The recent dramatic events changed not only Armenia’s government but also the “mindsets” of its citizens and earned the country a “very positive image” abroad, a senior European Union diplomat said on Tuesday.
The new head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) claimed to have launched an unprecedented crackdown on government corruption, saying that individuals who have for years embezzled large amounts of public funds will be “held accountable” soon.
A close associate of Nikol Pashinian has insisted that wealthy businesspeople linked to the outgoing Armenian government will not risk losing their assets after the opposition leader’s widely anticipated appointment as the country’s prime minister.
Acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetian again avoided meeting with Nikol Pashinian on Friday, saying that the opposition leader is refusing to consider any compromise agreements to resolve the grave political crisis in Armenia.
The dramatic anti-government protests that erupted in Yerevan two weeks ago have transformed Armenia and should help it become a “real democratic state,” President Armen Sarkissian said on Thursday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian attended Armen Sarkissian’s inauguration on Monday, saying that the new Armenian president is more legitimate than his predecessor.
A senior ruling party lawmaker who led a parliamentary investigation into the deadly 2008 post-election events has spurned media speculation that in his remarks during parliamentary hearings last month he may have blamed ex-president Robert Kocharian for ordering the use of force against opposition protesters in the wake of a disputed presidential election 10 years ago.
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