Bako Sahakian, Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, is unlikely seek another term in the next presidential election due in 2020, a retired Karabakh army general currently allied to him said on Friday.
The controversial reelection of Bako Sahakian, Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, was democratic and legitimate, a senior official in Stepanakert insisted on Thursday.
Lawmakers in Nagorno-Karabakh voted on Wednesday to extend the decade-long rule of its president, Bako Sahakian, by three years, a move criticized by his political opponents.
An opposition member of Nagorno-Karabakh’s parliament announced on Wednesday his candidacy for the post of the unrecognized republic’s next, interim president that will be elected by local lawmakers later this month.
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said on Thursday that he may still hold a planned meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov this month despite the latest upsurge of ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh.
Bako Sahakian, Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, looks set to remain in power for at least three more years after controversial constitutional changes that were enacted earlier this year.
An Armenian civilian was paraded on Azerbaijani television on Wednesday after apparently crossing into Azerbaijan from Armenia in unclear circumstances.
Azerbaijan will likely ratchet up tensions along “the line of contact” around Nagorno-Karabakh in the months ahead, the commander of Karabakh’s Armenian-backed army claimed over the weekend.
Continuing ceasefire violations along the Armenian-Azerbaijani “line of contact” around Nagorno-Karabakh are unlikely to escalate into a full-scale war, a senior official in Stepanakert insisted on Friday.
Leader of the opposition Yerkir Tsirani party Zaruhi Postanjian on Wednesday filed an action with the administrative court to annul the results of the May 14 municipal elections in Yerevan.
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense says that the process of installation of surveillance equipment at the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is underway after the fierce fighting in the conflict zone in April 2016, but “empty tin cans are still being applied” as part of the early warning system.
Armenia’s ruling party believes the Sunday mayoral elections in Yerevan were a “serious step forward” as compared to the previous municipal vote held in the capital four years ago.
The Armenian police on Friday pledged to investigate opposition allegations that some of their officers are illegally campaigning for Yerevan Mayor Taron Markarian’s reelection.
Hovik Abrahamian, a former prime minister who fell out with President Serzh Sarkisian earlier this year, on Tuesday praised economic policies of the current Armenian government initiated by his successor, Karen Karapetian.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian dismissed on Tuesday lingering speculation that President Serzh Sarkisian is planning to become Armenia’s prime minister after serving out his final term next year.
The governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Wednesday that it is not behind a controversial lawsuit against a civil society group that has been filed by the directors of 30 state-run schools and kindergartens.
The directors of 30 public schools and kindergartens have sued an Armenian civil society group that tricked them into confessing that they told their staffs and children’s parents to vote for the ruling Republican Party (HHK) in this month’s parliamentary elections.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian may be the top candidate of the Yelk alliance in next month’s municipal elections in Yerevan.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s return to politics will not make it harder for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) to win the forthcoming parliamentary elections, according to an HHK spokesman.
Archbishop Sebouh Chouldjian of Vanadzor on Tuesday defended his calls for an end to an opposition boycott of the municipal council that controversially elected a new pro-government mayor of Armenia’s third largest city this fall.
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