Senior Armenian and Nagorno-Karabakh officials exposed their differences on Armenia’s planned peace treaty with Azerbaijan after meeting in Yerevan on Friday.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders were still not received by any senior Armenian officials as of Tuesday evening two days after announcing that they will visit Yerevan to seek clarification over Armenia’s plans to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders were due to travel to Yerevan on Monday to seek clarification over the implications of Armenia’s plans to recognize Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity through a bilateral peace treaty.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Wednesday that he will hold later this week separate talks with the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey on the sidelines of a European summit in Prague.
Armenia’s main opposition groups demanded a parliamentary vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday amid continuing street protests in Yerevan sparked by his remarks on the conflict with Azerbaijan.
The ruling Civil Contract party on Monday renewed its threats to strip Armenia’s main opposition groups of their parliament seats because of their continuing boycott of the National Assembly.
Armenia’s jailed former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan on Monday denounced a Defense Ministry proposal to significantly shorten compulsory military service for conscripts willing to pay hefty fees.
Iran has appointed a consul general to the town of Kapan in southern Armenia, the Islamic Republic’s embassy in Yerevan told the Armenian state-run Armenpress news agency.
After twice postponing a decennial census of the population due to the coronavirus pandemic, Armenia will hold it this year, with questionnaires for the first time to be filled in electronically.
An Armenian pro-government lawmaker has denied any major differences between Yerevan and Moscow over the activities of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh after last week’s deadly fighting in the disputed region.
Azerbaijani forces opened fire at two villages in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian army positions on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan, authorities in Yerevan and Stepanakert said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has claimed that Azerbaijan is torpedoing peace talks and preparing the ground for another war with Armenia.
Several dozen media outlets boycotted or objected to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest virtual press conference on Monday, calling it a charade that will help him dodge tough questions.
Armenian authorities faced on Tuesday growing calls to sack and prosecute the acting head of the country’s judicial watchdog accused of blackmailing his predecessor at odds with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian reaffirmed on Tuesday the ruling Civil Contract party’s plans to block an opposition resolution rejecting any peace accord that would restore Azerbaijan’s control over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian defended his mother on Friday after cameras caught her showing the middle finger to opposition protesters demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian rejected opposition demands for his resignation and again blamed Armenia’s former leaders for the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday amid continuing anti-government protests in Yerevan.
A pregnant woman died on Tuesday after being hit by a police car that was part of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s motorcade racing through Yerevan.
The parents and other relatives of Armenian soldiers killed during the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh demonstrated in Yerevan on Tuesday to demand criminal charges against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to start negotiations on delimiting and demarcating their long border, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.
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