Russia has again accused Western powers of undercutting the OSCE Minsk Group and trying to hijack Russian efforts to broker peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders have misinterpreted Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest pronouncements on the conflict with Azerbaijan, a senior Armenian official said on Friday, commenting on their angry reactions.
Armenia has declined to vote against suspending Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council over its ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.
Representatives of the opposition minority in Armenia’s parliament expressed concern on Thursday over the outcome of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, saying that it may herald far-reaching Armenian concessions to Baku.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will discuss “very thorny” issues with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev when they meet in Brussels on Wednesday, a senior Armenian lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Minister of Emergency Situations Andranik Piloyan was arrested on corruption charges late on Wednesday two days after law-enforcement officers raided his ministry’s headquarters in Yerevan.
Prosecutors confirmed on Wednesday that the opposition-linked mayor of the southeastern Armenian town of Goris can continue to perform his duties for now despite a court ruling that bars him from holding public office.
Armenia expects Russian peacekeepers to provide “clear answers” over the latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh where at least three Armenian soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in recent clashes with reportedly advancing Azerbaijani troops, a senior pro-government lawmaker in Yerevan said today.
Official Yerevan has accused Baku of deliberately disrupting the normal operation of vital infrastructure in Nagorno-Karabakh, which it said is “clearly leading to a humanitarian crisis” in the region.
Armenia’s newly appointed ombudswoman Kristine Grigorian sees no conflict of interest in pursuing a case in the Constitutional Court next week against a law that she herself presented in parliament as a deputy justice minister half a year ago.
Two opposition factions in the Armenian parliament have called for a discussion of humanitarian issues in Nagorno-Karabakh at a regular session of the legislative body scheduled to begin next week.
Senior Armenian lawmakers expressed confidence on Monday that troops from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will not be sent to Ukraine to reinforce the invading Russian forces.
The National Assembly approved on Friday a bill that will exempt the brothers and sons of Armenian soldiers killed in action from compulsory military service.
Opposition lawmakers stormed out of Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday after bitterly arguing with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian enraged by a question asked by one of them.
A senior official in Yerevan defended on Tuesday Armenia’s decision to vote against the effective suspension of Russia’s membership in the Council of Europe over Moscow’s military assault on Ukraine.
Two members of Azerbaijan’s parliament faced angry protests in Yerevan on Tuesday as they attended a meeting of lawmakers from the European Union and ex-Soviet states involved in the EU’s Eastern Partnership program.
The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh will remain unresolved as long as there is no agreement on the disputed territory’s status, according to James Warlick, a former U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Prosecutors have asked Armenia’s Court of Cassation to absolve Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from all responsibility for the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan that left ten people dead.
Justice Minister Karen Andreasian declined to shed more light on constitutional changes planned by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian after chairing on Wednesday a second meeting of an ad hoc body formed for that purpose.
High-Tech Industry Minister Vahagn Khachatrian on Monday effectively confirmed reports that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has offered him to become Armenia’s next president.
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