Armenia is continuing to discuss with Azerbaijan its conditions for demarcating the long border between the two states, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Friday.
A senior European Union diplomat on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for sticking to conciliatory rhetoric and stressing the importance of normalizing Armenia’s relations with Azerbaijan.
Two days after President Armen Sarkissian’s surprise resignation, Armenia’s main security agency was instructed to look into a media report alleging that he was not eligible to serve as head of state because of concealing a foreign citizenship.
In a rare convergence of views, pro-government and opposition members of Armenia’s parliament on Monday dismissed the main stated reason for President Armen Sarkissian’s resignation and criticized his track record.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan confirmed on Wednesday that Armenia has set a number of conditions for starting the demarcation of its long border with Azerbaijan sought by Russia.
Three days after holding his first meeting with a Turkish diplomat, a senior Armenian official on Monday expressed caution about the success of negotiations on normalizing Armenia’s relations with Turkey.
A group of judges have accused the Armenian authorities of seeking to curb judicial independence through disciplinary proceedings against their colleagues and arbitrary assignment of court cases.
The main opposition Hayastan alliance continued to demand on Tuesday that the Armenian government provide further explanations of its decision to join a “peacekeeping” operation in Kazakhstan launched by the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian expressed hope that troops sent by Russia, Armenia and other members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will help Kazakhstan end domestic unrest as he chaired a virtual summit of the Russian-led alliance on Monday.
Yerevan’s Mayor Hayk Marutian indicated on Thursday that he will not step down despite a vote of no confidence in him planned by the pro-government majority in the municipal assembly.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political team confirmed on Wednesday that it wants to impeach Yerevan’s Mayor Hayk Marutian after months of growing friction between the two former allies.
The main opposition Hayastan alliance has formally demanded that the National Assembly remove its pro-government speaker Alen Simonian, accusing him of undermining Armenia’s national security with controversial statements.
Armenia will not cede any extraterritorial land corridors to Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday following renewed threats by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov cancelled at the last minute a fresh meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan which was due to be held late last week.
A senior military official dismissed on Tuesday continuing opposition allegations that Armenian soldiers were ordered not to open fire on Azerbaijani troops accused by Yerevan of violating Armenia’s territorial integrity.
A government approval of the purchase of a luxury car worth $185,000 for Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian has sparked a public outcry in Armenia, with civil activists calling it unacceptable given the current economic and financial constraints in a country hit hard by the recent war and pandemic.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals allowed investigators on Thursday to again arrest an opposition-linked deputy mayor of the southeastern town of Goris one month after he was set free on bail.
Russia said on Wednesday that the U.S., Russian and French mediators co-heading the OSCE Minsk Group should be able to resume their visits to Nagorno-Karabakh as part of their peace efforts.
Schools across Armenia reopened on Monday two weeks after the start of an autumn break that coincided with a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths in the country.
The Armenian government has no plans to raise the national minimum wage before 2023 despite higher-than-projected inflation in the country, a senior official said on Friday.
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