A senior Armenian lawmaker on Friday called for an official inquiry into fresh territorial gains made by Azerbaijan last week along the border with Armenia.
Azerbaijani government-backed protesters blocking Nagorno-Karabakh’s land link with the outside world have not allowed Russian peacekeepers to escort 27 Karabakh civilians stranded in Armenia back to Stepanakert.
The Armenian opposition accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government on Friday of letting Azerbaijan occupy more Armenian territory after rerouting much of the Lachin corridor to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership dismissed on Tuesday a fresh Azerbaijani offer to send its representatives to Baku for talks on the Armenian-populated region’s “reintegration” into Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani forces continued to occupy on Monday a strategic hill near the Lachin corridor seized by them at the weekend, further complicating Nagorno-Karabakh’s communication with Armenia and the outside world.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to disagree on key terms of a bilateral peace treaty discussed by them, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday pledged to negotiate a peace treaty with Azerbaijan while again accusing Baku of fresh military aggression against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Opposition lawmakers have demanded that the Armenian government share with them details of its ongoing negotiations with Azerbaijan on a bilateral peace treaty.
The Armenian parliament rejected on Tuesday an opposition proposal to speak out against Azerbaijani control over Nagorno-Karabakh and to voice support for the Karabakh Armenians’ right to self-determination.
Russia continues to play the central role in Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Monday.
The Armenian government has again accused Azerbaijan of planning to launch fresh military aggression against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, responding to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s latest statements.
Nagorno-Karabakh lawmakers approved a major constitutional amendment late on Wednesday, stoking speculation about the impending resignation of Arayik Harutiunian, the Karabakh president.
Armenia’s armed forces received significant amounts of new weapons and ammunition last year, Defense Minister Suren Papikian said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday pointedly declined to back Nagorno-Karabakh residents’ right to self-determination, highlighting a major change in Armenia’s traditional policy on the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan offered to hold more talks with Nagorno-Karabakh’s representatives on Monday three days after reportedly again blocking Armenia’s supplies of natural gas to Karabakh.
Azerbaijani officials met with Nagorno-Karabakh’s representatives on Wednesday for the second time in less than a week to discuss Azerbaijan’s continuing blockade of the Lachin corridor.
Pro-government lawmakers criticized the Armenian police for a sharp rise in drug trafficking in the country when they met with Interior Minister Vahe Ghazarian late on Tuesday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to disagree on some key terms of a bilateral peace treaty discussed by them, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday.
Echoing Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s demands, a senior Armenian pro-government lawmaker said on Tuesday that Ruben Vardanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh premier, was “sent” to Stepanakert by Russia and must resign.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership has rejected Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s condition for direct negotiations between Baku and the authorities in Stepanakert.
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