A senior member of the main opposition Hayastan alliance downplayed on Friday the significance of the latest Turkish-Armenian negotiations, saying that Ankara is sticking to its preconditions for normalizing relations with Yerevan.
Armenia and Turkey have agreed to speed up efforts to normalize their relations, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Thursday after his landmark visit to Ankara.
Turkey will not change its policy towards Armenia despite Yerevan’s gestures of goodwill following the devastating earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, Armenian opposition leaders said on Monday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian gave on Wednesday another reason for his reluctance to have monitors from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) deployed to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
Responding to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Armenian pro-government lawmakers reiterated on Friday a condition set by Yerevan for the deployment of monitors from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
An Armenian military officer was arrested and charged with negligence on Thursday in connection with last week’s deaths of 15 soldiers.
The Armenian authorities continued to face tough questions from human rights activists and other critics on Friday one day after 15 soldiers died at their military barracks destroyed by a major fire.
Fifteen soldiers were killed and three others seriously injured in what authorities said was a major fire that broke out at a military barracks in Armenia early on Thursday.
Ruben Vardanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh premier, refused to resign at the weekend amid speculation that the Armenian government is seeking his ouster because of Azerbaijan’s continuing blockade of Karabakh’s land link with Armenia.
French parliament speaker Yael Braun-Pivet expressed serious concern over Azerbaijan’s continuing blockade of the Lachin Corridor and reaffirmed France’s support for Armenia’s territorial integrity during an official visit to Yerevan on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian urged Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders on Thursday to tone down their rhetoric and negotiate with Azerbaijan in order to end the continuing Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin Corridor.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Wednesday reacted cautiously to the cancellation of joint exercises which Russia and other members of the Russian-led military alliance were scheduled to hold in Armenia this year.
The United States has again called for the immediate reopening of Nagorno-Karabakh’s land link with Armenia which has been blocked by Azerbaijan for the past month.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s political leaders continued to defend Russian peacekeeping forces on Friday after Yerevan accused them of doing little to reopen Karabakh’s sole land link with Armenia blocked by Azerbaijan.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have banned local restaurants from hosting large dinner parties and post-funeral gatherings, citing growing shortages of food resulting from a road blockade imposed by Azerbaijan.
Armenia is under strong pressure to join the “union state” of Russia and Belarus and open an “exterritorial corridor” to Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave, a senior Armenian official said on Tuesday, commenting on the continuing Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Ignoring opposition objections, the National Assembly approved on Tuesday the Armenian government’s decision to set up a new and separate foreign intelligence agency.
Azerbaijan has restored natural gas supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh while continuing to block the sole road connecting the territory to Armenia, the authorities in Stepanakert said on Friday.
The Armenian parliament on Wednesday rejected a draft resolution condemning the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, allegedly objecting to its reference to the Karabakh Armenians’ right to self-determination.
The Armenian government accused Azerbaijan on Tuesday of grossly violating a 2020 ceasefire agreement and creating a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Nagorno-Karabakh as the sole road connecting the territory to Armenia remained closed for a second day.
Բեռնել ավելին
