Iran believes that Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population displaced by last year’s Azerbaijani offensive must be able to return to the region and live there in security, the Iranian ambassador to Armenia, Mehdi Sobhani, said on Friday.
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan have not yet agreed to meet later this week on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, official Yerevan said on Monday.
Armenia’s ambassador to Russia has visited two Russian cities reportedly shelled by Ukraine after Moscow condemned other Armenian officials for making pro-Ukrainian statements during a recent trip to a town near Kyiv.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of planning to cede more territory to Azerbaijan as he toured Armenia’s strategically important Syunik province at the weekend.
Iran will continue to oppose any change of Armenia’s internationally recognized borders regardless of the outcome of its presidential election, the Iranian ambassador in Yerevan indicated on Friday.
Under the terms of the latest French-Armenian arms deal, France will deliver 36 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia over the next 15 months, a senior official in Yerevan confirmed on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed over the weekend that most Armenians support his appeasement policy towards Azerbaijan because they want to enjoy their lives, rather than fight and make sacrifices.
Armenia’s leadership continues to discuss the possibility of applying for membership in the European Union, a senior lawmaker representing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party said on Friday.
Pro-government deputies boycotted a session of the Armenian parliament on Monday to prevent a debate on opposition demands for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation fueled by more than month-long street protests in Yerevan.
The Armenian government postponed its weekly meeting on Thursday as protesters demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation again rallied outside its main building at Yerevan’s Republic Square.
Riot police fired stun grenades outside the Armenian parliament on Wednesday as they clashed with protesters continuing to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Amid continuing antigovernment protests in Yerevan, the Armenian opposition moved on Monday to force an emergency parliament debate on its demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his cabinet.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian on Friday dismissed a senior Russian official’s warning that Armenia will cause irreparable damage to its relations with Russia if it moves closer to Western powers and shares “sensitive” information with them.
The Armenian government accused Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Friday of torpedoing peace talks between Baku and Yerevan with his latest demands for a change of Armenia’s constitution.
Azerbaijan’s demands for Armenia to change its constitution are not on the agenda of ongoing peace talks between the two countries, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan insisted on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political team announced on Friday plans to impose more taxes on the Armenian Apostolic Church amid continuing antigovernment protests in Yerevan led by a senior clergyman.
Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian poured into Yerevan’s central Republic Square on Thursday to try to surround the seat of Armenia’s government during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenia and Azerbaijan orally agree on the key terms of a bilateral peace treaty discussed by them, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday in remarks contrasting with his foreign minister’s recent statements.
An archbishop trying to oust Prime Minister Nikol has found himself under investigation after accusing the Armenian authorities of bugging his hotel room in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan remains reluctant to recognize Armenia’s borders through a bilateral peace treaty, parliament speaker Alen Simonian indicated on Wednesday.
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