The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to ratify Armenia’s controversial accession treaty with the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union which President Serzh Sarkisian hopes will come into force next month.
The Armenian authorities will stabilize the exchange rate of the national currency, the dram, and prevent a surge in consumer prices, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian said on Wednesday, echoing statements by the Central Bank.
Nikol Pashinian, a prominent opposition figure, hit out at three major political parties challenging the Armenian government on Monday after they refused to back his calls for impeaching President Serzh Sarkisian.
A senior representative of Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Thursday effectively rejected an opposition lawmaker’s calls for the country’s three main opposition groups to seek President Serzh Sarkisian’s impeachment.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will vote for the parliamentary ratification of Armenia’s accession treaty with the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, a senior BHK lawmaker said on Wednesday.
John Heffern, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, made a case for Armenia’s close relations with the West on Tuesday, saying that they could help the country reduce the fallout from Western economic sanctions against Russia.
Armenia will maintain a free trade regime with neighboring Georgia after joining the more protectionist Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian revealed on Monday.
International mediators on Wednesday urged Azerbaijan to give the Armenian side access to the wreckage of an Armenian military helicopter shot down near Nagorno-Karabakh for recovering the bodies of its three crew members.
The three main parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian will face “extinction” after rejecting a government offer of dialogue, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) claimed on Wednesday.
Three leading Armenian opposition parties dismissed on Tuesday a government proposal to open negotiations on a list of demands which they issued before launching joint street protests in September.
Leaders of Armenia’s three main opposition parties jointly challenging President Serzh Sarkisian cited on Friday different conditions for embarking on a dialogue with his administration.
Armenia’s three leading opposition parties on Wednesday challenged President Serzh Sarkisian to prove his stated commitment to dialogue with them by enacting significant changes in electoral legislation.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian clarified on Tuesday the Armenian government is planning no additional concessions to the opposition after a conciliatory statement made by President Serzh Sarkisian.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) of Levon Ter-Petrosian has warned Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) against taking a cautious line in their joint anti-government campaign, exposing potentially serious differences between the two leading opposition forces.
The latest public remarks by Gagik Tsarukian, the millionaire leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), brought little clarity into the ultimate strategies of his anti-government campaign that appeared to have been shifted into a lower gear in recent days.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian has advocated further structural changes in his Cabinet, saying that the Ministry of the Interior that was reorganized into the National Police Force in 2002 will be reestablished.
The Armenian government has approved changes proposed in its structure, with two ministries expected to be merged and a new one to be created.
President Serzh Sarkisian is unlikely to reject the opportunity of a meeting with the top opposition leader should the latter seek such a meeting, a senior member of the ruling party said on Tuesday.
The Treaty on Armenia’s Accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will be discussed at a special session of the Armenian parliament that is likely to be convened on November 17-18.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has urged an opposition leader to cite at least one specific example of a business being seized or partly acquired through force after an allegation made by him in a recent interview.
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