Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday again defended his handling of the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh, effectively shifting blame for its outcome onto Armenia’s top military brass.
Russia is planning to open a consulate in Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province bordering Iran and Azerbaijan, a senior Armenian official confirmed on Monday.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk has shed light on remaining differences between Armenia and Azerbaijan that hamper the opening of their border to commercial traffic.
Two workers building a new metallurgical plant in an Armenian border village were seriously wounded on Wednesday in what the Armenian military described as cross-border fire from nearby Azerbaijani army positions.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Tuesday that it will join forces with other opposition groups to stage protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s plans to sign a peace deal upholding Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Despite major progress reported during their most recent talks, senior Armenian and Azerbaijani officials made over the weekend conflicting statements on the practical modalities of planned transport links between their countries.
The Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers will meet again in Washington next week for further U.S.-mediated talks on a peace treaty between their nations.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have still not reached an agreement on the key parameters of delimiting and demarcating their long border, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Monday.
Azerbaijan may be walking away from recent understandings reached with Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian suggested on Monday, reacting to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s latest threats of fresh military action against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Opposition leaders and other critics of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian have expressed shock at his claim that Armenia needs a peace treaty with Azerbaijan in order to legalize its borders and very existence as a sovereign state.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday reaffirmed plans to formally recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan despite vehement objections from Karabakh’s leadership and the Armenian opposition.
The Armenian opposition and Nagorno-Karabakh’s main political factions on Thursday warned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian against recognizing Azerbaijani sovereignty over Karabakh through a peace deal with Baku.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian took another step towards restoring Azerbaijan’s control over Nagorno-Karabakh during his weekend talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Armenian opposition claimed on Monday.
Not only Azerbaijan but also Armenia should withdraw troops from contested areas along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, a senior EU diplomat said on Monday.
Russia has appointed a new head of its peacekeeping force in Nagorno-Karabakh as tensions remain high between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Lachin Corridor, the only road connecting the mostly Armenian-populated region with Armenia.
Residents of an Armenian border village insisted on Friday that contrary to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s upbeat statements Azerbaijani troops have not withdrawn from any of their community lands occupied three weeks ago.
One of the two Azerbaijani soldiers detained in Armenia last week was charged on Tuesday with killing an Armenian man.
Armenian authorities detained on Thursday another Azerbaijani soldier who crossed into Armenia in unclear circumstances.
An Azerbaijani soldier detained in Armenia on Monday deserted his unit deployed on the Armenian border after being systematically ill-treated by his comrades, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
Armenian security forces on Monday detained one Azerbaijani man and hunted for another, who is also thought to have crossed into Armenia for unclear reasons.
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