A longtime political ally of Levon Ter-Petrosian, a former president highly critical of Armenia’s current leadership, is among five new government ministers named by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian this week.
France is ready to consider embarking on military cooperation with Armenia that would boost the South Caucasus state’s security, the French ambassador in Yerevan, Jonathan Lacote, said on Wednesday.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has again claimed that Azerbaijan resolved the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh during last year’s war and will not hold talks with Armenia on the territory’s status.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian accused Azerbaijan on Saturday of avoiding peace talks with Armenia and planning instead to provoke renewed fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
The Armenian government said on Monday that it expects the domestic economy to expand by roughly 7 percent annually from 2022 to 2026.
The Armenian government has revised upwards its economic growth forecast for 2021, expecting a faster growth after last year’s decline.
The foreign ministers of Austria, Lithuania and Romania met with Azerbaijan’s and Armenia’s leaders on Friday during a joint tour of the three South Caucasus states aimed at exploring the European Union’s stronger presence in the region.
Opposition supporters rallied outside state prosecutors’ headquarters in Yerevan on Thursday to protest against an arrest warrant issued for a prominent doctor accused of pressuring his subordinates to participate in the June 20 parliamentary elections.
An opposition alliance co-headed by former President Serzh Sarkisian and Artur Vanetsian said on Wednesday that it has not yet decided whether to take up its parliament seats won in the weekend elections described by it as fraudulent.
A senior State Department official reiterated U.S. calls for Armenia and Azerbaijan to pull back their troops from contested portions of their border during a visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Artur Vanetsian, a leader of a major opposition bloc running in the upcoming Armenian parliamentary elections, called on Wednesday for Armenia’s “deeper integration” with Russia.
Three of Armenia’s four deputy foreign ministers, who have tendered their resignations due to apparent disagreements with the government, were formally relieved of their duties on Tuesday.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian continued to attack his successor Robert Kocharian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday, saying that their bitter rivalry will make the upcoming parliamentary elections the “most dangerous” in Armenia’s history.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reaffirmed Iran’s strong support for Armenia’s territorial integrity on Wednesday during a visit to Yerevan dominated by continuing tensions along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami on Monday visited Yerevan and offered to help Armenia upgrade its roads leading to Iran via Syunik province where Armenian and Azerbaijani troops remain locked in a border standoff.
Armenia continued to accuse Azerbaijan of occupying its internationally recognized territory on Thursday as troops from the two countries remained locked in a border standoff for a second day.
Food prices in Armenia rose further last month despite the authorities’ efforts to curb inflation.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party expects to win more votes than any other political force in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, a senior official said on Friday.
Russia will keep doing its best to ensure the full implementation of the Russian-brokered agreement that stopped the Armenian-Azerbaijani war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) raised its main interest rate on Tuesday for the third time in about five months, citing continuing inflationary pressures on the domestic economy.
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