A member of Armenia’s parliament ousted from the ruling Civil Contract party on Tuesday dismissed as politically motivated criminal proceedings launched against him after his refusal to resign from the National Assembly.
The Azerbaijani government demanded on Thursday the withdrawal of European Union monitors deployed along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan with the aim of preventing or minimizing ceasefire violations there.
Turkish and Armenian officials met last month to explore the possibility of restoring a rail link between their countries as part of attempts to normalize bilateral relations, Armenia’s deputy parliament speaker Ruben Rubinian said on Tuesday.
The Armenian government has no plans yet to withdraw international lawsuits filed against Azerbaijan since the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a senior official in Yerevan said on Monday.
Hovik Aghazarian, a lawmaker ousted from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, has claimed that “powerful” individuals are threatening to publicize intimate details of his private life if he keeps refusing to resign from the parliament.
A lawmaker ousted from the ruling Civil Contract party made clear on Thursday that he will not resign from Armenia’s parliament despite Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s implicit pledge to have him prosecuted.
Four opposition lawmakers have taken the Armenian government to court, challenging its decision to deny them confidential access to the text of a draft peace deal discussed by Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Amid its lingering tensions with Moscow, Armenia has reportedly declined to host an upcoming summit of the leaders of Russia and other ex-Soviet states making up the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
A pro-government lawmaker who has fallen out of favor with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Tuesday that he has postponed his decision on whether to resign from the Armenian parliament.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has drawn strong condemnation from historians, opposition leaders and other critics after saying that Armenians should stop describing as “Western Armenia” parts of moder-day eastern Turkey populated by their ancestors until the 1915 genocide.
Six months after being tasked by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with drafting a new constitution of Armenia, an hoc government panel has still not met to discuss the matter, a senior official said on Friday.
A pro-government member of Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday joined six senior state officials in tendering resignation following strong criticism of their performance voiced by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has effectively begun campaigning for the next parliamentary elections by forcing six high-ranking state officials to resign, Armenian opposition leaders said on Monday.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on Friday declined to confirm Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s assertion that Armenia and Azerbaijan may be close to opening their border to trade and travel.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday stepped up his criticism of Armenia’s 1990 declaration of independence which Azerbaijan says is the main hurdle to peace between the two South Caucasus nations.
Armenia’s government agencies must be purged of officials who have their underage sons renounce Armenian citizenship to avoid compulsory military service, Defense Minister Suren Papikian said on Wednesday.
Armenia’s government has to spend public money more sparingly due to an ongoing slowdown of economic growth in the country, Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian said on Tuesday.
Armenia expects to eventually elevate its relations with the United States to the level of strategic partnership under the new administration in Washington, a senior diplomat in Yerevan said.
Armenia has signaled that differences remain with Azerbaijan over the draft text of a peace treaty following the latest exchange of proposals earlier this week.
Armenia received a reply from Baku on Tuesday regarding its latest proposals for a draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalian told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service without elaborating.
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