Citing a coronavirus outbreak within its ranks, Armenia’s political and military leadership on Friday avoided holding festive events to mark the 30th anniversary of the official creation of the national armed forces.
Russia has reiterated that the U.S., Russian and French mediators co-heading the OSCE Minsk Group should be able to resume their visits to Nagorno-Karabakh as part of their peace efforts.
Armenia’s government on Thursday declined to reveal the number of Armenian soldiers that will be deployed to unrest-hit Kazakhstan as part of a “peacekeeping” operation launched by the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
In a move strongly criticized by Armenia’s leading anti-corruption watchdog, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has allocated hefty holiday bonuses to his two deputies and all members of his staff.
Sparking fresh controversy, parliament speaker Alen Simonian has allocated hefty holiday bonuses to members and staffers of the National Assembly for the second time in three months.
The Armenian military released and repatriated two Azerbaijani soldiers late on Monday two days after capturing them on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
The pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament scuttled on Wednesday a debate on an opposition-backed resolution effectively warning Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian against recognizing Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Angry relatives of Armenian soldiers remaining in Azerbaijani captivity have taken to the streets to protest against what they see as offensive comments made by parliament speaker Alen Simonian.
Armenia and Azerbaijan appear to have failed to put the finishing touches on an agreement to establish cross-border transport connections during the latest round of negotiations mediated by Russia.
The Kremlin has a negative perception of Armenia’s expected participation in a United States-initiated democracy summit next month, a Yerevan-based political analyst told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service after statements about the upcoming event made by senior Russian officials.
It is in the interest of Armenia that the process of delimitation and demarcation of its Soviet-era border with Azerbaijan should start as soon as possible, a senior pro-government lawmaker in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
Russia has offered Armenia to start the process of demarcation and delimitation of its Soviet-era border with Azerbaijan “from zero,” a senior lawmaker representing the ruling Civil Contract party said on Friday.
The government said on Wednesday that it will form an ad hoc commission to organize the funeral of Vano Siradeghian, a prominent politician and former interior minister who died late last week more than two decades after fleeing Armenia.
Former President Robert Kocharian said on Monday that Armenia’s main opposition alliance led by him needs to “generate” greater popular anger at the government before trying to topple it with street protests.
Official Yerevan dismissed on Friday Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s fresh claim that Azerbaijan ended the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with its victory in the six-week war stopped by a Russian-brokered ceasefire last November.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have still not started negotiations on demarcating their long and contested border, a senior Armenian official said on Thursday.
An Armenian court has refused to allow Robert Kocharian, a former president leading the main opposition Hayastan alliance, to visit Moscow at the invitation of Russia’s ruling party.
The main opposition Hayastan alliance accused the Armenian government on Wednesday of ordering a law-enforcement agency not to prosecute pro-government lawmakers who physically attacked their opposition colleagues on the parliament floor last month.
A key committee of the Armenian parliament on Monday again refused to appoint an outspoken opposition lawmaker as its deputy chairman.
For the second day in a row security guards have been called into the Armenian parliament chamber as another brawl between pro-government and opposition lawmakers broke out during the presentation of the government’s five-year action plan on Wednesday.
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