Armenia has succeeded in reinvigorating its relations with the European Union after its unexpected decision in 2013 to join a Russian-led alliance of former Soviet republics, a senior EU diplomat said on Friday.
The Founding Parliament, a radical Armenian opposition group, will rally supporters in Yerevan on Friday to demand the immediate release of its five leading members arrested last week on what it considers trumped-up charges.
Armenian lawmakers insisted on Monday that they will not cooperate with a pro-Azerbaijani British colleague who has been tasked by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) with drafting a report on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Friday effectively justified the arrests of six leading members of another, more radical opposition group that plans to stage sustained anti-government protests in Yerevan.
A pro-government deputy who has led an Armenian parliamentary inquiry into Armenia’s controversial energy dealings with Russia faced opposition allegations of fraud as he presented its purported findings to the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Armenia has only gained from preferring membership in a Russian-led bloc to an association agreement with the European Union, Russian State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin said during a visit to Yerevan on Tuesday.
Armenia’s leading opposition parties represented in parliament made clear on Friday that they will not join nonstop anti-government protests in Yerevan planned by another, more radical opposition group.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian will not lose his parliament seat after all, despite having rarely attended sessions of the National Assembly, speaker Galust Sahakian said on Thursday.
Bowing to strong pressure from President Serzh Sarkisian, Gagik Tsarukian resigned as chairman of Armenia’s largest opposition party and announced his retirement from “active politics” on Thursday.
Yet another parliament deputy defected from the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Tuesday following a government crackdown unleashed against its leader, Gagik Tsarukian.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Monday praised a major opposition party for deciding not to hold more anti-government rallies at least until the centenary of the 1915 Armenian genocide to be officially marked on April 24.
Armenia’s major opposition parties remain vague on their immediate steps after Prosperous Armenia, admittedly the most influential of them, came under huge government pressure earlier this month.
Citing the latest internal political developments, the Prosperous Armenia Party led by embattled tycoon Gagik Tsarukian decided to boycott the four-day session of the Armenian parliament that opened on Monday.
The Prosperous Armenia Party will continue to seek early elections despite the conciliatory note struck by its leader Gagik Tsarukian in a statement earlier this week following his reported meeting with President Serzh Sarkisian, a spokesperson said today.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia does not exclude the possibility of cooperating with its former coalition partner, Prosperous Armenia, on certain issues despite their recent confrontation that appears to have been resolved now.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian and his former coalition partner and current top critic Gagik Tsarukian are said to have met on Tuesday less than a week after “completely” falling out over the domestic political process.
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 National Assembly debated Armenia’s accession treaty with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, with several opposition deputies denouncing it as a grave threat to national independence.
Membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will greatly benefit Armenia’s economy, the Armenian government insisted on Monday as it sought parliamentary approval of its controversial accession treaty with the Russian-led bloc.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said on Tuesday that it expects continued cooperation with one of its two main opposition allies, the Zharangutyun (Heritage) party, despite apparent differences between them.
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