Armenia must cede more territory to Azerbaijan to avoid another attack by its neighbor, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told residents of Armenian border villages that would be gravely affected by that unilateral concession.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Friday did not deny the Armenian government’s plans to hand over more border areas to Azerbaijan, echoing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s claims that they are not part of Armenia’s internationally recognized territory.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan indicated on Thursday that he and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov did not make significant progress towards an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty during two-day talks held in Berlin last week.
Azerbaijan is demanding unilateral territorial concessions from Armenia during ongoing discussions on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian said on Wednesday.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian on Thursday accused Russia of not honoring its security commitments to Armenia and said Yerevan should consider seeking membership of the European Union.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov began on Wednesday two-day negotiations in Berlin aimed at narrowing their countries’ differences on a bilateral peace treaty.
France will provide more weapons and other military assistance to Armenia to help the South Caucasus country defend its territory, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said during a first-ever visit to Yerevan on Friday.
France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu flew to Yerevan on Thursday as Armenia reportedly received French military hardware acquired by it last October.
A member of Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled leadership said on Tuesday that it is taking “concrete steps” for the eventual repatriation of the region’s ethnic Armenian population displaced by last September’s Azerbaijani military offensive.
Armenia's Foreign Ministry has blocked access to background information about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict posted on its official website following complaints voiced by a senior Azerbaijani official late last week.
It is still not clear whether Azerbaijan has agreed to resume negotiations with Armenia mediated by the European Union, a senior Armenian lawmaker said on Friday.
A state body overseeing Armenian Public Radio has moved to take action against its executive director Garegin Khumarian who has openly criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest statements on the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Armenia must change its constitution in order to make peace with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Thursday, stoking Armenian opposition claims that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has already agreed to make such a concession to Baku.
Opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday of being ready to make another concession to Azerbaijan and Turkey after one of his top political allies called for a change of Armenia’s national anthem and coat of arms.
A fugitive video blogger who helped Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian install a new mayor of Yerevan in October has accused the Armenian government of breaking up his own party that did unexpectedly well in municipal elections.
The United States keeps trying to host fresh talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers that had originally been scheduled for November, a senior Armenian official said late on Monday.
An Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty should contain a concrete mechanism for delimiting the long border between the two South Caucasus nations, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan insisted on Wednesday.
Armenia is moving away from Russia and seeking closer links with NATO, according to a senior official from the U.S.-led alliance.
Armenia may agree to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan before delimiting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, parliament speaker Alen Simonian indicated on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest statement blaming him for Azerbaijan’s September military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and the resulting exodus of the region’s ethnic Armenian population.
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