Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of pressuring Armenia to end Russia’s military presence in the South Caucasus country and rely instead on the United States for defense.
Armenia is not considering leaving the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) despite its unprecedented tensions with other CSTO member states, a senior Armenian official said on Tuesday.
Two days after the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly made progress during talks in Brussels, the Armenian government again declined to clarify on Tuesday whether it recognizes Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian government on Friday pointedly declined to clarify whether it is ready to explicitly recognize Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of ongoing peace talks with Baku.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian complained on Thursday that his statements are often misunderstood by Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders after they accused him of effectively siding with Azerbaijan.
The Armenian government condemned Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday for again telling Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population to accept Azerbaijani rule or leave the region.
Opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday of trying to dodge responsibility for continuing national security failures after he sacked the commander of Armenia’s Border Guard Troops.
Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday allowed prosecutors to bring criminal charges against an opposition lawmaker who punched a pro-government colleague in disputed circumstances.
Several Armenian nongovernmental organizations called on Wednesday for a parliamentary ethics investigation into speaker Alen Simonian accused of spitting at a heckler in Yerevan.
Baku on Wednesday lambasted the head of European Union monitors deployed to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan for essentially not ruling out the possibility of a fresh Azerbaijani military offensive there.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan confirmed on Wednesday that his planned trilateral meeting with his Russian and Azerbaijani counterparts could take place soon.
Armenia continued to accuse Azerbaijan on Tuesday of planning to provoke fresh fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh or along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership on Monday warned local residents to brace themselves for more Azerbaijani “provocations” following Sunday’s armed incident near Stepanakert that left five people dead.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday advocated a peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict that would respect Nagorno-Karabakh residents’ right to self-determination.
Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold further high-level negotiations “in the coming days” to try to build on “significant progress” made by them in recent months, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday expressed hope that Armenia and Azerbaijan will finalize in the near future a bilateral peace treaty while again accusing Baku of trying to depopulate Nagorno-Karabakh through an ongoing transport blockade.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan telephoned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov after meeting with Russia’s chief Nagorno-Karabakh negotiator in Yerevan on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has told senior Armenian officials to sue media outlets “falsely” accusing them of illicit enrichment, saying that such reports have contributed to a drop in Armenia’s position in a global corruption survey.
Responding to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Armenian pro-government lawmakers reiterated on Friday a condition set by Yerevan for the deployment of monitors from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
A senior European Union diplomat expressed serious concern over the continuing blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh’s land link with Armenia as he visited Yerevan on Monday.
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