A team of U.S. officials has visited Armenia to brief its government and private sector on the implications of economic sanctions against neighboring Iran that have been re-imposed by President Donald Trump.
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton warned Armenia against sending combat troops to Syria to aid Syrian government forces or their allies when he visited Yerevan on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed on Wednesday that “criminal” local elites were responsible for his Civil Contract party’s defeat in a weekend mayoral election in Kapan, the capital of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province.
Two months after announcing his return to active politics, former President Robert Kocharian has ruled out his participation in early general elections that will likely be held in Armenia in December.
The United States plans to hold early next year “strategic discussions” with Armenia on ways of strengthening bilateral relations, a senior U.S. State Department official said at the end of a visit to Yerevan on Tuesday.
Despite Armenia’s continuing reluctance to recognize his country’s independence, President Hashim Thaci of Kosovo was received by his Armenian counterpart Armen Sarkissian on Friday on the sidelines of a summit of the Francophonie organization held in Yerevan.
A U.S. think-tank focusing on conflict resolution has given a prestigious award to Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, citing his “statesmanship” and “contributions to global development.”
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in New York late on Wednesday for fresh talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict which official Yerevan described as “useful.”
U.S. President Donald Trump has praised mass protests that led to regime change in Armenia in May and said his administration stands ready to help the new Armenian government implement sweeping reforms promised by it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned Robert Kocharian, Armenia’s former president facing criminal charges criticized by Moscow, to congratulate him on his 64th birthday anniversary on Friday.
The former head of a Turkish American lobbying group that had cooperated with Azerbaijan’s government has been detained in Armenia on an arrest warrant issued by U.S. law-enforcement authorities.
Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan has effectively confirmed recent reports that Armenia would like to acquire advanced Russian fighter jets as part of a planned modernization of its armed forces.
Former President Robert Kocharian on Tuesday accused Armenia’s new government of incompetence and “unbridled populism” and declared his ambition to rally its political opponents.
Seemingly backtracking on a statement made last week, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday that he will not necessarily push for constitutional changes meant to facilitate the conduct of fresh parliamentary elections in Armenia.
Nearly two weeks after his government moved to replace the Armenian secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian telephoned Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday to discuss activities of the Russian-led defense alliance.
Yuri Khachaturov, the secretary general of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), can leave Armenia despite being prosecuted there on coup charges, investigators said on Thursday.
Russia has criticized Armenia, its main regional ally, in unusually blunt terms following criminal charges brought by law-enforcement authorities in Yerevan against Yuri Khachaturov, the Armenian secretary general of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinian expressed “deep concern” on Friday over allegations by a U.S.-based mining company that a former senior Armenian official is involved in the continuing disruption of its operations in Armenia.
A Spanish renewable energy company was formally contracted on Wednesday to build Armenia’s first large solar power plant at an estimated cost of $50 million.
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