Russia is doing its best to broker a peaceful solution to a continuing border dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a top aide to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Friday.
A deputy speaker of Armenia’s parliament on Thursday publicly insulted an opposition lawmaker who accused the government of disrespecting the bodies of Armenian soldiers killed in last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian criticized the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Wednesday for not publicly siding with Armenia in its ongoing border dispute with Azerbaijan.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian signaled at the weekend plans to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections despite his failure to form an alliance with Armenia’s two other ex-presidents.
Opposition parties blamed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday for Azerbaijani troops’ reported incursion into Armenia’s Syunik province, calling it further proof of his inability to protect the country’s territorial integrity after last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Former President Robert Kocharian pledged to restore “dignified peace” and security in Armenia on Sunday as he rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan after setting up an electoral alliance with two opposition parties.
Former President Robert Kocharian and two opposition parties allied to him will hold a rally in Yerevan on Sunday to effectively kick off their parliamentary election campaign.
Law-enforcement authorities pressed on Friday criminal charges against 19 of at least 23 people arrested following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s visit to Armenia’s Syunik province marred by angry protests.
Law-enforcement authorities detained on Thursday several local government officials and other residents of Armenia’s Syunik province where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced angry protests during an unexpected visit on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced on Wednesday furious protesters blaming him for grave consequences of last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh during an impromptu visit to Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday blamed former Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Robert Kocharian for Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war with Azerbaijan, sparking uproar from his detractors.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and former President Robert Kocharian must not participate in snap parliamentary elections expected in June, the leader of a major opposition party said on Friday.
Angry demonstrators blocked the entrances to the parliament building in Yerevan on Tuesday as an alliance of Armenian opposition parties tried to step up its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
The holding of snap parliamentary elections in Armenia is inevitable, a close associate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
One of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday accepted Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest offer to hold snap general elections to end the continuing political crisis in the country.
The leadership of Armenia’s parliament continued to block on Friday an emergency debate on the deepening political crisis in the country demanded by opposition lawmakers.
The owner of a company supplying Armenia’s armed forces with weapons and ammunition on Friday strongly denied fraud charges leveled against him and said he was arrested illegally.
Gevorg Petrosian, an outspoken opposition parliamentarian, said on Thursday that he decided to leave Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) because it has been too soft on the country’s government.
The Armenian opposition must boycott fresh parliamentary elections if they are held by the current government, a leader of an opposition alliance campaigning for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation said on Monday.
Armenia’s political leadership may again consider holding fresh parliamentary elections if the idea is backed by the parliamentary opposition, pro-government lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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