Azerbaijan may be walking away from recent understandings reached with Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian suggested on Monday, reacting to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s latest threats of fresh military action against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Opposition leaders and other critics of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian have expressed shock at his claim that Armenia needs a peace treaty with Azerbaijan in order to legalize its borders and very existence as a sovereign state.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday reaffirmed plans to formally recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan despite vehement objections from Karabakh’s leadership and the Armenian opposition.
The Armenian opposition and Nagorno-Karabakh’s main political factions on Thursday warned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian against recognizing Azerbaijani sovereignty over Karabakh through a peace deal with Baku.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian took another step towards restoring Azerbaijan’s control over Nagorno-Karabakh during his weekend talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Armenian opposition claimed on Monday.
Not only Azerbaijan but also Armenia should withdraw troops from contested areas along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, a senior EU diplomat said on Monday.
Russia has appointed a new head of its peacekeeping force in Nagorno-Karabakh as tensions remain high between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Lachin Corridor, the only road connecting the mostly Armenian-populated region with Armenia.
Residents of an Armenian border village insisted on Friday that contrary to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s upbeat statements Azerbaijani troops have not withdrawn from any of their community lands occupied three weeks ago.
One of the two Azerbaijani soldiers detained in Armenia last week was charged on Tuesday with killing an Armenian man.
Armenian authorities detained on Thursday another Azerbaijani soldier who crossed into Armenia in unclear circumstances.
An Azerbaijani soldier detained in Armenia on Monday deserted his unit deployed on the Armenian border after being systematically ill-treated by his comrades, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
Armenian security forces on Monday detained one Azerbaijani man and hunted for another, who is also thought to have crossed into Armenia for unclear reasons.
A senior Armenian lawmaker on Friday called for an official inquiry into fresh territorial gains made by Azerbaijan last week along the border with Armenia.
Azerbaijani government-backed protesters blocking Nagorno-Karabakh’s land link with the outside world have not allowed Russian peacekeepers to escort 27 Karabakh civilians stranded in Armenia back to Stepanakert.
The Armenian opposition accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government on Friday of letting Azerbaijan occupy more Armenian territory after rerouting much of the Lachin corridor to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership dismissed on Tuesday a fresh Azerbaijani offer to send its representatives to Baku for talks on the Armenian-populated region’s “reintegration” into Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani forces continued to occupy on Monday a strategic hill near the Lachin corridor seized by them at the weekend, further complicating Nagorno-Karabakh’s communication with Armenia and the outside world.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to disagree on key terms of a bilateral peace treaty discussed by them, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday pledged to negotiate a peace treaty with Azerbaijan while again accusing Baku of fresh military aggression against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Opposition lawmakers have demanded that the Armenian government share with them details of its ongoing negotiations with Azerbaijan on a bilateral peace treaty.
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