Opposition lawmakers have demanded that the Armenian government share with them details of its ongoing negotiations with Azerbaijan on a bilateral peace treaty.
The Armenian parliament rejected on Tuesday an opposition proposal to speak out against Azerbaijani control over Nagorno-Karabakh and to voice support for the Karabakh Armenians’ right to self-determination.
Russia continues to play the central role in Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Monday.
The Armenian government has again accused Azerbaijan of planning to launch fresh military aggression against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, responding to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s latest statements.
Nagorno-Karabakh lawmakers approved a major constitutional amendment late on Wednesday, stoking speculation about the impending resignation of Arayik Harutiunian, the Karabakh president.
Armenia’s armed forces received significant amounts of new weapons and ammunition last year, Defense Minister Suren Papikian said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday pointedly declined to back Nagorno-Karabakh residents’ right to self-determination, highlighting a major change in Armenia’s traditional policy on the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan offered to hold more talks with Nagorno-Karabakh’s representatives on Monday three days after reportedly again blocking Armenia’s supplies of natural gas to Karabakh.
Azerbaijani officials met with Nagorno-Karabakh’s representatives on Wednesday for the second time in less than a week to discuss Azerbaijan’s continuing blockade of the Lachin corridor.
Pro-government lawmakers criticized the Armenian police for a sharp rise in drug trafficking in the country when they met with Interior Minister Vahe Ghazarian late on Tuesday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to disagree on some key terms of a bilateral peace treaty discussed by them, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday.
Echoing Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s demands, a senior Armenian pro-government lawmaker said on Tuesday that Ruben Vardanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh premier, was “sent” to Stepanakert by Russia and must resign.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership has rejected Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s condition for direct negotiations between Baku and the authorities in Stepanakert.
A senior member of the main opposition Hayastan alliance downplayed on Friday the significance of the latest Turkish-Armenian negotiations, saying that Ankara is sticking to its preconditions for normalizing relations with Yerevan.
Armenia and Turkey have agreed to speed up efforts to normalize their relations, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Thursday after his landmark visit to Ankara.
Turkey will not change its policy towards Armenia despite Yerevan’s gestures of goodwill following the devastating earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, Armenian opposition leaders said on Monday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian gave on Wednesday another reason for his reluctance to have monitors from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) deployed to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
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.
An Armenian military officer was arrested and charged with negligence on Thursday in connection with last week’s deaths of 15 soldiers.
The Armenian authorities continued to face tough questions from human rights activists and other critics on Friday one day after 15 soldiers died at their military barracks destroyed by a major fire.
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