Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that he is largely satisfied with the latest summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) despite again failing to secure the Russian-led military alliance’s support for Armenia in the conflict with Azerbaijan.
A senior official in Armenia has warned this week about a persisting risk of a military provocation by Azerbaijan that he says could renew fighting between the two South Caucasus nations.
Armenia remains committed to a peace agenda and is going to move forward in that direction, a pro-government lawmaker said on Tuesday, summing up the key message of the latest meeting of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with ruling party MPs and members of the government.
Belarus has sparked a fresh war of words with Armenia after bluntly rejecting its appeals for military assistance addressed to the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday again voiced support for a peace accord between Armenia and Azerbaijan proposed by Russia.
Armenia is ready to negotiate on a peace deal with Azerbaijan proposed by Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Friday.
Peace proposals made by Russia are far more beneficial for Nagorno-Karabakh than an Armenian-Azerbaijani deal promoted by the West, Karabakh Armenian political leaders said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday that he will fly to the Russian city of Sochi on October 31 to hold fresh talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that will be hosted by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly trying to host a fresh meeting of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan following a series of Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks organized by Western powers.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday questioned the need for extending a two-month monitoring mission that will be launched by the European Union on Armenia’s volatile border with Azerbaijan by the end of next week.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders have held a series of meetings in Stepanakert to present the results of their visit to Yerevan aimed at seeking clarification over the Armenian government’s plans to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.
An advance team of European Union monitors arrived in Armenia on Friday to prepare for a two-month mission aimed at easing tensions along the country’s border with Azerbaijan.
Armenia has stopped championing Nagorno-Karabakh’s right to self-determination because of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, a senior member of the main opposition Hayastan alliance said on Tuesday.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders were due to travel to Yerevan on Monday to seek clarification over the implications of Armenia’s plans to recognize Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity through a bilateral peace treaty.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership has warned Armenia’s government against signing a peace treaty with Azerbaijan that would uphold Azerbaijani sovereignty over the Armenian-populated territory.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian has called on Armenia’s government and leading opposition groups to reach a consensus on how to make peace with Azerbaijan and Turkey.
An Armenian court blocked on Friday the arrest of another town mayor who has demanded Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation and backed protests against his rule.
An Armenian court refused on Thursday to allow investigators to arrest the mayor of the town of Goris who was prosecuted after calling for civil disobedience against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Hunan Poghosian, the governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province, tendered his resignation on Monday.
Schools and universities across Armenia were again temporarily shut down on Thursday due to a sharp rise in coronavirus infections in the country.
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