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.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met on Monday with senior members of several Armenian opposition groups, including the former ruling Republican Party (HHK), to discuss the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that talks will be held in the coming days to try to convince the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to halt hostilities.
The Armenian parliament unanimously approved on Wednesday a government proposal to increase Armenia’s defense spending this year by roughly 13 percent because of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and two other opposition parties will demand the holding of fresh general elections at their first joint rally scheduled for October 8, a Dashnaktsutyun leader said on Wednesday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and two other opposition parties led by embattled businessman Gagik Tsarukian and former National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsian announced on Tuesday that they will hold a joint anti-government rally on October 8.
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