John Heffern, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, made a case for Armenia’s close relations with the West on Tuesday, saying that they could help the country reduce the fallout from Western economic sanctions against Russia.
Armenia will maintain a free trade regime with neighboring Georgia after joining the more protectionist Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian revealed on Monday.
International mediators on Wednesday urged Azerbaijan to give the Armenian side access to the wreckage of an Armenian military helicopter shot down near Nagorno-Karabakh for recovering the bodies of its three crew members.
The three main parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian will face “extinction” after rejecting a government offer of dialogue, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) claimed on Wednesday.
Three leading Armenian opposition parties dismissed on Tuesday a government proposal to open negotiations on a list of demands which they issued before launching joint street protests in September.
Leaders of Armenia’s three main opposition parties jointly challenging President Serzh Sarkisian cited on Friday different conditions for embarking on a dialogue with his administration.
Armenia’s three leading opposition parties on Wednesday challenged President Serzh Sarkisian to prove his stated commitment to dialogue with them by enacting significant changes in electoral legislation.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian clarified on Tuesday the Armenian government is planning no additional concessions to the opposition after a conciliatory statement made by President Serzh Sarkisian.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) of Levon Ter-Petrosian has warned Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) against taking a cautious line in their joint anti-government campaign, exposing potentially serious differences between the two leading opposition forces.
The latest public remarks by Gagik Tsarukian, the millionaire leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), brought little clarity into the ultimate strategies of his anti-government campaign that appeared to have been shifted into a lower gear in recent days.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian has advocated further structural changes in his Cabinet, saying that the Ministry of the Interior that was reorganized into the National Police Force in 2002 will be reestablished.
The Armenian government has approved changes proposed in its structure, with two ministries expected to be merged and a new one to be created.
President Serzh Sarkisian is unlikely to reject the opportunity of a meeting with the top opposition leader should the latter seek such a meeting, a senior member of the ruling party said on Tuesday.
The Treaty on Armenia’s Accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will be discussed at a special session of the Armenian parliament that is likely to be convened on November 17-18.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has urged an opposition leader to cite at least one specific example of a business being seized or partly acquired through force after an allegation made by him in a recent interview.
No one in Armenia can force a change of government today, a senior government official said on Wednesday, reacting to opposition calls for an immediate handover of power.
The demand for early elections remains a “cornerstone” of the agenda of the three parties making up an informal coalition opposed to the current government, according to a representative of the trio.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian has dismissed opposition calls for an immediate change of government, saying that if such a change is to take place, it will not be through early elections.
Armenia’s three leading opposition parties campaigning against President Serzh Sarkisian have not yet worked out a plan of joint actions aimed at achieving “regime change” sought by them, a senior opposition figure said on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian did not bow to opposition pressure late last week when he decided to slow down a controversial constitutional reform planned by him, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Monday.
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