The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) chose to continue to negotiate with the government on Tuesday despite its threats to halt the dialogue because of the arrest and prosecution of several HAK activists.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Monday that it will decide within the next 24 hours whether to continue its dialogue with Armenia’s governing coalition if not all of its seven activists arrested last week are set free.
Lieutenant-General Alik Sargsian, the chief of the Armenian police, on Thursday vehemently defended the arrest of seven opposition activists, saying that they assaulted and verbally abused police officers maintaining public order in Yerevan.
Two major opposition parties at odds with Armenian National Congress (HAK) insisted on Tuesday that the opposition bloc is not serious about its repeated pledges to force early elections.
A senior member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Monday praised official Yerevan for avoiding a deterioration of Armenia’s vital relations with Georgia during and after the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.
Armenia’s recently formed Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Friday that it would be physically unable to hold soon fresh elections demanded by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski voiced support on Thursday for Armenia’s membership of the European Union during an official visit to Yerevan that ended his tour of the three South Caucasus states.
A deputy chairman of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) on Wednesday described as “nonsense” a snap presidential election demanded by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) in its dialogue with Armenia’s leadership.
Representatives of Armenia’s political leadership and leading opposition force will hold on Tuesday a second official meeting in their ongoing dialogue aimed at easing political tensions in the country.
Representatives of Armenia’s governing coalition pledged on Wednesday to consider opposition demands relating to the continuation of their dialogue with the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Tuesday that it is ready to hold more negotiations with representatives of Armenia’s political leadership in the current format previously criticized by it.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has paid a brief visit to Armenia as part of his shuttle diplomacy mission to present the Kremlin’s vision of a Karabakh settlement to the conflicting sides, including Azerbaijan.
Armenia’s ruling party has embraced the desire of the European Union to see a speedy solution to the longstanding conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, but is pointing an accusatory finger at Azerbaijan as the party obstructing progress.
Armenia’s main opposition bloc has threatened to stage nonstop street protests demanding an immediate resignation of the government unless its demand for early elections is granted soon.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) rejected on Friday a new deadline set by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) for the announcement of fresh national elections.
A well-known opposition figure representing the Armenian National Congress (HAK) claimed on Thursday that Armenia’s political leadership is not serious about properly investigating the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
Armenia’s Special Investigative Service (SIS) said on Wednesday that it has still not made notable progress in a renewed investigation of the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan that was ordered by President Serzh Sarkisian in late April.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) still hopes to engage in a meaningful dialogue with Armenia’s government, Stepan Demirchian, a leading member of the opposition alliance, said on Tuesday.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), on Monday expressed hope that the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents will reach an agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh at their upcoming meeting in Russia.
A group of prominent dissident members of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) have set up a new political party that will seek to position itself as an alternative to both the government and the opposition alliance led by Levon Ter-Petrosian.
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