A pro-government lawmaker who has fallen out of favor with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Tuesday that he has postponed his decision on whether to resign from the Armenian parliament.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has drawn strong condemnation from historians, opposition leaders and other critics after saying that Armenians should stop describing as “Western Armenia” parts of moder-day eastern Turkey populated by their ancestors until the 1915 genocide.
Six months after being tasked by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with drafting a new constitution of Armenia, an hoc government panel has still not met to discuss the matter, a senior official said on Friday.
A pro-government member of Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday joined six senior state officials in tendering resignation following strong criticism of their performance voiced by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has effectively begun campaigning for the next parliamentary elections by forcing six high-ranking state officials to resign, Armenian opposition leaders said on Monday.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on Friday declined to confirm Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s assertion that Armenia and Azerbaijan may be close to opening their border to trade and travel.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday stepped up his criticism of Armenia’s 1990 declaration of independence which Azerbaijan says is the main hurdle to peace between the two South Caucasus nations.
Armenia’s government agencies must be purged of officials who have their underage sons renounce Armenian citizenship to avoid compulsory military service, Defense Minister Suren Papikian said on Wednesday.
Armenia’s government has to spend public money more sparingly due to an ongoing slowdown of economic growth in the country, Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian said on Tuesday.
Armenia expects to eventually elevate its relations with the United States to the level of strategic partnership under the new administration in Washington, a senior diplomat in Yerevan said.
Armenia has signaled that differences remain with Azerbaijan over the draft text of a peace treaty following the latest exchange of proposals earlier this week.
Armenia received a reply from Baku on Tuesday regarding its latest proposals for a draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalian told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service without elaborating.
A senior Armenian diplomat has confirmed that Tigran Balayan, Armenia’s ambassador to the European Union, received threats from his Azerbaijani counterpart, Vakif Sadikov, during a recent event in Brussels.
Armenia has sent its latest proposals regarding a draft peace treaty to Azerbaijan, Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovannisian confirmed on Tuesday.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian has indicated that discussions on regional unblocking between Yerevan and Baku may continue in a bilateral format, potentially excluding Russia.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian has stated that an Armenian delegate should not attend the UN climate change conference in Baku later this month unless Azerbaijan returns Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and other detainees.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to work on “one or two wordings” in their negotiations over a peace treaty, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in parliament on Thursday.
Armenia sees an opportunity to resolve the sticking points in the draft peace treaty it is currently negotiating with Azerbaijan, a chief of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s staff said on Wednesday.
A senior lawmaker representing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party has spurned media reports on Tuesday suggesting that a group of his fellow lawmakers is seeking his ouster from a key parliamentary committee.
The Armenian government has effectively further delayed the introduction of a mandatory national health insurance system by designating no funding for it in next year’s state budget, it emerged on Monday.
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