Russia has failed to provide Armenia with any of the weapons or other military equipment covered by bilateral defense contracts worth $400 million signed after the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a senior Armenian official said on Monday.
A political rival of Samvel Shahramanian claimed on Wednesday that Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled president is negotiating with Azerbaijan’s government on the possible return of the Karabakh Armenians displaced as a result of the recent Azerbaijani military offensive.
Hundreds of Armenian trucks were stuck at the main Russian-Georgian border crossing on Monday after Russia reportedly tightened import and export controls on them amid its unprecedented tensions with Armenia.
Armenia could leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) due to the Russian-led alliance’s reluctance to openly support it in the conflict with Azerbaijan, a leading member of the ruling Civil Contract party said on Monday.
Despite the fact that Armenia will not participating in the November 23 summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Minsk, the Russian-led defense bloc “continues to work on sending an observation mission to Armenia.”
Brussels is looking for steps rather than just statements from Baku to show that Azerbaijan is ready for continuing negotiations with Armenia, a senior European Union diplomat has said.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has announced that he will not be attending the upcoming summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which is due to be held in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on November 23.
An Armenian parliament commission probing the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh has invited the region’s last president Samvel Shahramanian to testify before its members, the ad hoc body’s head has told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service.
Baku strongly condemns France’s recent shipment of military equipment to Armenia, a spokesman for the Azerbaijani foreign minister said on Monday as quoted by local media.
