There are no signs of a buildup of Azerbaijani forces near the border with Armenia, the chief of the Armenian army’s General Staff said on Tuesday amid lingering fears of another Azerbaijani attack.
Risking another diplomatic spat with Yerevan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has blamed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh and accused him of “destroying” Armenia with his bid to join the European Union.
Armenia’s state human rights defender, Anahit Manasian, has effectively threatened to have an opposition lawmaker prosecuted after he accused her of doing nothing to improve prison conditions in the country.
A standing committee of the Armenian parliament on Friday endorsed a government-backed bill calling for the “start of a process of Armenia's accession to the European Union,” paving the way for its adoption by the National Assembly.
Further security assistance to Armenia promised by the United States could contribute to the withdrawal of Russian border guards from the South Caucasus country, a senior Armenian official said on Friday.
A member of the ruling Civil Contract party notorious for insulting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s critics and refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday withdrew his candidacy for a vacant seat in Armenia’s judicial oversight body following an uproar from opposition and civic groups.
Armenian opposition representatives said on Friday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is planning to make more territorial concessions to Azerbaijan as a result of the latest agreement on delimiting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry declined to clarify on Thursday when Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will visit Russia to discuss heightened tensions between the two countries.
Two prominent Armenian businessmen have expressed serious concern about the possibility of Armenia’s withdrawal from a Russian-led trade bloc raised by Yerevan’s decision to strive to join the European Union.
A senior member of the main opposition Hayastan alliance on Monday accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of bowing to yet another demand by Azerbaijan when he reacted to the Armenian government’s stated readiness to help dissolve the OSCE Minsk Group.
International lawsuits filed by Armenia against Azerbaijan do not preclude peace between the two countries, a senior Armenian official insisted on Friday one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian offered to withdraw them.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian pledged to stick to his “peace agenda” on Wednesday after Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev branded Armenia a “fascist state,” threatened to forcibly open a land corridor through Armenian territory and repeated his preconditions for a peace deal with Yerevan.
A retired top general critical of the Armenian government was arrested at the weekend on charges stemming from the 2020 war with Azerbaijan during which he received Armenia’s highest state award from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Less than one month after being expelled from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party, two members of Armenia’s parliament have decided to set up their own political party.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstian, who led massive anti-government protests in May and June, on Friday apologized to supporters for failing to topple Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and pledged to continue to campaign for regime change.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian exchanged barbs with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday as he participated in a Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) summit in Russia via video link from Yerevan.
Citing his positive coronavirus test results, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian did not fly to Saint Petersburg on Wednesday to attend meetings of the leaders of Russia and other former Soviet republics.
Armenia’s three former presidents on Monday again accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of lying to try to absolve himself of blame for the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh following his renewed claims about past peace proposals made by the United States, Russia and France.
A member of Armenia’s parliament ousted from the ruling Civil Contract party on Tuesday dismissed as politically motivated criminal proceedings launched against him after his refusal to resign from the National Assembly.
The Azerbaijani government demanded on Thursday the withdrawal of European Union monitors deployed along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan with the aim of preventing or minimizing ceasefire violations there.
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