Armenia is not interested in having Russia, Iran and Turkey mediate its further peace talks with Azerbaijan, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Wednesday, dismissing a relevant offer from his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
After an arrest warrant issued for their unofficial leader, Gyumri Mayor Vardges Samsonian and other members of a political bloc running Armenia’s second largest city are expected to resign from the local council, raising the prospect of a snap election there.
Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party appears to have widened the pool of candidates to replace Justice Minister Grigor Minasian after failing to nominate any of its members for the vacant post.
The Armenian government has granted asylum to a Belarusian citizen who has faced extradition to his home country since being arrested in Armenia in March.
The United States is ready to take “bold initiatives” to help Armenia and Azerbaijan reach a peace deal, President Joe Biden said in a letter to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian publicized on Tuesday.
Opposition lawmakers walked out of the Armenian parliament on Tuesday as it swiftly debated a border delimitation agreement with Azerbaijan which they say could be a prelude to further territorial concessions to Baku.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian faced strong opposition criticism on Tuesday after implying that Azerbaijan had a legitimate right to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh by force.
Soviet military maps drawn in the 1970s should not be the only blueprint for delineating Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian said on Monday, indicating a change in the Armenian government’s position.
U.S. President Joe Biden has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to conclude a peace agreement with Armenia before the end of this year.
Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) has dismissed allegations that the head of another law-enforcement agency, Argishti Kyaramian, personally tortured four criminal suspects last year.
Armenia and Azerbaijan may have common enemies that do not want the two countries to resolve their long-running conflict, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said over the weekend.
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan signaled no further progress towards a peace deal between the two nations after holding fresh talks in Istanbul on Friday.
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