Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian picketed the headquarters of Armenian prosecutors on Wednesday to demand criminal charges against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as part of their renewed campaign for his removal from power.
The impending withdrawal of Russian border guards from Armenia’s sole border crossing with Iran will boost its sovereignty, a senior Armenian lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan could open their border to trade and travel “only with Russia’s participation,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said in televised remarks aired late on Tuesday.
Russian border guards will leave Armenia’s sole border crossing with Iran by January 1 while remaining deployed along the border between the two countries, the Armenian government announced on Tuesday.
Azerbaijan has downplayed the legal significance of a 1991 declaration championed by Armenia in peace talks, leading Yerevan to suggest that it may lay claim to Armenian territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held separate talks with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow on Tuesday after apparently failing to organize a trilateral meeting with them.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Monday refused to sign up to statements by his Russian and other ex-Soviet counterparts implicitly denouncing Western sanctions against Russia and calling for a “multipolar” international security architecture.
An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Monday that the European Union is planning to triple the number of its monitors deployed along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan on a mission strongly opposed by Russia.
Catholicos Garegin II has not changed his critical attitude towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian after inviting the latter to a major religious ceremony, a spokesman for the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church indicated at the weekend.
Official Baku has dismissed a controversial ruling by the Armenian Constitutional Court which was apparently designed to disprove its assertions that Armenia’s constitution contains territorial claims to Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made fresh threats of military action against Armenia on Friday, accusing Yerevan of playing “dangerous games” despite its repeated offers to sign a peace deal with Baku.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian’s renewed street protests in Yerevan are unlikely to force Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign, another high-ranking clergyman critical of the Armenian government said on Friday.
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