The United States will appoint a resident adviser to Armenia’s Defense Ministry as part of deepening ties between the two nations, a senior U.S. official confirmed in an interview published late on Wednesday.
Citing food safety concerns, Russia has reportedly banned the import of fresh fruits and vegetables from Armenia amid heightened tensions between the two estranged allies.
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of refusing to hold a meeting of their leaders on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit that took place in Britain on Thursday.
The planned opening of a Russian consulate in Armenia’s strategic Syunik region requires “further steps” by the Armenian government, Russia’s ambassador in Yerevan, Sergei Kopyrkin, said on Wednesday.
An ad hoc government panel met on Wednesday for the first time after being tasked by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with drafting a new constitution for Armenia demanded by Azerbaijan.
European Union member states on Wednesday gave the green light for the start of official negotiations with Armenia on lifting the EU’s visa requirements for Armenian citizens.
Years after Nikol Pashinian accused Armenia’s former government of using too many cars for its officials, his cabinet will buy 49 more vehicles at a cost of just over 1 billion drams ($2.7 million).
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have refused to specify the type of powerful stun grenades that injured dozens of antigovernment protesters and journalists in Yerevan last month.
In a move demanded by the Armenian government, a judicial oversight body fired a Yerevan court judge on Tuesday for her handling of former President Robert Kocharian’s marathon trial that ended without a verdict last December.
The United States is pressing Armenia and Azerbaijan to make “tough compromises” to negotiate a bilateral peace accord, the U.S. State Department said late on Monday, sparking Armenian opposition claims that Washington backs further Armenian concessions demanded by Baku.
An Armenian court on Monday granted bail to an opposition figure from Vanadzor who was arrested right after defeating Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party in a municipal election held in December 2021.
Uzra Zeya, the U.S. under secretary of state for democracy and human rights, has discussed with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Yerevan what she called “strategic partnership” between the United States and Armenia.
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