Iran’s ambassador in Yerevan on Friday dismissed the latest U.S. efforts to get Armenia and Azerbaijan to negotiate a peace accord.
A group of U.S. lawmakers voiced support for Armenia’s territorial integrity and praised the Armenian government for implementing “democratic reforms” and seeking closer ties with the West as they ended a four-day visit to the country on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again called for the adoption of a new Armenian constitution on Friday amid Azerbaijan’s continuing demands for a constitutional change in Armenia.
Armenia’s ambassador to Russia has visited two Russian cities reportedly shelled by Ukraine after Moscow condemned other Armenian officials for making pro-Ukrainian statements during a recent trip to a town near Kyiv.
The mayor of Yerevan’s northern Arabkir district was moved to house arrest on Thursday one day after being detained along with his two deputies and several other people on corruption charges.
The government approved on Thursday 1 billion drams ($2.6 million) in financial aid to residents of Armenia’s northern regions who lost loved ones or properties or suffered other material damage in recent floods.
Hungary has dropped its veto on the European Union’s first-ever military assistance to Armenia, EU diplomatic sources told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Thursday.
Armenia is discussing with the United States the possibility of building a new, U.S.-designed nuclear plant that would replace its aging facility at Metsamor, a senior Armenian official said on Wednesday.
Russia continues to regard Armenia as an ally despite mounting tensions between the two countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said on Wednesday, citing a continuing rapid growth in bilateral trade.
Law-enforcement authorities arrested the head of Yerevan’s northern Arabkir district and several other local government officials when they raided the district administration building on Wednesday.
The United States hopes to organize fresh Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations on the sidelines of next week’s NATO summit in Washington, the U.S. State Department acknowledged on Tuesday.
Senior pro-government lawmakers made on Tuesday differing statements on why the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments have missed a deadline for reaching an agreement on delineating the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
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