A Brussels official has praised Armenia’s progress in implementing reforms in key areas under its existing agreement with the European Union.
Russian authorities have banned large gatherings and mass events in Kursk amid reports of Ukrainian forces advancing in the region, which has been under attack since August 6, local ethnic Armenians have told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Friday.
A higher court on Friday granted prosecutors’ request to revoke house arrest for Aram Azatian, the prefect of Yerevan’s northern Arabkir district, and place him in custody.
India is set to commence the delivery of its Akash 1S air defense missile systems to Armenia later this year, Indian Defense Research Wing (IDRW), a website covering news of India’s military-industrial complex, reported on August 8.
Home-bound Armenian drivers have complained about long queues of vehicles at the entrance from Russia to Georgia that officials in Yerevan describe as a “technical issue.”
Russia has again accused the West of promoting a “destructive agenda” for the South Caucasus, reiterating what a senior Foreign Ministry official in Moscow has described as “centuries-old ties” with Armenia and its people.
Armenia has confirmed that a provision concerning the unblocking of regional transport links has been removed from the draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan “by mutual consent.”
Azerbaijan has withdrawn its military post from one section of the recently demarcated border with Armenia, according to the mayor of a local Armenian village who spoke to RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Wednesday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are nearly finished hammering out a peace agreement that would finally end their decades-old conflict. But in recent months one issue has emerged that is threatening to scuttle the entire process.
Gurgen Arsenian, a prominent Armenian pro-government lawmaker, has resigned from his parliamentary seat, sparking further speculation that he will be appointed Armenia’s new ambassador to Russia.
Armenia has denied that any incidents have occurred between its border guards and those of neighboring Azerbaijan at a recently demarcated section of the frontier, particularly in the area where a new road is being built on the Armenian side.
Azerbaijan has reacted angrily to comments made by a European Union diplomat who drew a distinct line between the issue of ethnic Armenians returning to Nagorno-Karabakh and the question of Azerbaijanis who left Armenia at the start of the conflict decades ago.
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