Armenia’s national electric utility insisted on Wednesday that it is not responsible for the majority of power cuts that have become more frequent in the country of late.
Armenia’s leadership is refusing to disclose its remaining disagreements with Azerbaijan that hamper the singing of a bilateral peace treaty.
Armenia will attend a summit of the BRICS group of major emerging economies in Russia next month, Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safarian said on Wednesday.
The owner of Armenia’s largest textile company based in Vanadzor and several government officials were arrested on Tuesday in a criminal investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Committee.
The mayor of the southeastern Armenian town of Goris again made clear on Tuesday that he will not resign despite risking arrest for defying a court ruling that bars him from holding public office.
Following Russia’s renewed criticism of Armenia’s reluctance to open a land corridor for Azerbaijan, Iran has reportedly reaffirmed its strong opposition to “geopolitical changes” in the South Caucasus.
A member of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political team accused Azerbaijan on Tuesday of obstructing a resolution of the conflict with Armenia following Baku’s rejection of an interim peace deal proposed by Yerevan.
The delimitation and demarcation of Armenia’s border with Azerbaijani will not necessarily be based on a 1991 declaration championed by Yerevan, according to a new agreement signed by the two countries on Friday and publicized on Monday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday again accused Armenia of torpedoing Russian-brokered agreements with Azerbaijan reached during and after the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan’s leadership has essentially rejected Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s offer to sign soon a framework peace deal and demanded more concessions from Yerevan.
Armenia now prefers to negotiate with Azerbaijan without third-party mediation, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Saturday, commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to help broker a resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Electricity generation at Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power plant was temporarily stopped late on Friday due a lightning strike, according to the Armenian government.
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