Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov by phone on Monday for the second time in three days in another sign of the Armenian government’s desire to improve relations with Moscow.
Azerbaijan has still not responded positively to Armenia’s proposals to sign a peace treaty essentially finalized by the two sides on March 13, a senior Armenian diplomat said on Monday.
After a three-week delay, a standing committee of the Armenian parliament on Monday paved the way for the final passage of a government-backed bill calling for Armenia’s eventual membership in the European Union.
Journalists accredited in the Armenian parliament on Friday called for a senior pro-government lawmaker to be stripped of his seat for publicly insulting one of their colleagues in an incident strongly condemned by opposition figures and press freedom groups.
The Kremlin on Friday reacted positively to media reports that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has ordered Armenian state agencies to reactivate contacts with relevant Russian authorities in an effort to improve relations with Russia.
Defense Minister Suren Papikian insisted on Friday that there are no clear indications yet of an imminent Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia.
Armenia will lose at least one-third of its Gross Domestic Product if it does apply for membership in the European Union, a high-ranking Russian official said on Thursday.
The Armenian government announced on Thursday that it will send humanitarian aid to Syria via neighboring Turkey.
For the third time in less than 24 hours, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian appealed to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday to sign an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal finalized by the two sides last week.
An Armenian parliamentarian expelled from the ruling Civil Contract party after defying Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday that he is undaunted by criminal charges that will likely be brought against him next week.
The local council of a major community in Armenia’s northern Lori province on Wednesday ousted its nine opposition members boycotting its sessions in protest against what they see as an illegal power grab by the ruling Civil Contract party.
The European Union on Wednesday urged Azerbaijani authorities to investigate the alleged ill-treatment of former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh and other Armenian prisoners standing trial in Azerbaijan but stopped short of calling for their release.
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