Armenia’s Defense Ministry downplayed on Tuesday the significance of cross-border gunfire from Azerbaijan reported by residents of some Armenian border villages.
Armenia is not considering unfreezing its membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday amid Yerevan’s apparent efforts to ease tensions with Moscow.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party on Tuesday rejected opposition demands for significant increases in modest pensions paid to more than 500,000 Armenians.
Visiting Yerevan on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign “as soon as possible” a bilateral peace treaty finalized by them on March 13 after years of negotiation.
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.
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