Armenian law-enforcement authorities arrested 27 more opposition members and supporters on Thursday in a continuing crackdown on the main opposition groups running in the June 7 parliamentary elections.
The European Union pledged on Thursday to provide Armenia with at least 50 million euros ($58 million) in urgent economic assistance designed to help the country mitigate potentially severe consequences of a Russian embargo on key Armenian imports.
Following their brief talks in Yerevan, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan have signed a bilateral framework agreement on practical modalities of opening a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan through Armenia.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities did not arrest or charge anyone on Wednesday one day after supporters of two key opposition groups running in the June 7 parliamentary elections were physically assaulted by government loyalists in separate incidents caught on camera.
With only four days to go before Armenia’s parliamentary elections, Russia on Wednesday continued to denounce Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pro-Western foreign policy and urged Armenians to “save” their country.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian discussed with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations in a phone call reported late on Tuesday five days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections.
The European Union promised on Tuesday to help Armenia cope with growing economic pressure exerted by Russia in response to the Armenian government’s desire to join the EU.
Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, made clear on Tuesday that he will not resign even if he is arrested by the Armenian authorities seeking to depose him.
Five days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections, law-enforcement authorities on Tuesday arrested a senior member of billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia bloc and raided several campaign offices of another major opposition contender led by former President Robert Kocharian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian criticized on Tuesday Russia’s decisions to ban key imports from Armenia which highlight heightened tensions between Moscow and Yerevan ahead of the June 7 Armenian parliamentary elections.
Russia banned more imports from Armenia on Monday, imposing “temporary restrictions” on the sale of Armenian fruits just days before the country’s crucial parliamentary elections.
Law-enforcement authorities have refused to launch a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pledge to “take out” Armenia’s top opposition leaders and his insults and threats addressed to refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.
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