Russia has denied the widely held view that amendments planned in its defense agreement with Armenia imply a change in the functions of its military base stationed in the South Caucasus country.
Armenia’s deepening military cooperation with Russia will cement the balance of forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and discourage Azerbaijan from attempting to resolve it by force, President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) said on Tuesday.
The Russian and Armenian governments have finalized a far-reaching agreement that will prolong and upgrade Russian military presence in Armenia, a diplomatic source in Yerevan said on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) on Tuesday spoke out against Armenian participation in a landmark mass to be held in a 10th century Armenian church in southeastern Turkey next month.
Two high-level representatives of Catholicos Garegin II will attend a landmark religious ceremony to be held in a 10th century Armenian church in southeastern Turkey next month, the Armenian Apostolic Church said on Monday.
Four police officers went on trial Tuesday on charges stemming from the mysterious death last April of a man at the police station of Charentsavan, a small town in central Armenia.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s upcoming visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan is unlikely to prove decisive for the long-awaited resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a spokesman for President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) said on Thursday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) expressed on Tuesday reservations about mediating powers’ latest calls for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict proposed by them.
The Armenian-Azerbaijani war is unlikely to resume any time soon despite the latest upsurge in ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh, Britain’s ambassador to Armenia said on Monday.
A top Armenian security official on Friday dismissed speculation that a new war with Azerbaijan is imminent after last week’s deadly fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh that claimed the lives of four Armenian soldiers.
Iran is strongly opposed to U.S. involvement in a multi-national peacekeeping force that would presumably be deployed around Nagorno-Karabakh after the signing of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace accord, a senior Iranian diplomat warned on Wednesday.
Armenia’s leading political forces on Tuesday blamed Azerbaijan for the latest ceasefire violations in Nagorno-Karabakh and warned it against attempting to resolve the conflict by force.
Intense skirmishes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces around Nagorno-Karabakh continued over the weekend and on Monday, resulting in at least one casualty reported by the Azerbaijani side.
A senior United Nations official accused the Armenian authorities of restricting civil liberties and dissenting viewpoints on the airwaves as she ended a fact-finding visit to Yerevan on Friday.
Representatives of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Thursday that they will proceed with plans to stage a sit-in at Yerevan's Liberty Square to demand the liberation of opposition figures remaining in prison.
A major Armenian opposition party criticized former President Levon Ter-Petrosian on Monday, again distancing itself from his Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) is holding back from launching a renewed campaign of anti-government protests because of what it sees as strong international pressure on Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a leader of the opposition alliance said on Tuesday.
Two young opposition activists and a journalist were formally placed under arrest and faced the possibility of up to five years’ imprisonment on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting riot police in Yerevan. (UPDATED)
At least 15 people were detained in Yerevan on Monday as the Armenian police continued to block opposition access to a newly renovated square that has traditionally been the country’s main venue for political gatherings.
Armenians marked on Friday the 92nd anniversary of the establishment of their first short-lived independent republic that emerged from the ashes of the Russian Empire at the end of World War I.
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