Armenia and Azerbaijan should swap territory to delineate their long border as part of a comprehensive resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
The chief executive of the Russian Railways (RZhD) monopoly indicated that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian did not insist on ending its long-term management of Armenia’s railway network during their meeting in Yerevan held on Wednesday.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the quick implementation of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal when he commented on Azerbaijan’s refusal to free Armenian prisoners during a visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday confirmed that he is no longer demanding an end to Russia’s long-term management of Armenia’s railway network.
Labor Minister Arsen Torosian indicated on Tuesday that the Armenian government will not increase what many see as insufficient financial assistance to refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh willing to acquire new homes in Armenia.
Ignoring opposition objections, Yerevan’s municipal council approved on Tuesday sharp increases in the salaries of Mayor Tigran Avinian and senior members of his administration.
A senior Armenian parliamentarian allied to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday that she was barred from visiting Russia to attend a meeting of fellow lawmakers from ex-Soviet states.
Armenia is addressing Iran’s concerns over its plans to open a U.S.-run transit corridor along the Armenian-Iranian border, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in Yerevan on Friday.
The Armenian government formally decided on Thursday to nationalize Armenia’s national electric utility controversially seized from billionaire and opposition leader Samvel Karapetian last year.
Businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian again denied fraud charges levelled against him as he went on trial on Thursday more than three months after his post-election arrest promised by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Turkey’s Agriculture Minister Ibrahim Yumakli visited Yerevan on Friday to participate in the latest UN Biodiversity Conference held there.
Echoing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s statements, the secretary of Armenia’s Security Council on Friday downplayed the October 1 shooting of an Armenian woman by an Azerbaijani soldier who crossed into the country’s Syunik province in still unclear circumstances.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian sacked his chief of protocol on Monday two days after publicly mistaking the name of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov’s country during their meeting in Yerevan.