Underlining its continuing drift to the West, the Armenian government pointedly declined to describe Armenia’s relations with Russia as “strategic” in a five-year policy program approved by it on Thursday.
The Armenian government has officially thrown its weight behind Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s yearlong campaign to depose Catholicos Garegin II which opposition leaders and legal experts see as unconstitutional.
The pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament blocked on Thursday the election of the main opposition Strong Armenia alliance’s candidates as chairpersons of three of its 12 standing committees.
Opposition lawmakers waked out of the Armenian parliament on Wednesday after its pro-government deputy speaker Vahagn Aleksanian ordered security guards to remove one of their colleagues from the parliament floor.
Seven former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh imprisoned in Azerbaijan are said to be planning to appeal to an international court against lengthy prisons given them to them by Azerbaijani courts.
After weeks of resistance, Armenian law-enforcement authorities on Wednesday allowed the teenage daughter of an arrested opposition politician to visit her in prison.
A judge in Gyumri has refused to continue the trial of a local resident who described as a “clown” the head of an Armenian law-enforcement agency prosecuting senior clergymen at odds with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
At least four senior military officials have been sacked due to continuing noncombat deaths of Armenian soldiers which have reignited calls for Defense Minister Suren Papikian’s resignation.
Armenia and India have agreed to explore ways of jointly developing new defense technologies and weapons that would build on their close military ties.
The Armenian government has taken the first step towards rebuilding a section of Armenia’s Russian-run railway network leading to its closed border with Turkey, Infrastructure Minister Davit Khudatian said on Monday.
The Indian and Armenian militaries reportedly pledged to continue deepening bilateral ties during fresh high-level talks held in Yerevan on Monday.
A senior Armenian official visited Kyiv at the weekend as Armenia’s leadership continued to step up diplomatic contacts with Ukraine amid mounting tensions with Russia.
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