Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian spoke of a new window of opportunity for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on Tuesday ahead of fresh talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov.
The Armenian government has ceded its remaining 20 percent share in the domestic natural gas distribution network to Russia’s Gazprom monopoly in a deal that was announced during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the country on Monday.
The Armenian government is determined to finalize the pension reform that has raised concerns among mostly young citizens unhappy with the prospect of paying more for their retirement plans.
The Armenian government on Thursday decided to allocate a sizable amount of money for purchasing the annual right for showing the Armenian version of a Russian quiz show on local television that has been accused of violating the country’s language law.
Armenia has the most monopolized economy among former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, according to a new report released by the World Bank.
President Serzh Sarkisian will represent Armenia at the third Eastern Partnership summit due to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, later this week, his press office confirmed on Tuesday.
Official Yerevan on Friday declined to clarify whether President Serzh Sarkisian will attend next week’s European Union summit in Vilnius that will focus on the EU’s relations with Armenia and other former Soviet republics.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been officially invited to visit Yerevan for an international ministerial conference next month, the Armenian government confirmed on Wednesday.
A senior Russian security official sought to justify ongoing Russian arms deliveries to Azerbaijan on Tuesday, saying that they help Moscow gain leverage against Armenia’s arch-foe.
Armenia hopes to complete its accession to the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan by next May, according to high-ranking Armenian diplomats.
Armenia will not lose its independence after joining the Russian-led customs union, Russia’s ambassador in Yerevan, Ivan Volynkin, insisted on Friday, strongly denying that Moscow is keen to recreate the former Soviet Union.
The government has revised downwards its growth projections for the Armenian economy, confirming that it will fail to meet a 7 percent target that was set by President Serzh Sarkisian earlier this year.
Armenia will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in state revenue each year unless it negotiates preferential terms for its membership in the Russian-led customs union, a prominent Armenian economist who had served as finance minister warned on Wednesday.
Integration with the European Union remains one of Armenia’s top foreign policy priorities even after its leadership’s decision to join a Russian-led alliance of former Soviet republics, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian insisted on Tuesday.
A retired diplomat who was until recently Russia’s ambassador in Yerevan said on Friday that President Serzh Sarkisian’s controversial decision to make Armenia part of the Russian-led customs union took him by surprise.
The European Union is continuing negotiations with Armenia on a joint document that could be signed by them at the EU’s upcoming summit in Vilnius, Lithuania’s ambassador in Yerevan, Erikas Petrikas, said on Thursday.
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to meet later this month in an effort revive the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, international mediators announced after ending a fresh tour of the conflict zone in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Armenia’s leading political groups praised the commander of Russian troops station in the country for stating that his forces could fight on the Armenian side if Azerbaijan attempts a military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh.
Pro-government and opposition members of Armenia’s parliament protested against ongoing Russian arms deliveries to Azerbaijan at a meeting with their Russian colleagues held in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Russia will deploy attack helicopters and modernize its warplanes in Armenia soon in a further boost to its military presence in the South Caucasus country, a senior Russian military official announced on Friday.
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