Iran signaled concern on Saturday over Armenia’s decision to grant the United States exclusive rights to a transit corridor to Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave that would pass through Armenia’s Syunik region bordering the Islamic Republic.
Following his talks with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Washington, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev indicated late on Friday that the signing of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty remains conditional on a change of Armenia’s constitution.
Armenia initialed a peace treaty with Azerbaijan and pledged to give the United States exclusive rights to a transit corridor through its territory during talks between the leaders of the two states hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday.
The head of Yerevan’s northern Arabkir district standing trial on corruption charges announced his resignation on Friday less than a week after returning to work following his release from house arrest.
Law-enforcement authorities arrested and indicted a former head of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) on Friday one month after he reportedly participated in a rally held in support of jailed billionaire Samvel Karapetian.
U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Thursday that his upcoming talks at the White House with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will mark a “historic day” for not only the two South Caucasus nations but also the entire world.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is planning to open an extraterritorial corridor to Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave through a key Armenian province, representatives of Armenia’s leading opposition groups insisted on Thursday.
The government announced on Thursday plans to sell its minority stake in one of Armenia’s three mobile phone operators which was donated to it by the company’s current foreign owners last year.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will reportedly commit to grant the United States exclusive rights to a transit corridor through Armenia demanded by Azerbaijan during talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev scheduled for Friday.
The pro-government head of Yerevan’s northern Arabkir district has returned to work after spending about a year in prison on bribery charges denied by him.
A senior law-enforcement official who has overseen controversial criminal investigations into two archbishops, billionaire Samvel Karapetian and other jailed critics of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian unexpectedly resigned on Wednesday.
Armenian courts have refused to free a jailed opposition activist who is reportedly showing alarming symptoms two years after surviving brain cancer.
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