Armenia

  • Armenia said on Thursday that it hopes a draft peace agreement with neighboring Azerbaijan will be completed in the “next few months.” “We are now working on a draft agreement on peace and the settlement of relations with Azerbaijan, I hope that this process will be completed in the next few months,” Armenian Prime Minister…

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  • Kremlin: Armenia joining International Criminal Court ‘wrongful’ There’s been more reaction from the Kremlin to the news that Armenia has voted to join the International Criminal Court despite a warning from Russia (see our 13.09 post). The move has vexed Moscow, which considered Yerevan an ally. In further comments on the situation this afternoon, Kremlin…

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  • Russian peacekeepers escorted 311 refugees from Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, Russia’s defence ministry has said. More are expected to follow after a 10-month blockade and a military offensive this month that resulted in Azerbaijan reclaiming full control of the breakaway region. For context: Nagorno-Karabakh is located in Azerbaijan and came under the control of ethnic…

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  • Deliveries of French lethal weapons to Armenia are contrary to the interests of NATO. The last time Armenia received weapons from France was after the visit of Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan to Paris in September 2022. Besides, France is expected to supply Armenia with Mistral air defense systems, among other modern weapons. “In my…

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  • Red Cross urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to hasten swap of prisoners and dead bodies

    The International Committee of the Red Cross urged Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday to finalize arrangements for it to handle an exchange of detainees and bodies from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, after a humanitarian ceasefire agreed at the weekend. “To date we keep discussing intensely with the sides on this topic. But no meaningful agreement has…

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  • Armenian Prime Minister and family test positive to COVID-19

    Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China on 15 May, 2019. Pashinyan announced via Facebook on Monday that he and his family had tested positive for COVID-19. Pashinyan said he…

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