Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian continued to defend on Wednesday his controversial decision to hand over contested border areas to Azerbaijan, saying that he is stripping Baku of a reason to invade Armenia.
Political allies Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian are stepping up scathing personal attacks on a senior clergyman leading nearly two-week protests in Armenia’s northern Tavush province against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan made by the government.
A newly established association of retired senior diplomats critical of the Armenian government on Wednesday voiced “unconditional support” for ongoing protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s decision to cede several border areas to Azerbaijan.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has again complained that Azerbaijan remains reluctant to recognize Armenia’s borders through a bilateral peace treaty, seemingly contradicting what Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said last week.
A senior Turkish diplomat on Tuesday reportedly praised the Armenian government for agreeing to cede contested border areas to Azerbaijan, saying the move shows that Armenia is “moving in the right direction.”
The pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament rejected on Tuesday an opposition initiative to debate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s territorial concessions to Azerbaijan that have sparked angry protests across Armenia.
Hungary is blocking the European Union from providing modest military assistance to Armenia, a diplomatic source told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met on Monday with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province that has been the epicenter of continuing protests against his decision to make territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency said on Monday that it has brought criminal charges against one of several dozen persons who jeered Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s wife last week.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan by phone at the weekend, again welcoming their border delimitation agreement that sparked ongoing angry protests in Armenia.
A group of citizens laid flowers and lit candles on Friday on a street in Yerevan where a pregnant woman died after being hit by a police car escorting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s motorcade two years ago.
Police clashed with residents of an Armenian border village and detained other people, including an opposition parliamentarian, on Friday amid ongoing protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s decision to hand over four border areas to Azerbaijan.
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