An American woman allegedly hired to take part in the assassination of a Birmingham businessman has been arrested by police in Armenia. Aimee Betro went on the run within days of an attempt on the life of Sikander Ali, a clothing store owner in September 2019. She was detained in a dawn raid after being […]
Armenia has said it would recognise a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to summon its ambassador for what its foreign ministry described as a “severe reprimand”. Three-quarters of the 193 United Nations member nations have recognised a Palestinian state, including Ireland and Spain, although none of the major Western powers has done so. Palestinians believe the […]
Armenia is the latest country that has recognized an independent Palestinian state, according to a statement released by the Foreign Ministry in Yerevan on Friday. “The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and the ongoing military conflict are among the primary issues on the international political agenda that require settlement,” the ministry said. Armenia had always […]
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan has catapulted to the forefront of Armenian politics, galvanising mass popular protests against the government’s plan to cede land to arch-foe Azerbaijan. Last week, the bearded 52-year-old led protesters towards the capital, Yerevan, from his diocese of Tavush, the home of four frontier villages, which the government has agreed to return to […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Armenia asked the top United Nations court on Monday to throw out a case filed by Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region that accuses Armenia of ethnic cleansing. Azerbaijan launched proceedings at the International Court of Justice in 2021 in the case, less than a week after Armenia brought […]
By Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) -Armenia has agreed to return several villages to Azerbaijan in what both sides said on Friday was an important milestone as they edge towards a peace deal after fighting two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada posted on X that Armenia would […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia insisted Tuesday that the top United Nations court has jurisdiction to hear its case accusing Azerbaijan of breaching an international convention that aims to stamp out racial discrimination. At a preliminary hearing Monday, Azerbaijan had urged the International Court of Justice to toss out for lack of jurisdiction the […]
Azerbaijan and Armenia will fight out a long-running “ethnic cleansing” dispute at the top United Nations court from Monday, just as military tensions are ramping up between the historic enemies. Robed lawyers from the two countries embark on two weeks of hearings, wrestling over interpretations of international law in the gilded Peace Palace of the […]
Armenia is terminating a protection arrangement with Russian border guards deployed to its main airport effective from August 1, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced in Yerevan on Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the move, which was seen as a sign of decreasing Armenian reliance on Russia. Contact was continuing at all levels, Peskov […]
BERLIN (AP) — Germany sought to move forward talks on a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday, welcoming the two countries’ foreign ministers to Berlin. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hosted her counterparts, Armenia’s Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijan’s Jeyhun Bayramov, at a secluded government villa for what was billed as two days of […]
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stated that Armenia is not an ally of Russia when it comes to the war in Ukraine, and pointed to international conventions on the recognition of state borders. Source: European Pravda, citing Armenpress news agency Quote from Pashinyan: “I have repeatedly emphasised that Armenia is not an ally of […]
Representatives of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine and the Armenian Embassy in Ukraine delivered 10 tons of medical equipment to one of Ukraine’s main military hospitals on Feb. 9, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said. Armenia has long been an ally of Russia, especially vis-a-vis its primary regional foe Azerbaijan, and has thus largely refrained from […]