Tag results for: Armenia

Moves to the West Armenia's Foreign Minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, has stated that Armenia is considering applying to become a member of the European Union, in yet another move by Armenia to be closer to the west. The Foreign Minister made the claim during an interview with the Turkish state media Anadolu Agency, amidst a wider diplomatic forum being held in Turkey. "New...

The former parliament building of the self declared Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in Stepanakert has reportedly been partially demolished by Azerbaijan. https://twitter.com/nkobserver/status/1764386889887310326?s=46&t=We8RLpx8YdsN15-tpkJtww Destruction of the building seemingly began in February. The building formerly hosted the government of Artsakh, a region which was populated by Armenians but internationally recognized as Azeri territory. Artsakh had operated independently since 1991, however this ended after an...

What's Happening Armenia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Greece, Tigran Mkrtchyan, on March 1st met with the Greek Minister of Defence. The two discussed a number of different things related to defence, and additionally announced that the Greek Defence Minister will be going to Armenia next week, in order to hold further discussions. In December of 2023, Armenia's Defence Minister visited...

What's Happening Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has offered a level of clarification for remarks he made in an interview with France24 on February 22nd, in which he announced that Armenia had frozen their cooperation with the Russian led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). What exactly this meant, and the potential consequences, were unknown at the time, including to Russia...

Growing Closer The relationship between France and Armenia has grown stronger yet again as within the past several days Armenia's Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has visited France for important talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. Following these talks, the French defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, arrived in Armenia to meet with Armenia's own defence minister, Suren Papikyan. Lecornu's visit coincided with the...