Alen Amirkhyan is the director of the American University of Armenia’s Acopian Center for the Environment. Amirkhanyan sat down with CivilNet to discuss a new bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences that will be available starting this fall. Amirkhanyan explained why AUA decided to launch this new degree program, how students can address financing issues, what sort of subjects students will learn and how all this will translate into positive change for Armenia.
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US congresspeople call for end to military aid to Azerbaijan
Armenia has moved a step closer to ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court after the country’s Constitutional Court ruled today that the statute is compatible with Armenia’s constitution. 69 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from both parties have called for the United States to stop providing military aid to Azerbaijan and to send $150 million of aid to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Biden invites Pashinyan to Democracy Summit, Aliyev not invited
An Armenian soldier was killed yesterday afternoon by Azerbaijani forces near the village of Yeraskh on the Armenian border with the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan, according to the Armenian Defense Ministry. During a cabinet meeting today, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan again warned of the risk of a new escalation with Azerbaijan, but expressed confidence that there will eventually be a peace treaty signed between the two countries. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he believes there is an opportunity to achieve an Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal. Credits: Ruptly
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A message for Washington’s Louis Bono
In this week’s episode of Insights with Eric Hacopian, Eric discusses the humanitarian consequences of Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh, which has now stretched past its 100th day. Eric also gives his take on the Armenian government’s deal last month to restart operations at the Amulsar gold mine and gives some personal advice to Louis Bono, Washington’s new special envoy to the South Caucasus.
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‘A strong, democratic Armenia can better choose its partners and
By Emilio Luciano Cricchio As Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh approached its 100th day, CivilNet sent questions earlier this month to the U.S. State Department and Agency for International Development about Washington’s role in the region. CivilNet presents the U.S. government’s responses below, which were sent by the Press Office lightly edited for length and clarity where necessary. A State Department spokesperson’s responses – Q: Many analysts have been pointing to increased engagement by the United States in the South Caucasus. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has taken an active role in mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Former House Speaker […]
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Blinken phones Pashinyan, Aliyev as tensions spiral
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held separate phone calls with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Azerbaijan again blocked the sole pipeline supplying the region’s natural gas, according to Nagorno-Karabakh’s InfoCenter. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said there are no negotiations underway on setting up checkpoints along the Lachin corridor, a key Azerbaijani demand. Armenia’s Defense Ministry said an Armenian soldier who had accidentally crossed into Azerbaijani-controlled territories had been found unharmed. Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party will nominate Anahit Manasyan to serve as the country’s next human rights defender.
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Nagorno-Karabakh enters 100th day under blockade
By Mark Dovich As Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh entered its 100th day Tuesday, CivilNet looks back at the key developments of the past three months that have led the region to a point of crisis. December 3, 2022: A group of staffers at Azerbaijan’s ecology and economy ministries and employees at the state-owned AzerGold mining company begin blocking traffic along the Lachin corridor, the sole overland route connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. They say they want to investigate what they call “illegal mining” in the area. Russian peacekeepers hold negotiations to end that three-hour roadblock, allowing traffic to resume. December 7: […]
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Lavrov compares Karabakh to Kosovo and Donbas, stressing need for
There is no section of the 2020 Karabakh ceasefire statement that Azerbaijan has not violated, said Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan today prior to a press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow. Armenia is working to raise the issue of Azerbaijan’s non-compliance with the International Court of Justice’s ruling last month to unblock the Lachin corridor with the United Nations Security Council, according to Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia’s representative to the court. Credits: Ruptly
