- The Armenian villager who strayed into Azerbaijani territory was returned after negotiations, but has sustained injuries.
- An Armenian serviceman has died in Artsakh after shooting himself in the chest.
- Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has met with the Japanese prime minister and emperor.
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Pashinyan: Armenia ready to cede 4 border villages to ‘prevent
By Mark Dovich Armenia is ready to cede to Azerbaijan control of four border villages formerly inhabited by Azerbaijanis in an effort to avert another round of hostilities, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has confirmed. “Our policy is that we must prevent a (new) war, we must not allow a (new) war to start. And this is also the reason why we have decided to identify the precise border…in these areas,” he said on a visit Monday to the area where those villages are located. Continuing, Pashinyan said his negotiators had asked Azerbaijan to withdraw from the roughly 83 square miles […]
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The U.S. Can’t Guarantee Armenia’s Security, Despite Azerbaijan’s Threats, but
The article was originally published on the website of RAND corporation. By Joe Haberman and Paul Cormarie Faced with a hostile neighbor in Azerbaijan and a feckless ally in Russia, Armenia is undergoing a major shake-up in its foreign policy. Following its crushing defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023 and more recent border skirmishes that left four Armenian soldiers dead, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has frozen participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Moscow’s half-baked answer to NATO. Amid this potential geopolitical shift, Washington may be tempted to move in and play the role that Russia failed to […]
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Armenia says it expects Russia to keep gas prices low,
By Mark Dovich A senior Armenian official said Monday he expects Russia to continue supplying his country with natural gas at prices far below international market value through 2031, even as ties between Yerevan and Moscow continue to fray. “There are very high chances natural gas prices will remain the same for at least another eight years, as long as there are no major geopolitical and market changes,” Hakob Vardanyan, Armenia’s deputy infrastructure minister, told lawmakers on parliament’s Eurasian affairs committee. “Our work is aimed at using every opportunity to keep gas prices where they are.” There was no immediate […]
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New concessions will not bring peace, but humiliation
In this episode of insights Eric Hacopian discusses Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statements at the March 12 press conference regarding withdrawal from a Russian-led security alliance, as well as the European Parliament’s groundbreaking resolution supporting Armenia’s bid for EU integration.