The Armenian parliament has confirmed the nomination of Yervand Khundkaryan as president of the Court of Cassation, the high-instance court of Armenia.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to Armenia, Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Russian Izvestiya newspaper.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan assesses nationwide expression of will, referendum, as a means of deciding Artsakh’s status, PM Pashinyan announced during Cabinet-parliament Q&A session, answering the question of ARF faction MP Armine Kyureghyan.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who gained president’s post from his father as a heritage and during whose years of rule various international institutions condemned the leadership of that country for gross violations of human rights and crackdown and persecution against their political opponents and journalists, has expressed concern over the emerging dictatorship in Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he attaches great importance to the necessity of involving a representative of the people of Artsakh in the NK conflict settlement negotiations. The Armenian PM also reiterated his readiness to be fully involved in the negotiations process.
The army wasn’t ordered to open gunfire in the March 1 events, claims Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Artak Davtyan.
Acquiring multifunctional military aviation is a priority for the Armenian Armed Forces, defense minister David Tonoyan said at a press conference today.
Chairman of the state-legal affairs committee of the Armenian parliament Gevorg Kostanyan says the wiretapping of the phone conversation between National Security Service director Arthur Vanetsyan and Special Investigative Committee’s director Sasun Khachatryan is concerning for the country.
Police and the National Security Service currently refuse to disclose any information about the process of implementing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s orders on “disarming high-level officials and their bodyguards”.
The criminal case initiated in the RA Prosecutor General’s Office on violating the secrecy of telephone conversation between the Director of RA National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan and the Chief of RA Special Investigatory Service Sasun Khachatryan that is recording and disseminating the telephone conversation according to the Part 1 of the Article 146 and the Point 4 of the Part 3 of the Article 254 of RA Criminal Code was received in the proceeding of the RA Investigative Committee.
