Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has called on Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to resign and allow parliament to elect a new leader.
“It is clear to everyone that there is an issue of Artsakh, but I must repeat again that we should not be guided by toasts. It is enough, and we are tired of those toasts and slogans. Who does not know that we must be strong, but who should strengthen the country, how should we become stronger? These are all questions. Therefore, to become stronger, we have take concrete steps in that direction, to create a normal country, to have a united society, great patriotism, pro-state. Only by this, we can get out of this situation in some way. Our biggest problem today is the lack of a pro-state mentality which is still at an unsufficient level. We are talking not only about the political elites, but also about the wider society which must be educated, brought up, we must be guided by our national value system.
The defeat of Armenia in the second Karabakh war dramatically altered the regional political arrangements that had shaped Armenia’s foreign and security policy. Prior to the independence of Armenia, a movement for the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, and then the victory in the 1990s defined the contours of Armenia’s foreign policy and international stance in general. But the 44-day war changed the facts on the ground. Henceforth, Armenian foreign policy will be implemented in a completely different environment and the revision of the core concepts of Armenia’s foreign policy is a matter of urgency.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to mediate the return of Armenian POWs who are currently held in Azerbaijani custody after the war.
Within that framework, both in the course of active military operations and after the ceasefire agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed on November 9, the representatives of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan has deliberately targeted Armenian historical and cultural monuments, objects of special historical or cultural value, destroying, damaging or desecrating them.
Former Member of Parliament, former President of the Yerkrapah Volunteers Union Manvel Grigoryan has passed away, his lawyer Arsen Mkrtchyan told ARMENPRESS.
In accordance to the terms of the Karabakh armistice, 7 settlements in the Martakert province are also being handed over to Azerbaijan, the Artsakh authorities said.
It’s a factor that can be recognized or not recognized. Someone recognizes it, someone does not recognize it. But there are no issues for Russia here.
The United States welcomes the cessation of active hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan. From the start of the recent hostilities, the United States called for an end to the violence and condemned the military escalation that resulted in significant casualties, including civilians.
The ceasefire regime along the Artsakh-Azerbaijani line of contact has been fully observed, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said in a statement.
