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Arayik Harutyunyan resigns as president of Nagorno-Karabakh

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

The president of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, has announced his resignation, along with the second most senior official, State Minister Gurgen Nersisyan. In a statement on Facebook, Harutyunyan suggested that holding on to the post could be an impediment to negotiations with the Azerbaijani government. ‘My biography and Azerbaijan’s attitude towards it artificially create a number of conditions that cause significant problems from the point of view of building our next steps and con

The Nagorno-Karabakh parliament Photo: OC Media.

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Militia entered Nagorno-Karabakh parliament to ‘back President Harutyunyan’

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

A state-controlled volunteer militia last week entered the Nagorno-Karabakh parliament, reportedly to shore up support for President Arayik Harutyunyan. On Sunday, news emerged that men in military fatigues had entered the region’s parliament on 16 August. Opposition MPs said that the militia members had one question: ‘who’s demanding Harutyunyan’s resignation?’ Both opposition parties that hold seats in parliament have denied that they were seeking the president’s resignation. Marcel Petr

Nagorno-Karabakh MPs gather for an extraordinary session of parliament on 14 April. Photo via nankr.am.

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Nagorno-Karabakh leadership slams Pashinyan

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

Local authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh reacted with outrage after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashiynan spoke about the need to heed international pressure to ‘lower the bar’ on demands for the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, apparently referring to demands for recognition of the region’s independence. ‘No government has a right to lower the negotiating bar for a status acceptable to Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] and the internationally recognized right to self-determination under the pretext of pea

Stepanakert. Photo: Ani Avetisyan/OC Media.

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Nagorno-Karabakh authorities slam Pashinyan for ‘dangerous’ statements

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statements about a future, conflict-free Nagorno-Karabakh shared by Armenians and Azerbaijanis left a bad taste in the mouths of Armenian opposition figures and Nagorno-Karabakh officials. Armenian opposition figures and Nagorno-Karabakh officials criticised Pashinyan for statements he made regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh in a 24 December press conference. Pashinyan dedicated a good portion of his two-hour online conference to discuss the co

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Protesters in Nagorno-Karabakh call on president to resign

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

Nagorno-Karabakh president Arayik Harutyunyan is facing protests calling for his resignation in response to his apparent support for Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Large protests against Harutyunyan started on Monday in Stepanakert (Khankandi) after Harutyunyan congratulated Pashinyan on his victory in the country’s snap parliamentary elections. Earlier, as the results were being counted on Sunday night, journalists snapped a photo of Harutyunyan at the head office of Pashiny

Voting takes place in Nagorno Karabakh. Photo: Tatul Hakobyan/Civilnet.

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Elections

Arayik Harutyunyan wins landslide victory in Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election

by OC Media

•5 min read

Former Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan has won a landslide victory in the second round of Nagorno-Karabakh’s presidential elections, winning 88% of the vote. Tuesday’s vote saw Harutyunyan face Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan, who came second during the first round with 26.4% of the vote. On 5 April, Mayilyan urged voters not to take part in the elections to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. He himself did not take part in Tuesday’s vote. Harutyunyan fell just short of the requir

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Elections

Nagorno-Karabakh elections yield inconclusive results

by OC Media

•6 min read

Elections held in Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday have yielded inconclusive results, with no party gaining a majority in parliament and the presidential elections set to go to a second round. The elections were the first combined presidential and parliamentary elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, following a referendum in 2017 to change the constitution. Former Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan of the Free Motherland Party fell just short of the required 50% of votes to win the presidency out