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An informal CIS summit in 2023 in Saint Petersburg. Photo: primeminister.am.
Armenia

Armenia to participate in BRICS and CIS summits

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Armenia has confirmed that it will participate in a BRICS summit this October and an informal Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit in Moscow next year, despite deteriorating ties with Russia. Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakyan Safaryan confirmed that Armenia would be participating in the summits on Wednesday. The Russia-led CIS summit will take place in Moscow next year, ahead of Russia’s World War II victory commemoration’s. While Armenia is not a member of BRICS, Armenia was i

A group of protesters handling vegetables to throw at the Belarusian Embassy in Armenia. Screengrab via 1in.am
Armenia

Protestors throw vegetables and eggs at Belarusian Embassy in Armenia

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A group of protesters threw vegetables and eggs at the Belarusian Embassy in Armenia on Wednesday, calling on them to ‘get out of Armenia,’  in response to a statement by Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka that no one needed Armenians ‘besides us.’ During the protest, a statement signed by six political parties and civil society organisations was read out, urging the Armenian government to ‘immediately’ sever diplomatic relations with Belarus ‘until the dismissal of dictator Lukashe

Nikol Pashinyan and Alyaksandr Lukashenka in 2018. Image via primeminister.am
Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict

Armenia and Belarus recall ambassadors in diplomatic row

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Armenia and Belarus have recalled their ambassadors after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he would not visit Belarus while President Alyaksandr Lukashenka was in power, due to his support for Azerbaijan in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. Yerevan and Minsk recalled their ambassadors for consultations on Thursday, with Armenia pulling its ambassador from Belarus hours after Pashinyan said that neither he nor any other Armenian representative would visit Belarus as long as Lukashenka remaine

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right) and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan at the CSTO summit in Dushanbe in September 2021. Image via Armenian Public Radio.
Armenia

Pashinyan: ‘we will leave’ Russia-led security pact

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appears to have confirmed that Armenia plans to leave the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), after being heckled by an opposition MP. At a questions and answers session in parliament on Wednesday, Pashinyan said Armenia was yet to decide when exactly they leave, but that there was ‘no other way’. The comments came after Pashinyan again accused CSTO members of helping Azerbaijan in its attacks on Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.

Leaders of CSTO member states at a meeting dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty, 2022. Image via CSTO.
Armenia

Russia slams Armenia for cutting contributions to CSTO

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Moscow has criticised Yerevan for refusing to financially contribute to the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO). Armenia’s Foreign Ministry announced in early May that Yerevan would not sign the CSTO’s 2024 budget, effectively cutting its financial contributions to the security bloc. Armenia has been snubbing the CSTO since late last year, when Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that his country’s membership was ‘basically frozen’ after the organisation’s failure to

Alen Simonyan. Official Photo.
Armenia

Armenia’s parliamentary speaker: Armenia should seek EU candidacy

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Armenia’s Parliamentary Speaker, Alen Simonyan, has stated that Armenia should ‘definitely’ be granted membership of the European Union.  ‘We are ready and will move in the direction that will provide us with maximum security. Today, democracy, being a democratic country, can be said to be our biggest security system’, said Simonyan. While Simonyan did not state whether Armenia will officially submit an EU membership request, Armenia has sought closer diplomatic and security relations with t

Niklol Pashinyan at the 2022 CSTO summit. Official photo.
Armenia

Pashinyan: Armenia has ‘frozen’ its participation in the CSTO

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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia’s participation in the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) was ‘basically frozen’ because of its failure to come to Armenia’s defence. In an interview with France 24 on Thursday, Pashinyan criticised the CSTO for not fulfilling its security obligations towards Armenia in 2021 and 2022, saying that the CSTO’s refusal to come to its aid in the face of Azerbaijani attacks ‘could not have gone without consequences’. ‘The

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