An Armenian Ministry of Defense proposal to allow citizens conscripted for mandatory military service to pay 24 million drams (US$60,000) and be discharged early has met with strong reactions just a day after it was announced.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed Ambassador Philip T. Reeker to serve as U.S. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair and Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations.
The next round of normalization talks between Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, hosted by European Council President Charles Michel, is scheduled for August 31 in Brussels.
Any government decision to close Surmalu Market, if and when it comes, will be too late for the sixteen who died on August 14.
Ashot Smbatyan has been appointed Armenia’s new ambassador to Georgia, replacing Ruben Sadoyan who served at the post since 2017.
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