Russian Foreign Ministry hands note of protest to Armenian ambassador
The Armenian Ambassador was summoned today to the Russian Foreign Ministry
Vagharshak Harutyunyan
Armenia replaces ambassador to Russia
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on Wednesday recalling Vardan Toganyan from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia. By another decree, he appointed Vagharshak Harutyunyan to the post. …
Shoigu and Harutyunyan discuss situation in Karabakh
Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held telephone talks with his Armenian counterpart Vagharshak Harutyunyan. The relevant information was published on the website of the Russian department. According to the …
Armenian Armed Forces stop following Pashinyan's orders?
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's order to send troops to Yerevan if necessary was denied, the "Hraparak" newspaper reports citing its sources in the Armenian Ministry of Defense. According to the newspaper, a …
Armenian Defense Minister pays visit to Moscow
Armenian Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan left for Moscow on a working visit, the press service of the department reports. During the visit, the Armenian delegation headed by Harutyunyan will hold meetings with the head of the …
Pashinyan dismisses Armenian defense minister
Armenian Minister of Defense David Tonoyan has resigned following Armenia's losses in the Karabakh war with Azerbaijan.
Armenia does not hide war crimes
The desire of the Armenian side to re-take lost positions and to retaliate for other losses has led Yerevan to disregard the international calls for a ceasefire and attacking Azerbaijan’s civilian settlements with missiles, writes Vasif Huseynov, a senior adviser at the Center of Analysis of International Relations of Azerbaijan, in the article Deliberately killing civilians is a war crime for EurActiv
Yerevan makes decision on candidate to chair CSTO - source
Yerevan intends to nominate Lieutenant General Vagharshak Harutyunyan, who was Armenian defense minister (1999-2000), to the post of the secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Interfax reported. …
Best quotes from Armenian politicians in 2017
The outgoing 2017 year was remembered by a number of curious statements made by Armenian politicians and public figures
