Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday threatened to forcibly remove Catholicos Garegin II from his Echmiadzin headquarters if the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church continues to ignore his demands to resign.
A spokeswoman for Khachatur Sukiasian, a wealthy businessman close to the Armenian government, did not confirm on Wednesday a report that Russia has imposed an entry ban on him after linking him to an alleged fraud scheme.
Russia said on Wednesday that it is touch with the Armenian government in connection with last week’s controversial arrest of a Russian-Armenian billionaire critical of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian reaffirmed support for Catholicos Garegin II when he met with the embattled head of the Armenian Apostolic Church for the second time in over two weeks on Wednesday.
An Armenian archbishop who led last year massive anti-government protests and at least 14 of his supporters were detained on Wednesday, with law-enforcement authorities accusing them of plotting “terrorist acts” in a bid to seize power.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Tuesday that he is pressing ahead with controversial plans to nationalize Armenia’s sole electric utility which he announced last week right after the arrest of its owner at loggerheads with him.
One week after being arrested on coup charges rejected by him as politically motivated, Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetian on Tuesday continued accusing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of misrule and promising to deal with grave challenges facing Armenia.
The Armenian and Georgian governments have reached an agreement that should remove major obstacles to the transit through Georgia of Armenian brandy exported to Russia, according to Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan.
Armenia on Monday accused countries making up the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) of questioning its territorial integrity after they urged Yerevan to accept Azerbaijan’s terms for ending the conflict between the two South Caucasus states.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday described a wealthy businessman close to the Armenian government as a “beneficiary” of an Armenian company which it said has imported stolen Russian diamonds.
Catholicos Garegin II condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s efforts to depose him and other senior clergymen of the Armenian Apostolic Church during a religious festival held in Echmiadzin on Sunday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian discussed bilateral relations, the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and other regional developments during talks held in Istanbul on Friday.
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