Moscow, May 25 (EFE).- The presidents of Armenia, Nikol Pashinian, and Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, rowed during a Eurasian Economic Union summit at the Kremlin on Thursday, forcing Russian president Vladimir Putin to intervene. The Russian president stepped in to stop the heated exchange as tensions between the leaders of the two neighboring nations boiled over …
Ruben Vardanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh premier, refused to resign at the weekend amid speculation that the Armenian government is seeking his ouster because of Azerbaijan’s continuing blockade of Karabakh’s land link with Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian continued his criticism of Ilham Aliyev over the Azerbaijani president’s remarks made a week ago that he charged on Monday constituted a threat to Armenia’s civilian population.
A senior official in Armenia has warned this week about a persisting risk of a military provocation by Azerbaijan that he says could renew fighting between the two South Caucasus nations.