ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CLAIMS VICTORY, OPPOSITION REJECTS RETURNS.
Incumbent Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian yesterday evening claimed victory in the September 22 presidential election. As he spoke, returns from most of the country showed... MORE
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ENDORSED BY MOSCOW.
Russian president Boris Yeltsin (or his office acting in his name) and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin openly endorsed Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian for reelection in... MORE
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ON RELATIONS WITH TURKEY AND IRAN.
In an election speech to the staff of the Metsamor nuclear power plant, President Levon Ter-Petrosian said that as a result of recent realignments in... MORE
ARMENIA-IRAN ECONOMIC TIES GROWING CLOSER.
Senior Armenian officials and the visiting deputy foreign minister of Iran, Mahmud Vaezi, discussed plans to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation. The plans include... MORE
ARMENIAN OPPOSITION UNITES BEHIND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
Opposition candidates Paruir Hairikian (National Self-Determination Union), Aram Sarksian (Democratic Party), and Lenser Aghalovian (Artsakh-Hayastan movement) officially announced yesterday their withdrawal from the presidential race... MORE
ARMENIAN-SYRIAN MILITARY TALKS REPORTED.
According to an Armenian news agency report citing unnamed Yerevan officials, Armenian military representatives recently held talks in Damascus on military cooperation between Armenia and... MORE
ARMENIA, BULGARIA SIGN MILITARY PACT.
The defense ministers of Armenia and Bulgaria, Vazgen Sarkisian and Dimiter Pavlov, signed September 2 in Yerevan an agreement on bilateral military cooperation. According to... MORE
ARMENIA-GREECE ALIGNMENT ALSO GROWS CLOSER.
The Armenian armed forces' chief of staff, General Mikhail Harutyunian, is reported to have just completed a visit to Greece at the invitation of his... MORE
RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN TROOP AGREEMENT: WIDER IMPLICATIONS SEEN.
Russian president Boris Yeltsin yesterday submitted the bilateral agreement signed in March 1995 conferring basing rights on Russian forces stationed in Armenia to the Duma... MORE
ARMENIA SEES CLOSER TIES WITH RUSSIA.
Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian congratulated Yeltsin and the people of Russia in a special statement on the outcome of the election. He said Russia's "liberation... MORE