Heghine Buniatyan has been a senior editor with RFE/RL’s Armenian Service since June 2016. She has previously served as the editor-in-chief of the Yerevan bureau, a broadcaster, and as the director of the Maxliberty Youth Program.
A senior European Union official has commented cautiously on Armenia’s efforts to eventually join the EU.
The European Union is considering allocating an additional 10 million euros ($10.5 million) in “non-lethal” military aid to Armenia through its European Peace Facility (EPF), a special fund aimed at strengthening the defense capacities of EU partners.
Representatives of the European Union member states approved on Wednesday a proposal to extend the EU’s monitoring mission along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan by two years.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has questioned the legality of the Armenian police’s heavy use of powerful stun grenades against anti-government demonstrators in Yerevan last June.
Iran and Russia have diverging interests in the South Caucasus, according to the Iranian ambassador to Armenia, Mehdi Sobhani.
The Armenian government’s bill for the mandatory installation of video surveillance systems with 24-hour police access throughout the capital, Yerevan, is unjustified and interferes with privacy and other rights, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
U.S. President Joe Biden has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to conclude a peace agreement with Armenia before the end of this year.
Armenia and Azerbaijan may have common enemies that do not want the two countries to resolve their long-running conflict, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said over the weekend.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made fresh threats of military action against Armenia on Friday, accusing Yerevan of playing “dangerous games” despite its repeated offers to sign a peace deal with Baku.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appears to have set further conditions for ending his country’s conflict with Armenia amid Yerevan’s continuing offers to swiftly sign a bilateral peace deal.
Armenia and Azerbaijan did not move closer to a partial peace deal sought by Yerevan as a result of their fresh talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a senior Armenian lawmaker said on Monday.
Azerbaijan is setting “ridiculous” conditions to avoid signing an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty that is “not going to be fair” to Armenia, according to Ben Cardin, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
European Union member states on Wednesday gave the green light for the start of official negotiations with Armenia on lifting the EU’s visa requirements for Armenian citizens.
Hungary has dropped its veto on the European Union’s first-ever military assistance to Armenia, EU diplomatic sources told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Thursday.
A peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan would not only end their long-running conflict but also reduce Russian influence in the region and facilitate a new trade route from Central Asia to Turkey, according to a senior U.S. official.
RFE/RL Armenian Service Director Heghine Buniatyan has sat for an exclusive interview with French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decottignies.
Hungary is blocking the European Union from providing modest military assistance to Armenia, a diplomatic source told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Tuesday.
A preliminary agreement has been reached in Brussels on providing non-lethal assistance to Armenia from the European Peace Facility (EPF), a diplomatic document that RFE/RL’s Armenian Service has got hold of suggests.
The United States and Armenia have “very active and robust” discussions about security and defense, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien said in an interview with RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Wednesday.
While no military component was discussed during last week’s meeting in Brussels between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and top EU and U.S. officials, a senior pro-government lawmaker in Yerevan hopes Armenia will soon be granted access to security assistance.
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