
Armenian Catholicos consecrates church in Belarus despite tensions between Yerevan and Minsk
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government has had a rocky relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government has had a rocky relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Turchyn is also expected to visit ‘liberated territories’ to observe reconstruction efforts carried out by Belarusian companies.
The remarks came as Lukashenka accepted the credentials of Georgia’s new ambassador to Belarus, Giorgi Saganelidze.
Pashinyan said the Armenian delegation might even sit out the EAEU sessions in Belarus.
Georgian authorities have barred Aliq Media founder Arsen Kharatyan from entering the country, reportedly detaining him for hours at Tbilisi International Airport before deporting him. Aliq Media reported that their founder was detained at Tbilisi Airport on Tuesday morning, and that he was denied access to his phone. Kharatyan later stated that he had arrived in Tbilisi from an undisclosed European country, reportedly Luxembourg, on Monday. He said that he was detained by the border guards
A group of protesters threw vegetables and eggs at the Belarusian Embassy in Armenia on Wednesday, calling on them to ‘get out of Armenia,’ in response to a statement by Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka that no one needed Armenians ‘besides us.’ During the protest, a statement signed by six political parties and civil society organisations was read out, urging the Armenian government to ‘immediately’ sever diplomatic relations with Belarus ‘until the dismissal of dictator Lukashe
Armenia and Belarus have recalled their ambassadors after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he would not visit Belarus while President Alyaksandr Lukashenka was in power, due to his support for Azerbaijan in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. Yerevan and Minsk recalled their ambassadors for consultations on Thursday, with Armenia pulling its ambassador from Belarus hours after Pashinyan said that neither he nor any other Armenian representative would visit Belarus as long as Lukashenka remaine