YEREVAN, Armenia (AFP) — Armenia’s acting head of government Karen Karapetyan on Friday rebuffed talks proposed by opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan who says he is the only possible candidate for prime minister. Karapetyan’s refusal to negotiate came after he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Thursday. The Moscow-allied ex-Soviet country has been in the grips of a political crisis over the past weeks, with veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian quitting after a decade in […]





