Armenia's Court Revokes Artsakh’s Ownership of Its Yerevan Representation Building

Driving the news:

Armenia’s Administrative Court has invalidated the Republic of Artsakh’s ownership registration for its representative office building in Yerevan, granting a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office.

The Prosecutor General’s Office sought to annul the state registration recognizing the property as belonging to the Republic of Artsakh. The court ruled in favor of the government.

What they’re saying:

Attorney Roman Yeritsyan, who represented Artsakh’s interests in the case, called the ruling “a historic disgrace.”

According to Yeritsyan, Armenian authorities are now “legally erasing Artsakh’s presence” after, in his view, having surrendered it politically and militarily.

Why it matters:

The representative office served for decades as Artsakh’s official presence in Armenia. Following the mass forced deportation of the Armenian population from Artsakh in 2023, it remained one of the few surviving state institutions associated with the former republic.

The big picture:

he Prosecutor General’s Office filed the lawsuit in 2025, seeking to invalidate Artsakh’s ownership registration for the property. On May 26, 2026, Armenia’s Administrative Court ruled in favor of the government, revoking Artsakh’s ownership rights to the building. Attorney Roman Yeritsyan said the ruling would be appealed to the Administrative Court of Appeals. As of the latest publicly available information, no appellate ruling has been announced:

@REPUBLICPRESS