News - 2020/10/16

16/10/2020 22:50

ECHR binds Azerbaijan's government to ensure inviolability of life of Areg Sargsyan and Narek Amirjanyan and their right to health

"Taking into consideration the disclosed episodes of gross violations of humanitarian law by Azerbaijan, another application had been submitted to the ECHR with evidence of the commission of war crimes against the prisoners of war through the involvement of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.

16/10/2020 22:37

Three civilians injured in Artsakh’s Shosh village from Azerbaijan’s shelling

"According to the preliminary data, 3 civilians - Melkumyan Yuri, Melkumyan Soghomon and Verdyan Grigori - have been wounded in Shosh village of Askeran region. A number of houses have been destroyed. The details are being clarified,: he wrote.

16/10/2020 22:34

Situation in Hadrut unchanged for past 3-4 days: MOD representative

Speaking about the situation in some sectors of the front, Hovhannisyan said the situation in Hadrut has not changed during the past 3-4 days.

16/10/2020 22:25

Artsakh Ombudsman: Azerbaijan shells Stepanakert while international community continues empty talks and statements

“Just now Azerbaijan struck Stepanakert with heavy missiles for the first time today. They continue targeting civilian objects, while international community continues empty calls and statements,” Artak Beglaryan wrote on Twitter.

16/10/2020 22:19

Fierce battles continue till now: MOD representative

“The fierce battles continued in the northern direction, they continue now too. In some directions our troops have regrouped. During the day we shot down the Azerbaijani air force which have not been identified yet,” Hovhannisyan said.

16/10/2020 21:54

Armenia’s PM attends funeral of soldier killed while defending Artsakh from Azerbaijan's aggression

‘’Today I attended the funeral of fallen ordinary serviceman Marat Manukyan. I offered my condolences, listened to his parents, had a private conversation with his father and understood from the conversation that I perceive the aspirations and desires of our people regarding the existing situation right.

16/10/2020 19:26

Armenia’s PM talks with Canada’s Trudeau, thanks for suspending military supplies to Turkey

Canada’s PM expressed deep concern over the created situation and stressed the importance of peaceful settlement of the conflict.

16/10/2020 18:37

Iran Issues Warning Over Stray Fire From Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

'If there is any repetition of such fire, the Islamic Republic of Iran will not remain indifferent,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh tweeted on October 16, without elaborating.

16/10/2020 16:38

Nagorno-Karabakh faces humanitarian disaster, no foreign diplomat visited Stepanakert and other towns to see the huge destructions: Armenia’s PM

“After preventive and restrictive strike by Nagorno Karabakh’s Defense Army to Azerbaijan's Gyanja, the authorities of that country conducted tour of foreign diplomats to the region to show what goes on, but I would like to say that by now, no foreign diplomat visited Stepanakert.

16/10/2020 16:28

Russia has bigger role in restoring peace and stability in the region: Armenia’s PM

“I consider it very important as Russia’s is the closest co-chair to our region. The other co-chairs – the USA and France as well as the international community in general must encourage Russia in its efforts to stabilize the situation,” Pashinyan said.

16/10/2020 16:13

Armenia’s PM: My expectation from international community is clear - in Karabakh's case recognize right to self-determination for the sake of salvation

Throughout history, Armenians constituted over 80% of the population in Nagorno-Karabakh; they are today facing the threat of being deprived of their homeland, their country and their place of residence, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview to Swiss TV.

16/10/2020 15:48

Armenia’s MOD warns Iran about possible strikes to Azerbaijani armed forces at Iran’s state border

During the meeting Ayvazyan informed that, despite several calls of the Armenian side, Azerbaijani armed forces continue to gather forces and carry out operations along the length of the border of Iran, taking shelter at the state border.

16/10/2020 15:34

Armenia’s MOD calls on OSCE Minsk Group to address only the conflicting party that violates ceasefire and avoids applying ceasefire verification mechanisms

“In this regard we urge the international community and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs in particular ,in their statements and calls address the side of the conflict which in different ways avoids applying verification mechanisms necessary for maintaining ceasefire,” Armenia’s MOD said in a statement.

16/10/2020 15:00

Overall 34 civilians and two 2 prisoners of war killed as a result of Azerbaijan’s aggression

“In Karmir Shuka village they used cluster Smerch rocket as a result of which one more civilian was killed and another was wounded,” Beglaryan wrote.

16/10/2020 14:37

Armenia’s PM appoints new deputy foreign affairs minister

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decree appointing Ara Ayvazyan Armenia's deputy foreign affairs minister.

16/10/2020 14:31

No missile fired in direction of Nakhichevan, Baku lies to expand geography of the conflict: Armenia’s MOD

“This is another lie of the Azerbaijani military-political leadership, aimed at expansion of the geography of the conflict,” MOD spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.

16/10/2020 14:23

International community should clearly differentiate between the instigators of the conflict and those calling for peace: Greek FM

“The need to stop the foreign interference is clear. Ankara’s interference is really worrying. Greece has voiced about it. We offered the EU to call for ending the involvement of external sides,” the minister said, adding that they have recalled their ambassador from Baku for consultations and will not tolerate false information.

16/10/2020 14:04

With Turkey’s open instigation Azerbaijan seeks to expand the geography of Karabakh conflict launching aggressions against sovereign territory of the RA

Mnatsakanyan stressed that despite the October 10 statement adopted in Moscow on cessation of hostilities, Azerbaijan continued the military actions attacking also military facility in the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

16/10/2020 13:31

Armenia to ban import of Turkish goods

It stressed that the ban on the import of Turkish goods is not only economic sanction against Turkey but also stops the flow of financial means to Turkey’s state treasury from Armenian sources. These means are eventually being used to support Azerbaijan.

16/10/2020 13:06

Armenian doctors operate on captured Azeri soldier, Azerbaijanis kill captive Armenians (video)

This incident is the best example of the difference of the two armies and two peoples.