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19/07/2020 10:54

Number of coronavirus cases grows by 415 in Armenia in 24 hours, 14 new deaths reported

The total death toll reached 641 (+10), other 205 (+4) patients died from other diseases.

19/07/2020 10:50

Situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border relatively calm: MOD spokesperson

“The Azerbaijani armed forces fired from firearms around 70 untargeted shots in different sectors of the border. The units of the Armenian Armed Forces are vigilantly keeping the situation along the border under control,” Stepanyan wrote on Facebook.

18/07/2020 21:52

Sale of weapons to Azerbaijan is deadly: MFA spokesperson on usage of Israeli UAVs by Azerbaijan

The issue is that the sale of weapon to Azerbaijan is deadly, because this country never hesitates to use it against the civilian infrastructures and civilians.

18/07/2020 21:38

Armenia made decision not to use operative communication between Armenia and Azerbaijan due to deliberate and wide-scale nature of the recent escalation: MFA spokesperson

The operative communication between Armenia and Azerbaijan is operating, spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Anna Naghdalyan said, answering to Aysor.am’s question.

18/07/2020 21:18

Residents of Tavush returned to their everyday routine, situation is calm: governor

“The residents had an opportunity to return to their everyday routine. During yesterday we restored all the damaged infrastructures, including water pipelines,” Chobanyan said.

18/07/2020 15:57

Armenian PM: We have evidence that Azerbaijan’s armed forces deployed artillery in courtyards between residential houses in Aghdam

Late on July 12, Azerbaijan’s armed forces launched an attack and attempted to get hold of the Anvakh (Fearless) border post of Armenia’s armed forces. To give a comprehensive idea of the situation, it should be stated that the aforementioned position is located in the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia.

18/07/2020 15:51

Armenia's PM: Armenia is capable of ensuring its own security, including the Metsamor nuclear power plant

As for what to do next, our position remains the same. We must all get out of the vicious cycle of mere statements about ceasefire violations: an international system of reliable ceasefire monitoring needs to be established.

18/07/2020 13:36

Fire breaks out at Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral

"The damage is concentrated on the organ, which appears to be completely destroyed. The platform it is situated on is very unstable and risks collapsing," local fire service chief Laurent Ferlay told reporters.

18/07/2020 12:27

Operative situation on Artsakh-Azerbaijani Line of Contact remains relatively calm

The operative situation on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan was relatively calm at night and continues to be so as of the moment, despite periodical violations of ceasefire regime by the adversary, Defense Army press service reports.

18/07/2020 11:27

Azerbaijan’s “victorious” army showed inefficiency of all types of their weapons: Hovhannisian

“Even their “victorious” troops of special significance. What remains? The UAVs which are very expensive and are purchased mainly from Israel,” he said.

18/07/2020 11:19

Downing Azerbaijani UAV in Artsakh does not mean fight will move to Artsakh: Artsrun Hovhannisian

“Apart from this fight [at Armenian-Azerbaijani border], periodically UAVs have been downed in Artsakh but it is not a signal that the fight will move to Artsakh. In any case it cannot be excluded,” Hovhannisian said.

18/07/2020 11:10

Armenian wounded servicemen register positive dynamics, condition of one continues to be extremely severe: Artsrun Hovhannisian

Speaking about the wounded, he said their condition remains unchanged. All record positive dynamics besides one, whose condition is extremely severe.

18/07/2020 10:54

Number of coronavirus cases grows by 461 in Armenia in 24 hours, 15 new deaths reported

The total death toll reached 631 (+11), other 201 (+4) patients died from other diseases.

18/07/2020 10:02

Artsakh Defense Army downs Azerbaijani ORBITER-3 UAV (photos)

On July 18 at around 6.38 a.m. the Defense Army’s air defense units downed ORBITER-3 unmanned aerial vehicle implementing intelligence flight in the northeast direction, Artsakh Defense Ministry reports.

18/07/2020 08:58

Situation on border relatively calm: MOD spokesperson

The Azerbaijani armed forces opened untargeted fire from firearms toward the Armenian positions in Movses, Zangakatun and Khndzorut communities.

17/07/2020 21:43

Secretary General of the European Ombudsman Institute voices concern over Azerbaijan’s statement to launch missile attack on Metsamor NPP

This statement is a clear threat to civilians and it may cause a humanitarian disaster. These kinds of statements undermine the international human rights system.

17/07/2020 21:40

Armenia’s Armed Forces to be widely engaged in wide-scale military drills declared by Russia

“Armenia’s Armed Forces together with the Russian troops, in particular with the 102d military base have joint events in the sidelines of the drills both in the territory of Armenia and other places of drills,” representative of the Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisian said at a briefing today.

17/07/2020 21:28

Armenian, Russian PMs discuss situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border

These actions are taking place on the background of the provocations of the third party, and we must understand their interests,” Pashinyan said at the meeting with Mishustin.

17/07/2020 18:43

Monitoring co-rapporteurs urge Armenia and Azerbaijan to show restraint

“We remind both countries that facilitating peace is a commitment they took on when they became members of the Council of Europe. We therefore urge them to show the restraint needed on the ground to de-escalate the situation and to refrain from inflammatory rhetoric,” they added.

17/07/2020 17:46

Situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border relatively calm: MOD

The situation is under full control of our army.