A 21 year old soldier of the Artsakh military has died after being accidentally shot by a fellow soldier.
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Haykaz Baghmanyan has been relieved from duties, defense minister Vigen Sargsyan told a press conference December 5.
On December 6, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, to the north from Kuropatkino settlement of the Martuni region.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan who is in Artsakh since December 1 on a working visit in the sidelines of the partnership between the two Armenian republics visited “Asparez” training center together with his Artsakh counterpart Bako Sahakyan, where the tactical and technical characteristics of new military equipment of Armenian production were presented to them. Afterwards, the Presidents followed the process of their application from a command post.
The Regulatory Commission of Public Services of Armenia will debate during an upcoming December 6 session the issue of fining Electric Networks of Armenia for 5 million drams.
The body of an Azerbaijani soldier which was discovered outside a military position in the south-eastern section of the Armenian border will be transferred to the Azerbaijani side on November 28, Armenian defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
According to preliminary diagnosis the contractual soldier from the regiment of Vanadzor Garnik Petrosyan dies from heart attack.
Vatican released special postage stamps dedicated to Pope Francis’ 2016 visits. Among the postage stamps there is one dedicated to Pope’s historical visit to Armenia. Pope Francis is depicted on the stamp, and behind him is the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial.
The EU Delegation to Armenia is ready to do everything to ensure the implementation of actions deriving from the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Ambassador Piotr Świtalski, Head of the Delegation, told reporters.
The Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement opens a new page in the history of Armenia-EU bilateral relations, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian said in Brussels following the signing of the agreement. “The signing of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the European Union became one of the key achievements of this summit.
