Artsakh’s defense minister, commander of the Defense Army, Lieutenant-General Levon Mnatsakanyan announced that the Defense Army can paralyze Azerbaijan’s economy in case of necessity.
Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora Mkhitar Hayrapetyan will visit Los Angeles, USA at the end of July, the Consulate General of Armenia in LA reported.
The military transport vehicles discovered in the mansion of MP Manvel Grigoryan, the retired general who is currently in pre-trial detention in Armenia on charges of embezzlement and theft, have nothing to do with the Artsakh military.
Former security official Vachagan Ghazaryan, the head of ex-President Serzh Sargsyan’s security detail, has been released from pre-trial detention on a 1,000,000,000 dram (roughly 2,1 million dollars) bail,.
Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan (in office 1998-2008) isn’t in Armenia at the moment but he will arrive for the July 26 questioning at the Special Investigative Service over the March 1 case.
The leaders of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues are collecting the signatures of their U.S. House colleagues on a bipartisan letter encouraging President Donald Trump to meet with Armenia’s new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the United Nations summit in New York this September, as part of a broader expansion of U.S.-Armenian dialogue aimed at further integrating Armenia into the international economic system and increasing U.S.-Armenia bilateral trade and investment.
Azerbaijan is committing less ceasefire violations at the line of contact, Artsakh’s defense minister Levon Mnatsakanyan said at a press conference today.
Azerbaijan’s cross-border gunfire at the Barekamavan border village in the Armenian province of Tavush hasn’t caused serious damages.