Armenian firefighters-rescuers, with support of the Russian border troops stationed in Armenia, have put out a wildfire which originated in Turkey and spread into the country, the Minister of Emergency Situations said.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has chaired an extraordinary session of the Security Council.
The Azerbaijani military violated the ceasefire in the Artsakh Line of Contact nearly 210 times from November 10 to 16th, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said in a news release. It said Azerbaijan fired more than 2300 shots in the direction of Defense Army troops using various caliber firearms.
The situation in the southern direction of the border of Armenia is relatively calm, and there are less ceasefire violations by the adversary on this direction, Commander of a military unit of the Armenian defense ministry, Colonel Gagik Poghosyan told reporters.
“We express our solidarity with Venice city and its population. City-museum Venice is the precious treasure of global heritage, where Armenian spiritual, scientific and cultural heritage has also its important place. We attentively follow the coming news and hope the as a result of the efforts the consequences of the disaster in Venice will be maximally mitigated. We are with you”, reads the statement.
