On July 26, at around 03:30, the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire from various caliber firearms at the Armenian positions located in the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
According to residents, the Azerbaijani armed forces posed a serious threat to their lives and physical safety, disrupting the peace of the entire community. They had to shelter all night.
This year has seen mass demonstrations and concerted efforts to rename streets and buildings and even remove statues that had been dedicated to past leaders, who are now being re-evaluated for their earlier problematic words and deeds. Two prominent examples have emerged in recent days. In the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement confronted the legacy of slavery, ongoing racial inequality and injustice and troubling police killings of unarmed black citizens.
The Azerbaijani armed forces continued shelling from firearms the Armenian positions located in the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, without using grenade launchers, the Defense Ministry of Armenia said in a statement.
Leader of Yeraskh community of Armenia’s Ararat province Radik Oghikyan sustained a wound in his arm as a result of the shots fired by the Azerbaijani armed forces at the Yeraskh section of the border, director of the hospital of Ararat province Arayik Sardaryan told Armenpress.
Armenia’s Defense Ministry released new details from the situation in the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Second President Robert Kocharyan has expressed his disappointment over the Armenia authorities’ surprisingly suspicious inaction following the Azerbaijani president’s menacing remarks laying territorial claims to Armenia.
The Armenian Armed Forces have taken counteractions.
The daughter of the arrested head of Kajaran calls on International Community to react to her voice.
Armenia’s foreign ministry has issued a statement, condemning the provocative actions of the Azerbaijani side on the border with Armenia as a result of which serviceman of the Armenian Armed Forces Samvel Alaverdyan has been killed.
