In accordance to the terms of the Karabakh armistice, 7 settlements in the Martakert province are also being handed over to Azerbaijan, the Artsakh authorities said.
Minister of Defense of Armenia Davit Tonoyan held telephone conversations with Defense Minister of Russia, Army General Sergei Shoigu.
The Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) has passed a resolution granting consent to the Russian president to dispatch Russian military servicemen to Nagorno Karabakh starting from November 10, reports TASS.
The leadership of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has issued a statement on the Armenian cultural heritage sites, Voice of America reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the domestic political situation in Armenia.
It’s a factor that can be recognized or not recognized. Someone recognizes it, someone does not recognize it. But there are no issues for Russia here.
The United States welcomes the cessation of active hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan. From the start of the recent hostilities, the United States called for an end to the violence and condemned the military escalation that resulted in significant casualties, including civilians.
The ceasefire regime along the Artsakh-Azerbaijani line of contact has been fully observed, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said in a statement.
The U.S. administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro, reports Reuters.
The United States and France are expecting to get details over Turkey’s role around the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, RIA Novosti reported citing a source at the US State Department who presented details from Secretary Mike Pompeo’s meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.