The killing of a Defense Army serviceman of Artsakh a day before the visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to Armenia is a provocation aimed at escalating the situation in the region and failure of the agreements over de-escalations, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan said in a commentary, the ministry said.
A 26 year old soldier of Artsakh’s Defense Army was wounded by Azerbaijani gunfire in the evening of June 10.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan visited the Artsakh Republic Police to introduce the newly-appointed Police chief Igor Grigoryan to the staff of the structure on June 9. The President wished Igor Grigoryan efficient work and expressed gratitude to Kamo Aghajanyan for long-term service wishing them success.
The Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime nearly 200 times in Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line during the period of June 3-9 firing over 2 thousand bullets in the direction of Armenian border guards.
Soldier of the Defense Army of Artsakh Gevorg Khachatryan, born in 1998, received a gunshot wound by the Azerbaijani fire on June 7, at 23:30, in one of the military units located in the northern direction of the Defense Army.
The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has been and remains the priority of not only our foreign policy, but also the entire statehood and security system, Armenia’s foreign minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said in an interview to the Russian Kommersant newspaper.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan reaffirms the approach that the negotiations over settling the NK conflict cannot be effective until one of the parties to the conflict – the leadership of Artsakh – doesn’t participate in them.
Four people have been charged with misdemeanor in the ongoing investigation into the June 1 street brawl which took place in Stepanakert, the capital city of Artsakh.
Former minister of state of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan says his position as state minister was limiting his opportunities.
The situation in the Artsakh-Azrebaijan line of contact is calm despite the ongoing events in Artsakh, Makar Ghambaryan – deputy defense minister of Armenia, told reporters in the Parliament.
