On May 30, at 22:20, soldier of the Defense Army of Artsakh Suren Ayvazyan, 1992, has died as a result of a car accident.
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict should be settled exclusively through peaceful means, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview to the Russian service of Deutsche Welle.
The situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact during the past week was relatively stable.
Russia has always played an active role in the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and will continue acting in the same way in the future, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.
Vice Speaker of Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov says he has deep ideological and political disagreements with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, but at the same time he says he has “got his back” during any negotiation over the NK conflict settlement.
The military investigative committee is probing the death of a private serviceman.
Soldier of Artsakh’s Defense Army Shamkhal Petrosyan, born in 1998, received a severe gunshot wound by the Azerbaijani fire on May 13, at 22:35, in one of the military units located in the northern direction of the Defense Army.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who is currently on a working visit in Artsakh, visited the Defense Army headquarters together with President Bako Sahakyan where a consultation took place.
Nothing has changed in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact and the Azerbaijani build-up of military equipment remain the same, acting defense minister of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan said at a press briefing. Sargsyan noted than tension isn’t manifested in intensity of gunfire, but by build-ups.
he celebrations on Victory Day, Liberation of Shushi and Artsakh’s Defense Army anniversary of establishment were kicked off May 9 in Stepanakert with the military convoys of the Defense Army accompanied by victory march music.
