President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan signed a decree according to which Major-General Vyacheslav Danielyan has been dismissed from the post of Defense Army deputy commander for armament- armament chief and discharged from military service on the basis of retiring for length of service.
The Ministry of Defense of Artsakh has commented on the Azerbaijani reports regarding Private Arayik Ghazaryan, the conscripted serviceman of the Artsakh’s military who has appeared in the Azerbaijani territory in circumstances yet to be determined.
Congressional opposition to the Trump Administration attempts to cut U.S. aid for the Artsakh de-mining continues to grow with 22 Senators from 16 states representing 143 million Americans co-signing a letter defending this life-saving program.
Russia’s stance in deciding the final status of Nagorno Karabakh and settling the conflict through negotiations remains unchanged, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on August 9 during a briefing.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in the August 6 grand opening of the 7th Pan-Armenian Summer Games in the Stepan Shahumyan Republican Stadium in Stepanakert, Artsakh.
The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan of 6 August 2019 is a stark demonstration of failure to adhere to basic rules of civility and decency, incapacity to sustain civilized norms of conduct between nations, especially amongst parties engaged at the highest level in highly complex and sensitive process of conflict resolution.
I have been present at the trainings, I made shure and can confidently say that the organizers will grant us pleasant, interesting, impressive and memorable moments”, Sahakyan said, citing the ideas of the ancestors of the Armenian nation, who struggled and avoided numerous challenges and inherited us a sacred country.
(Press Release, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh). On August 6, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic), the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the border of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, in the north-east of the Hadrut region.
The PM noted that many will ask why nothing is said about Artsakh. ”The answer is very simple, because Artsakh is Armenia and there is no alternative”.
On 5 August Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met in the Stepanakert airport Prime-minister Nikol Pashinyan of the Republic of Armenia who arrived in Artsakh within the frameworks of the 7th Pan-Armenian Summer Games.
