Russian deputy defense minister Alexander Fomin denies the Russian media reports according to which Russia may suspend delivering arms to Armenia under the loan agreement worth 100 million USD.
Russia salutes the interactions between Armenia and Azerbaijan that fosters the development of a dialogue based on mutual respect, reports official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakhorova told Sputnik Azerbaijan in Baku.
The United States has consistently called on the Armenian authorities to conduct a serious, credible and independent investigation into the 2008 March 1 events, an official representative of the US State Department, told Voice of America, commenting on the charges launched against 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan over the March 1 case.
A Yerevan court has remanded former President Robert Kocharyan into custody, the ex-president’s attorney Aram Orbelyan told reporters outside the courthouse shortly after midnight.
Amid an ongoing investigation into the March 1 case, the Special Investigative Service (SIS) of Armenia has charged CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, the Armenian general who served as deputy minister of defense in 2008, with article 300.1 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code – breaching constitutional order in conspiracy with others – the same accusation faced by former President Robert Kocharyan.
Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has been charged over the 2008 March 1 case.
Moments ago CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov arrived at the Special Investigative Service HQ in Yerevan.
The Armenian Armed Forces have already taken measures over Azerbaijan’s advancement in the neutral zone at the Nakhijevan section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, defense minister Davit Tonoyan told reporters today. Tonoyan says the Armenian Armed Forces are in control of the situation in the Nakhijevan section.
The military transport vehicles discovered in the mansion of MP Manvel Grigoryan, the retired general who is currently in pre-trial detention in Armenia on charges of embezzlement and theft, have nothing to do with the Artsakh military.
Armenia’s defense minister Davit Tonoyan says he is especially concerned over the activation of Azerbaijani armed forces in the Nakhijevan direction of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, where a relative calm existed until now.
