U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, representing the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, express support for the resumption of direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan under the auspices of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
We commend the Armenian people for their participation in municipal elections on October 17, November 14, and December 5, as well as their continued commitment to Armenia’s democratic trajectory. A small number of Embassy staff observed the elections in a visitor capacity. We were pleased to see the elections were generally calm, peaceful, and well-administered.
On December 5, at around 21:20, soldier of the Defense Army of Artsakh Gor Martirosyan, born in 2002, received a fatal gunshot wound in one of the military units, the defense ministry of Artsakh said.
The Azerbaijani military opened gunfire from positions deployed in the direction of Karmir Shuka in Artsakh’s Martuni region on December 2, at around 10:30.
Speech by the third President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Republic of Russia Serge Sargsyan at an international interparty video conference on the topic: “Global challenges of the 21st century: interparty dimension”
Third President of Armenia, chairman of the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday is remotely attending the international interparty videoconference, entitled “Global challenges of the 21st century: Interparty dimension,” which is taking place within the framework of the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the ruling United Russia party.
On November 26, the Azerbaijani authorities transferred two captive Armenian citizens to Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will hold trilateral talks in the Russian resort town of Sochi on November 26, RIA Novosti reported citing the Kremlin.
On November 22, at about 6:10 pm, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire from different caliber firearms at the Armenian positions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, particularly in the village of Norabak, Gegharkunik region. Killing conscript Suren Safaryan (born in 2002), ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MoD Armenia.
The Armenian Ministry of Defense says that according to its updated information the latest Azerbaijani attack claimed the lives of 6 Armenian troops.
