The bodies of around 150 Armenian troops were retrieved from the outskirts of Shushi, President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan said, adding that hundreds of bodies are still on the battlefields.
Leader of “Adekvad” Union Artur Danielyan has stated that yesterday the Government of the Republic of Armenia took more unprecedented steps and made another decision for which there was no justification.
A few days ago, Anna Hakobyan, wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, posted photos of her “Erato” detachment with the following caption: “Since the fact that I am alone and the armed border guard standing next to me (the armed border guard is one of the ladies of our detachment) in my video message from the military positions sparked concern among many of our compatriots, I am posting a few photos showing our daily life.”
Prominent Russian-Armenian actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan has died at the age of 85, his representative told RIA Novosti.
The United States, as one of the three Minsk Group co-chairs, welcomes the apparent ceasefire and cessation of fighting in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, US Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Ambassador James S. Gilmore delivered the US statement on the NK conflict to the Permanent Council.
Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said that the Russia-mediated Nagorno Karabakh armistice signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to a full negotiations process over the conflict.
The Armenian Prime Minister’s Office has published the official text of the statement signed by Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Nagorno Karabakh.
Active military operations along the entire Artsakh frontline have been stopped, Armenian defense ministry’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
President Armen Sarkissian says he is launching “political consultations with the purpose of agreeing solutions stemming from our agenda of the protection of pan-national interests in the shortest timeframes.”
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces have addressed a message over the stop of military operations in the Republic of Artsakh.