“After the war, Azerbaijan has announced the initiative to establish a new structure that will also include the Republic of Armenia, and the issue of refugees will be considered within the scope of that structure,” citizen of Kazakhstan expelled from the Republic of Armenia, international relations specialist, former analyst of Orbeli Analytical Research Center Andranik Hovhannisyan said during the “Review” show, emphasizing that, based on Azerbaijan’s calculations, there are 1,000,000 Azerbaijani refugees, which is inaccurate.
Deputy Mayor of Goris Irina Yolyan has posted on her Facebook page photos showing a sign placed by Azerbaijanis, and the sign reads “Welcome to Azerbaijan”.
Today the enemy is already in the Vorotan village of the enlarged Goris community of Syunik Province of the Republic of Armenia (RA). In an interview with 168.am, Mayor of Goris Arush Arushanyan informed that the enemy is currently trying to seize 12 houses in the Vorotan village.
The total revenues and expenditures of the state budget of the Republic of Armenia (RA) starting from 2008 are presented below in Graph #1. Numbers in USD million, and the exchange rate from AMD to USD is the planned exchange rate presented in the budget message for the given year.
Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania and current Member of the European Parliament Andrius Kubilius recently published an interesting article entitled “Transcaucasia: the Armenian dilemma”. In his article, Kubilius touches upon the third war of Nagorno-Karabakh (hereinafter referred to as Artsakh) and the geopolitical situation created around Armenia. I personally know my colleague. We have interacted several times and exchanged views on various platforms of both Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and the European People’s Party. I thank Mr. Kubilius for his concern about the fate of Armenia, and I am certain that his concern is sincere and that he is interested in the complete solutions to the issues facing Armenia.
Through the full use of administrative resources and with groups of people who were rather aggressive (for some unknown reason), today the “mourning” march led by Nikol Pashinyan kicked off from Republic Square, the most sacred place for the person occupying the seat of Prime Minister.
Yesterday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared that on December 19, Armenia will declare three days of mourning to commemorate those who fell in the war. Nikol Pashinyan said December 19th marks the 40th day following the agreement signed on November 9th and added that this is why the mourning will be declared on December 19th.
The President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan has confirmed that “several dozens” of troops were taken captive by Azerbaijani armed forces in the direction of the village of Khtsaberd.
The Human Rights Defender of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan says he contacted several organizations and servicemen on the ground regarding the information on the troops who went missing in Khtsaberd village. “According to the information that I gathered, a military unit consisting of around 60 servicemen went missing during these days in the direction of the village of Khtsaberd in Hadrut region, and it is highly likely that the video published by the Azerbaijani side shows this very unit,” he said.
The Ministry of Defense of Artsakh announced in a statement that in the evening of December 15, in unknown circumstances, it lost contact with the military personnel of several combat positions of the Defense Army deployed in the direction of the Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd villages of Hadrut.
