Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory letter to US President Donald Trump on the country’s Independence Day.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan has sacked Sergei Shahverdyan, the minister for culture, youth affairs and tourism on July 2.
Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime 150 times on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line in the period of June 17-23, during which over 1500 bullets were fired at the Armenian border guards from different caliber weapons, using also hand-held anti-tank grenades in the eastern and northern sections.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has signed an order on June 20 appointing Artak Tonoyan as commander of the peacekeeping forces brigade of the defense ministry, the president’s office said.
Azerbaijani forces have downed an Artsakh recon UAV as it was carrying out a monitoring flight around 11:20, June 19 in the south-eastern part of the line of contact, the Artsakh military said.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan visited military positions of Artsakh’s eastern section together with President Bako Sahakyan.
Azerbaijani forces have made around 250 individual ceasefire violations in the line of contact with Artsakh from June 10 to June 16, firing more than 2500 rounds at positions of Artsakh, the defense ministry of Artsakh said in a statement.
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in Artsakh on a working visit in the morning of June 16.
President Armen Sarkissian held a meeting on June 14 with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.
President Armen Sarkissian has signed an order appointing Stepan Melkonyan to serve as deputy director of the National Security Service (NSS).
