Azerbaijani military units attacked an Armenian Armed Forces position in the eastern direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border around 12:00, December 10.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire in the late evening of December 8 at Armenian military positions in the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
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.
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.
The Union of Journalists of Armenia (UJA) is deeply concerned about the editorial which was released on the occasion of the anniversary of Istanbul’s Zhamanak Armenian Daily in the October 28 edition and which sounded the alarm about the fact that the editorial office of the newspaper edition is facing the risk of being shutdown.
The Human Rights Ombudsman’s staff published a report on malicious prosecution by Azerbaijan of captured Armenian servicemen and civilians, the Office of the Ombudsman said.
