After receiving a “steel mandate” during the parliamentary elections in 2021, the authorities have started the unacceptable and inadmissible practice of setting literally “steel” bans on fundamental human rights and liberties and free speech.
On July 30 the Azerbaijani armed forces again resorted to provocation in the Nakhijevan direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
The Armenian Ministry of Defense reports that the Azerbaijani military’s drone which was intercepted and shot down was an Aerostar UAV.
On July 29, starting from 23:00, the units of the Armenian air defense forces prevented the attempts by Azerbaijani unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to enter into Armenia’s airspace in the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the defense ministry of Armenia said in a statement today.
A short shootout took place. The Azerbaijani fire was stopped after the respective actions of the Armenian side.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to restrict U.S. foreign military financing and training assistance to Azerbaijan, passing a bipartisan, ANCA-backed amendment led by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and twenty of his House colleagues. The vote sends a powerful signal to Azerbaijan’s dictatorial Aliyev regime that their ongoing aggression against Armenia and Artsakh will not be rewarded with U.S. taxpayer-funded military assistance, the Armenian National Committee of America reports.
On July 29, at around 03:00, the Azerbaijani armed forces, violating yesterday’s agreement on the ceasefire, again launched a provocation in the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, in the direction of Karvachar, by opening fire at the Armenian positions from firearms, the defense ministry of Armenia said in a statement.
The Ministry of Defense released the names of the three Armenian servicemen who were killed in action during the July 28 Azerbaijani attacks.
An agreement on restoring the ceasefire at the line of contact of the Armenian-Azerbaijani troops in the north-eastern direction has been reached at the mediation of the command of Russian peacekeeping forces, the Armenian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense claims in a statement that it has accepted a Russian-brokered ceasefire at the border with Armenia.
