John Bolton, the National Security Adviser of Pres. Trump, visited Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in October, conveying the White House position on regional and international issues. Bolton is known as a hawk on foreign policy and is often described as a warmonger for his extremist positions!
The border tension has significantly decreased after the agreement of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and an operative communication exists between the two countries, caretaker defense minister Davit Tonoyan told reporters ahead of parliamentary debates on the 2019 state budget.
Soldier of Artsakh’s Defense Army Aristakes Azatyan, born in 2000, received a fatal gunshot wound on November 6, at 08:25.
The ceasefire violation cases are minimal, mostly not targeted, and in fact, overall, the agreements are maintained but not completely, acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said during the visit to several sections of the eastern border together with President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan and acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting in Stepanakert on November 5 during which they discussed issues relating to steady enhancement of the Defense Army’s fighting efficiency, military cooperation between Artsakh and Armenia, current situation in the borders, domestic and foreign policies of the two Armenian states and cooperation between the two Armenian states in the corresponding spheres.
Armenia’s caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan visited several sections of Artsakh’s eastern border on November 4 to get acquainted with the military service process and the existing situation, Sahakyan’s office said.
The Azerbaijani troops violated the ceasefire regime over 100 times on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line in the period of October 28-November 3, during which over 800 bullets were fired in the direction of Armenian border guards from different caliber weapons.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, visited the region from 29 October to 2 November.
During the discussions relating to regional conflicts at the meeting of the Core Group of the Munich Security Conference in Minsk, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian responded to the statements of an Azerbaijani delegate over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, as well as the latter’s observation according to which “the second and third presidents of Armenia had no right to hold that position because of not being from Armenia in origins”.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan met acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in Stepanakert, who has paid a working visit to Artsakh.
