Russia welcomes contacts between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh issue, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in Baku, RIA Novosti reports.
A soldier of the Artsakh’s Defense Army has been wounded by Azerbaijani gunfire in the evening of July 26 while on duty in a northeastern base.
The Russian Echo of Moscow radio station’s chief editor and host Alexei Venediktov has interviewed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Armenia’s willingness to settle it peacefully.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has given an interview to Al Jazeera’s flagship program “Talk to Al Jazeera”, which will air this weekend.
The Armenian Armed Forces have already taken measures over Azerbaijan’s advancement in the neutral zone at the Nakhijevan section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, defense minister Davit Tonoyan told reporters today. Tonoyan says the Armenian Armed Forces are in control of the situation in the Nakhijevan section.
Armenia’s actions will be equivalent to Azerbaijan’s rhetoric, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a graduation ceremony of the 2017-2018 military academies at the defense ministry headquarters in Yerevan.
Artsakh’s defense minister, commander of the Defense Army, Lieutenant-General Levon Mnatsakanyan announced that the Defense Army can paralyze Azerbaijan’s economy in case of necessity.
Azerbaijan is committing less ceasefire violations at the line of contact, Artsakh’s defense minister Levon Mnatsakanyan said at a press conference today.
Azerbaijan’s cross-border gunfire at the Barekamavan border village in the Armenian province of Tavush hasn’t caused serious damages.
Armenia’s defense minister Davit Tonoyan says he is especially concerned over the activation of Azerbaijani armed forces in the Nakhijevan direction of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, where a relative calm existed until now.
