Azerbaijan is still not pulling back its military build-up along the line of contact with Artsakh.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has departed to Artsakh in the morning of June 13 at the invitation of President Bako Sahakyan.
The Defense Ministry of Artsakh informs that during the recent days active moves and mobilization of Azerbaijani troops and military equipment can be noted in different sections of Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line.
The Armenian defense ministry has released footage proving that the Armenian Armed Forces have full control over the Gunnut section along the Nakhijevan border.
A meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev is not planned within the framework of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s upcoming visit to Russia.
According to Azerbaijani news media, President Ilham Aliyev will also participate in the June 14 opening ceremony of 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow, Russia.
The killing of a Defense Army serviceman of Artsakh a day before the visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to Armenia is a provocation aimed at escalating the situation in the region and failure of the agreements over de-escalations, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan said in a commentary, the ministry said.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev participated in opening of agricultural “Region Agropark” in Goranboy district on June 5. A few days later the funny photos of his visit appeared on the net.
The Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime nearly 200 times in Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line during the period of June 3-9 firing over 2 thousand bullets in the direction of Armenian border guards.
Russian-Israeli travel blogger Alexander Lapshin, the man who was under global media spotlight for his arrest and extradition to Azerbaijan for visiting Artsakh, claims that celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s death may somehow be connected with the latter’s visit and filming of CNN’s Parts Unknown in Artsakh.
