President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on September 11 hosted Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikheil Janelidze who arrived in Armenia on a working visit.
Armenia’s foreign minister Edward Nalbandian held a meeting on September 11 in Yerevan with Georgia’s foreign minister and Vice PM Mikheil Janelidze.
Ashotyan told reporters that he recently participated in the political forum of the European People’s Party and the large representative gathering organized by the Council of Europe during which he raised those issues and received a reaction from the European partners.
Mehman Aliyev was facing up to 7 years in prison.
Israeli-Russian blogger Alexander Lapshin, who was pardoned by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today, attempted to commit suicide prior to being pardoned, Azerbaijani media reported citing presidential aide Ali Hasanov.
The blogger was found guilty for illegal border crossing under Article 318 – the infamous and illicit “law” which defines criminal proceedings for foreigners who visit Nagorno Karabakh “without authorization of Azerbaijan”.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) 2016 Report, in 2012-2016 Azerbaijan and Armenia purchased a large number of arms from the Russian Federation, though Armenia purchased 20 times less. Azerbaijan’s main supplier is Russia which supplies 69% of the arms acquired by Azerbaijan.
Commenting on Aliyev’s statement that Armenians are destroying Islamic monuments, Sharmazanov reminded that the Blue Mosque is operating in downtown Yerevan, which is a symbol of Yerevan.
The Georgian FM will be hosted by President Serzh Sargsyan.
Kurdish PKK forces and Turkish soldier clashed in the country’s Bingol province, local media said.
