“If there is a threat on the border of the Republic of Armenia, including also from that direction, our sacred duty is to jointly act against our enemy. This is enshrined in the respective documents,” the commander said.
“Military experts in Syria examined the firearms of neutralized terrorists and discovered that snipers of the Islamic State and Jebhat Al Nusra are using night vision devices with electronics made by Russian enterprises,” Komersant said.
But as officials from the three countries that back rival sides in the conflict signed the agreement at the Syria cease-fire talks in Kazakhstan, members of the Syrian opposition delegation shouted in protest and walked out of the conference room in Astana, the Kazakh capital.
The militants are now besieged in the northwestern corner of Mosul which includes the historic Old City center, the medieval Grand alNuri Mosque, and its landmark leaning minaret where their black flag has been flying since June 2014.
The President’s Office informed President Sargsyan expressed his support and condolences to President Rouhani, endurance and patience to the family and friends of the victims and speedy recovery to the injured.
The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the ceasefire regime was registered. From the Artsakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense.
“This is a very good chance for the Armenian community to be represented in the Tehran city council, we too can display our view in terms of the city’s development. The competition is going to be very difficult. Many have nominated candidacies. All three of the ethnic Armenians can enter the city council if they overcome the threshold,” he said.
“If they are willing to enter the EU, they are obliged to meet the criteria. However I absolutely don’t see this in Turkey. That’s why it is necessary for the talks to be suspended,” she said.
He believes the Armenian side should be ready to such developments. However, according to Aktar the situation from Azerbaijan’s perspective isn’t favorable for wide-scale military operations. “All incidents will be small-scale, not growing into dangerous clashes,” the expert said.
From the positions of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, the monitoring will be conducted by Field Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Mihail Olaru (Moldova) and Personal Assistant to the CiO Personal Representative Simon Tiller (Great Britain).
