Some 5,067  COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 657 new cases; 16 people died As of September 14 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,594,150 Confirmed positive cases – 249,803 Deaths – 5,034 Recovered – 233,521 Patients currently receiving treatment – 10,068

Traffic jams have blocked the movement of Iranian trucks on the Goris-Kapan road. As reported earlier, the Azerbaijani police have set up a checkpoint in that area, allowing Iranian trucks to move on only after passing inspections and making payments. “The checkpoint has been operating since last Friday. If they don’t pay, they are not …

Iran is concerned about the incident of Azerbaijani police stopping Iranian trucks on the Kapan road in Armenia and checking documents, but they believe that the issue will be resolved through negotiations between the parties, Vali Kaleji, a researcher at the Iranian Center for Strategic Studies and expert on the South Caucasus and Central Asia, …

Over the last week, sappers from the Rescue Forces Department, sappers from the Russian peacekeeping forces, the Humanitarian Demining Center and The Halo Trust, a non-governmental demining organization, carried out demining operations in the territory of the Artsakh Republic. During seven days, four hectares of land were demined, four anti-tank mines, 50 cluster missiles, five …

Armen Grigoryan, the Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, will pay a visit to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on September 14-17 to participate in the joint meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils. Bilateral meetings are planned during the visit.

A Kazakhstan Mejlis delegation, headed by Aygul Kuspan, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Security, visited yesterday the occupied cities of Shushi and Varanda in Artsakh. Azeri media reported that the Kazakh delegation was accompanied by Adil Aliyev, Deputy Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan, Adil Aliyev, Chairman of the …

On the initiative of Eskisehir Governor’s Office, a meeting was held between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and “representatives of a number of NGOs”. During the meeting, Cavusoglu also spoke about Armenia and Armenian-Turkish relations, ermenihaber reported. He particularly emphasized the following: “Today, Turkey has both military/hard and soft power, which need to be properly …

Slovakian Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok is set to pay an official visit to Armenia on September 13, MFA said. The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Slovakia will take place on September 14 at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Korcok is also scheduled to meet with the Armenian president, the prime minister …

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Leyla Abdullayan has reacted to US Ambassador to Armenia Lynn Tracy’s statement on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and called it “unacceptable.” “The issue of the status of Nagorno Karabakh remains on the agenda of the talks under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group,” US Ambassador to Armenia Lynn Tracey had …