The Russian Ministry of Defense is ready to assist in the modernization and reformation of the Armenian armed forces, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with Armenian Minister of Defense Arshak Karapetyan in Moscow. “We attach great importance to the development of our cooperation in the military field, both in the bilateral format …

A scandal is maturing in Russian-Azerbaijani relations. In particular, yesterday a video was posted on the Internet of an Azeri diplomat, former Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Belarus, Moldova, Switzerland and Pakistan, Isfandiyar Vahabzade, insulting Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the Russian people. Vahabzade thus responded to Zhironovsky’s earlier statements, which the Azerbaijani side considered an …

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers who retreated to the airport outside Kunduz after the Taliban captured the northern city at the weekend have surrendered, a local lawmaker told AFP Wednesday. Amruddin Wali, a member of the Kunduz provincial council, said soldiers, police and uprising forces “surrendered to the Taliban with all their military gear”.

The Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries of terrorist organizations have launched an artillery shelling attack on large areas in Aleppo northern countryside, causing a damage to the locals’ houses, their properties and their agricultural orchards, SANA reported. Local sources from Aleppo northern countryside told SANA that an intensive artillery shelling was launched by the …

Three sappers of the Humanitarian Demining Center were wounded in a cluster bomb blast while conducting engineering works  in Nor Shen village in Artsakh’s Martuni region on August 11, Artsakh State Emergency Service said in a statement today. Two of the sappers were rushed to the Republican Medical Center by ambulance with various bodily injuries, …

The situation in parliament became tense after the speech of NA Deputy Speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan, when the leader of the Civil Contract faction Hayk Konjoryan was going to speak. The MPs of the opposition faction started shouting. NA Speaker Alen Simonyan issued a warning to MPs of the Armenia faction Agnesa Khamoyan and Armen Rustamyan. …

As part of the European Union’s efforts to support vaccination in partner countries, the Commission today increased from €40 million to €75 million its assistance package to deploy safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and speed up the vaccination campaigns in the six Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. With …

Artsakh Defense Army said in a statement today that on August 11, at 08:29 and 08:58, the Azeri forces used strike drones to attack Defense Army positions. No casualties are reported. Russian peacekeeping forces command was informed about the incident.

Some 6,425 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 313 new cases As of August 11 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,409,091 Confirmed positive cases – 233,001 Deaths – 4,664 Recovered – 221,729 Patients currently receiving treatment – 5,479