The Investigation Department of the National Security Service has completed the preliminary investigation of the criminal case of S.S., an ethnic Yezidi, who is accused of inciting ethnic hatred. According to the indictment, S.S., in a May 2020 interview with the Iraqi news site yezidinews.com, gave misleading information, presenting Armenia as a state of national …

Artsakh Foreign Ministry has issued a statement over the visit of Parliament Chairmen of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Pakistan to the occupied territories of Artsakh. Below is the text of the statement: “We reiterate the inadmissibility of Azerbaijan’s attempts to consolidate the illegal occupation of the territories of the Republic of Artsakh, which were seized as …

Speaking about the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas has said that any use of force is unacceptable. “On the night of July 28, 2021, clashes took place on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, as a result of which three servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces were killed and four others wounded,” Zas …

Giorgi Gogia, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of the Human Rights Watch international human rights organization, has addressed the issue of today’s sentencing of Armenian captives by a Baku court. He tweeted that the criminal prosecution of Armenian captives by Azerbaijan on charges of illegal border crossing is a violation of the …

The Kremlin is hopeful that the development of relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey will not be detrimental to regional stability, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian president, was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying. Earlier, the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Mustafa Sentop had said Turkey and Azerbaijan were negotiating establishment of a …

At its July 29 meeting, the government made amendments to the 2021 budget. The issue was raised by Acting Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan for uninterrupted supply of vaccines for the prevention of coronavirus infection. “Armenia can get a vaccine against Covid-19 within the framework of the agreement with Covax, but it is intended for …

U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price issued a statement saying: “The United States condemns the recent escalation of violence along the international border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  We call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to uphold their ceasefire commitments by taking immediate steps to de-escalate the situation. Continued tensions along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border underscore the fact …

The letter of Mher Margaryan, Armenia’s Permanent Representative in the UN, to the UN Secretary General and the President of the UN Economic and Social Council, dated July 20, has been published. The letter deals with the third voluntary review document submitted by Azerbaijan to the UN High Level Political Forum. It emphasizes that Azerbaijan …

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes sentenced today 13 Armenian prisoners of war from Shirak Province to six years in prison each. They were charged with illegal crossing of the border and illegal acquisition of weapons. The Armenian POWs include: Yeghishe Astanyan, Karen Aramyan, Tigran Avagyan, Grigor Gevorgyan, Hovsep Manukyan, Gevorg Mortirosyan, Robert Gevorgyan, Vagharshak …

Azerbaijan is regularly taking actions to discredit the opening of regional communications, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the government meeting today. “Azerbaijan continues to raise the issue of a corridor, pointing to specific routes and directions. I have said many times before that Armenia has not discussed, does not discuss and will not …