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 …

Speaking to reporters, Gegharkunik Governor Gnel Sanosyan said a cross-border shooting took place at dawn at the same place of yesterday hot battles. He said one serviceman was wounded. He also said no Russian peacekeepers are deployed in that area. “I cannot give details of the talks with the Russian side, but I can say …

A group of civil society representatives issued a statement calling on the Armenian government to immediately appeal to the UN Security Council on the basis of Azerbaijan’s aggression, threat to international peace, violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia, and to send an unarmed OSCE special civilian monitoring mission to Armenia for …

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved an amendment introduced by Congressman Pallone that would suspend U.S. military financial assistance to Azerbaijan, Voice of America reported. The amendment presented by Pallone says: “International military education training, as well as any funding through the External Military Financing Program will not be provided to Azerbaijan. The provision …