According to information obtained by Factor.am, a trilateral meeting with the participation of the defense ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan is not planned today. Yesterday, on July 27, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Arshak Karapetyan met with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu. It is …

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov called Armenia’s position “destructive” in terms of normalization of relations during his meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Assad Haysar, local media reported. Bayramov briefed the speaker of the Pakistani parliament on the post-conflict situation in the region. He called on Yerevan to “renounce provocations and …

On July 28, the military attachés of the foreign embassies accredited in Armenia met with the representatives of the Ministry of Defense at the Ministry of Defense. Artyom Sedrakyan, Head of the Department of the Human Rights Defender’s Staff, also took part in the meeting, Ombudsman’s Office reported. He presented the situation in terms of …

The head of Geghamasar village of Gegharkunik Province, Hakob Avetyan, told Factor.am that he was invited to the National Security Service. “I was not taken there but invited, I introduced myself, I answered a few questions,” said the mayor. Avetyan is still in Yerevan at the moment, but said that he is going to return …

The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, Ruben Rubinyan, said that on September 16 of this year Armenia will assume the presidency of the CSTO, with all the ensuing consequences. “We think that the CSTO should respond accordingly to these situations, because it is its obligation,” Rubinyan said in an interview …

On July 28, in the administrative complex of the RA Ministry of Defense, the head of the General Department of Defence Policy and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Defence Levon Ayvazyan received the military attachés of the foreign embassies accredited in Armenia. During the meeting, the attachés were informed about the military operations carried …

The government has put a draft decision into circulation on the joint website for publishing draft e-draft legal acts, proposing to hold drills  for reservists from September 15 to December 15, 2021. The Ministry of Defense wants to announce the drilss for priates, non-commissioned officers, registered in the first category of the first group of …

Russia will bolster Central Asian ally Tajikistan’s military with weapons, equipment and training amid a “deteriorating” situation in neighboring Afghanistan, Moscow’s defense minister said Wednesday on a visit to the country. Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will hold joint military drills next week near Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban has made huge military gains …

Baku Court of Grave Crimes sentenced Armenian prisoner of war Davit Davtyan and Gevorg Sujyan to 15 years in prison. Azerbaijan charged them under Articles 228 (illegal possession of weapons), 279 (creation of armed groups), 318 (illegal crossing of the state border), 276 (espionage) of the country’s criminal code. Gevorg Sujyan said he “regreted what …

Gegharkunik Governor Gnel Sanosyan said that the soldier who was considered missing after the night military operations was found wounded. The soldier’s condition is extremely serious; the doctors are struggling for his life. Earlier the governor of Gegharkunik had said that due to the Azerbaijani armed provocation, the Armenian side has three victims, three wounded …