Mihran Musayelyan, 62, a resident of Artsakh’s Martuni region, who accidently crossed to the area under Azerbaijani control on November 23, 2021, was returned to the Armenian side on November 26 through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan wrote. A preliminary medical examination revealed that Musayelyan had been subjected to violence by …

On December 8, Azerbaijani Armed Forces units opened fire from different caliber firearms at a rear support vehicle (water carrier) of an Armenian military unit located at the south-western sector of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. No casualties were reported by the Ministry of Defense.

Yesterday, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued judgments on the application of a number of urgent measures by Armenia and Azerbaijan against each other under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The court ruled in favor of almost all Armenian claims, rejected most of those by Azerbaijan. …

Azerbaijan plans to file several lawsuits against Armenia in 2022, allegedly for violation of international conventions, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov said today, Azerbaijani media reported. “Next year, Azerbaijan plans to file several lawsuits against Armenia for violating a number of conventions,” Mammadov said. He said the complaints will be submitted in two directions. …

In the trilateral working group at the level of the deputy prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, the parties “had mutual understanding on the issues of restoration and unblocking of the railway infrastructure,” Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said in an interview with TASS. “There was an understanding that the sovereignty of the …

The Prosecutor General’s Office has examined the legality of the property acquired by former Minister of Defense, now MP Seyran Ohanyan, his wife Ruzanna Khachatryan, their associate Jacques Fovo, former head of Serzh Sargsyan’s bodyguards Vachagan Ghazaryan, his wife, daughter and son. As the Prosecutor General’s Office told Factor.am, they were invited to the Prosecutor’s …

Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan, human rights activists Siranush Sahakyan and Artak Zeynalyan, who represent Armenian captives, have issued a joint statement on the video depicting National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan. In the video, he makes untrue assessments of the ombudsman and human rights activists’ August 9 Special Public Report on Azerbaijan’s accountability for torturing and …

U.S. and Russian presidents held a video call on December 7, discussing a number of issues. Both the White House and the Kremlin issued statements regarding the call. The White House statement says that President Biden voiced the deep concerns of the United States and our European Allies about Russia’s escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine …

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan is set to pay a working visit to Paris on December 8-10 to participate in the joint meeting of the working group on the development and expansion of the Armenian-French economic cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. During the visit, Mirzoyan, accompanied by the mayor of Paris, …

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries issued a joint statement on December 7. Below is the text of the statement. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, representing the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, express support for the resumption of direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan …