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Lawyer: Nagorno-Karabakh was never qualified as terrorist state in international registers
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has never been qualified as a terrorist organization in international registers, said Siranush Sahakyan, head of the Center for International and Comparative Law and a human rights activist. YEREVAN, October 9. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has never been qualified as a terrorist organization in international registers, said Siranush ...
10/09/2023Humanitarian situation in Karabakh may undermine peace process in South Caucasus - Mirzoyan
On August 16, Minister of Foreign Affairs Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan participated in the urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, which was convened at the request of Armenia, on the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting from the blockade of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan and the total siege of Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, August 17. /ARKA/. On August 16, Minister of Foreign Affairs Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan participated in the urgent meeting of ...
08/17/2023Armenia should use Rome Statute to have Azerbaijani war criminals detained and brought to responsibility- human rights activist
... /ARKA/. Armenia's efforts to bring to justice Azerbaijanis accused of war crimes committed against Armenians are insufficient, Siranush Sahakyan, head of the Center for International and Comparative Law and a human rights lawyer, told a press briefing today.... ... situation, the ratification of the Rome Statute by Armenia is a very positive fact. "The Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh and the mass exodus of its ethnic Armenian population is a serious motive for utilizing the instruments of this statute,...
10/09/2023At least 55 Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijani captivity- human rights activist
... Siranush Sahakyan told reporters on Thursday. YEREVAN, November 30. /ARKA/. According to official data, 55 Armenians are currently held in captivity in Azerbaijan, but unofficially their number is much larger, lawyer, human rights activist Siranush Sahakyan told reporters on Thursday. "It has been officially confirmed that 6 civilians, 41 military personnel and 8 former high-ranking political and military figures of Nagorno-Karabakh are in Azerbaijani captivity. They are considered political prisoners. In addition, there are unofficial data about at least 80 military and civilians, believed to be in Azerbaijani captivity. No efforts are made to clarify their fates," ...
11/30/2023ECHR to apply urgent measures regarding Armenian captives in Azerbaijan
... of Armenian servicemen held in Azerbaijani captivity. YEREVAN, November 23. /ARKA/. Armenian lawyers Artak Zeynalyan and Siranush Sahakyan, who represent the interests of Armenian prisoners of war at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), have ... ... Shushi, Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions pass over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of the 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent is deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin ...
11/23/2020Human rights activists warns against Armenia's possible withdrawal from lawsuits filed against Azerbaijan
... Azerbaijan. YEREVAN, April 1. /ARKA/. The head of the Center for International and Comparative Law, human rights activist Siranush Sahakyan warned against Armenia's possible withdrawal from lawsuits filed against Azerbaijan. "The situation is ... ... Azerbaijan are pending at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in connection with crimes committed in the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh(September-November 2020); illegal trials of captured Armenians in Azerbaijan; armed attacks and occupation of sovereign ...
04/01/2024About 50 confirmed Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan, the captivity of another 80 officially not confirmed
... 50 Armenian prisoners of war have been officially confirmed as being still held in Azerbaijan, Armenian human rights activist Siranush Sahakyan. who represents the interests of the captives at the European Court of Human Rights, said today. She added that ... ... the prisoners, Armenia provided Azerbaijan with maps to mines placed on the Azerbaijani side of the border during the first Karabakh war in 1992-94. Since the end of last autumn war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone several dozens of Armenian captives ...
12/20/2021Armenian foreign minister speaks at OSCE ministerial council meeting in Bratislava
... Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan spoke Thursday at the 26th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava, the press office of the Armenian foreign ministry reports. He once again said that Armenia remains steadfast in its determination to settle the Karabakh conflict by peaceful means. YEREVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan spoke Thursday at the 26th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava, the press office of the Armenian foreign ministry reports....
12/06/2019Armenian premier points out condition for solving Karabakh conflict
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking Wednesday in the Italian Institute for International Political Studies in Milan as part of his official visit to Italy, said that the biggest security challenge for Armenians is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the press office of the Armenian government reports. He is quoted by the press office as saying that the conflict still remains unresolved becoming a source of permanent tension, and threatening to escalate into another outbreak of ...
11/21/2019Armenian ombudsman complets another stage of studying evidence of Azerbaijan's war crimes in the Artsakh war
... Armenian citizens held captive. On November 23 and 27, the ECHR satisfied the statements of Armenian lawyers Artak Zeynalyan and Siranush Sahakyan in the case of protecting the rights of captured Armenian military personnel and detained civilians and took ... ... Shushi, Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions pass over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent will be deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin ...
12/01/2020Azerbaijani servicemen tortured and killed 19 Armenian captives (list of names)
... (ECHR), published new information about war crimes committed by Azerbaijan. YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. Lawyers Artak Zeynalyan and Siranush Sahakyan, who represent the interests of Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR),... ... September 27, 2020, as well as after the signing of a trilateral agreement on November 9, 2020 (to end hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone), civilians and servicemen of Armenian nationality were taken prisoner," Zeynalian wrote on Facebook....
05/03/2021Settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict impossible in foreseeable future due to serious contradictions between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan – Karabakh State Minister
The settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is impossible in the foreseeable future due to serious contradictions in the positions of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani authorities, Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan told the Russian RIA Novosti. YEREVAN, June 3....
06/03/2022Pashinyan: recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity does not mean it has a mandate to carry out ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh
'Armenia's recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity does not mean at all that we give Azerbaijan a mandate to carry out ethnic cleansing or genocide against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh,' Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with Politico Europe YEREVAN, September 14. /ARKA/. 'Armenia's recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity does not mean at all that we give Azerbaijan a mandate to ...
09/14/2023Russia military expert says Armenia has the right to take extreme measures against Azerbaijan
... TV Russian military expert Vladimir Yevseyev, who is also head of the Caucasus Department at the Institute of CIS Countries says what kind of extreme measures Armenia has every right to take, why the EU countries are in no hurry to intervene in the Karabakh conflict, what should Russia do, and why Aliyev's policy hurts, first of all, Azerbaijan. YEREVAN, October 26. /ARKA/. In an interview with Armenian Yerkir Media TV Russian military expert Vladimir Yevseyev, who is also head of the Caucasus ...
10/26/2020Azerbaijani leadership’s intention is to cleanse Armenians from Karabakh, Pashinyan says
Addressing the P the 73rd session of UN General Assembly in New York Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continues to prevail on Armenia’s foreign policy agenda. YEREVAN, September 26. /ARKA/. Addressing the P the 73rd session of UN General Assembly in New York Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the peaceful resolution of ...
09/26/2018Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan retaliates to accusations of diplomatic failures in Karabakh talks
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was quick today to respond to the accusations of the diplomatic failure of the negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, voiced yesterday by ex- president Robert Kocharyan in an interview with Channel 5. YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was quick today to respond to the accusations of the diplomatic failure of the ...
12/05/2020Recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh independence must be part of package settlement option
A spokesman for Nagorno-Karabakh president has accused today Azerbaijan of dragging out the resolution of the conflict in a hope to achieve a more favorable position for itself. YEREVAN, July 14. /ARKA/. A spokesman for Nagorno-Karabakh president has accused today Azerbaijan ...
07/14/2016Lemkin Institute accuses Western media of biased coverage of Azerbaijan's war crimes against Armenians
... should show particular interest in ensuring that this conflict is accurately represented. Much of the present media coverage fails to address the history of the conflict, specifically the complexities of the conflict in the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh (“Artsakh” to Armenians) is an ethnic Armenian enclave annexed by force, along with the territory of Nakhichevan, to Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 1920s under Soviet rule. It was formally annexed by Azerbaijan in the ...
10/06/2022Armenian military being withdrawn from Artsakh – Security Council Secretary
Armenian military deployed to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in the autumn of 2020 to assist its Defense Army to repel the Azerbaijani aggression are returning to Armenia, the Secretary of Security Council Armen Grigoryan said in an interview with Armenpress news agency. YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. ...
07/19/2022Armenia washed hands of Nagorno-Karabakh- ex-president Kocharyan says
Ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has accused today the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of ‘washing hands’ of Nagorno-Karabakh either out of incomprehension or intentionally acting on a plan designed by the "puppeteers.'-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. YEREVAN, December 27. /ARKA/. Ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has accused today ...
12/27/2021Pashinyan to international community: apply separation for the sake of Karabakh's salvation
Nagorno-Karabakh is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with the Swiss RTS TV channel. YEREVAN, October 16. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, Armenian ...
10/16/2020Pashinyan calls on international community to recognize independence of Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with Euronews that the international community should take a decisive step and recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, October 8. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with Euronews that the international community should take a decisive step and recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. “When terrorist groups,...
10/08/2020Karabakh foreign ministry urges international community not to react to Baku’s provocations by issuing addressless calls
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s foreign ministry issued a statement on Tuesday urging the international community to stop issuing addressless calls to the sides of the Karabakh conflict in response to Azerbaijan’s provocative policy and instead to intensify efforts ...
02/28/2017Independence and security of Karabakh not subject of bargaining – foreign office’s response to Warlick
Independence and security of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) are absolute values not subject to any bargaining, says the statement of NKR’s foreign ministry in response to yesterday’s speech of the OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair James Warlick. YEREVAN, May 8. /ARKA/. Independence ...
05/08/2014Armenia must set 'red lines' in relations with Azerbaijan
... Armenian representative to the ECHR, dozens of other Armenian POWs remain in Azerbaijani captivity, including 62 Armenian soldiers who were taken prisoner in early December when Azerbaijani forces seized the last two Armenian-controlled villages in Karabakh’s Hadrut district occupied by them during the six-week war. According to lawyer Siranush Sahakyan, who deals with their release, at leats 120 Armenian citizens are held as captives in Azerbaijan. On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along ...
01/15/2021Armenia provided Nagorno-Karabakh with over $1 billion in funding over last 3 years- Pashinyan
Over the past 3 years Armenia provided Nagorno-Karabakh with over $1 billion in funding, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today. YEREVAN, October 4. /ARKA/. Over the past 3 years Armenia provided Nagorno-Karabakh with over $1 billion in funding, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ...
10/04/2023French Foreign Minister says Azerbaijan responsible for population of Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for the fate of the ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said at an emergency session of the UN Security Council on Thursday, convened at the request of France and Armenia in connection with the large-scale military aggression of Azerbaijan against the population ...
09/22/2023Pashinyan says Karabakh Armenians' right to live in their homes must be ensured by Russia
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today that the authorities in Yerevan were not involved in preparing the text of a ceasefire agreement between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today that the authorities in Yerevan were not involved in preparing the text of a ceasefire agreement between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. ...
09/20/2023Lavrov: the status of Nagorno-Karabakh will be determined after the rights of residents of the region are clarified
The status of Nagorno-Karabakh will be determined after the rights of residents of the region are clarified, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Thursday. YEREVAN, November 12. /ARKA/. The status of Nagorno-Karabakh will be determined after the ...
11/12/2020Pashinyan: there will be no more genocidal threat to Armenians, specifically in Nagorno-Karabakh.
... visited Columbia University in New York and met with university faculty and student circles. Addressing the audience Pashinyan said: Unfortunately, the South Caucasus remains to be a volatile region marked by a number of security risks. Unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict poses a security challenge to our nation and serves as serious impediment for regional development. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is among the most difficult and protracted ones in the world. It starts with Soviet Union when an Armenian ...
09/26/2019Russia will respect the decision of Yerevan and Baku to have Karabakh involved in peace process, Lavrov says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today if the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Armenia and Azerbaijan) agree at some stage that Nagorno-Karabakh should be also involved in the talks, the Russian side will respect this decision. YEREVAN, June 7. /ARKA/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today if ...
06/07/2018Armenia and Karabakh mark triple holidays
Armenia and the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh) are celebrating today the Victory Day in the WW II, the liberation of Shushi, the second-largest town in Artsakh and the Day of the Creation of the Karabakh Defense Army. YEREVAN, May 9. /ARKA/. Armenia and the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh) ...
05/09/2018Turkey has no place in Karabakh settlement
The deputy speaker of Armenian parliament, Eduard Sharmazanov, has joined today other senior Armenian officials to shrug off a statement by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov that Turkey may have a positive role in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. YEREVAN, October 17. /ARKA/. The deputy speaker of Armenian parliament, Eduard Sharmazanov, has joined today other senior Armenian officials to shrug off a statement by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov that Turkey may have ...
10/17/2016Armenia will recognize Nagorno-Karabakh if Azerbaijan starts war
President Serzh Sargsyan’s stance on the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh remains unchanged - if Azerbaijan starts war, Armenia will recognize it as an independent state, the vice-speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov said on Thursday. YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. President Serzh Sargsyan’s ...
05/06/2016Azerbaijan suffers eight killed and over twenty wounded in attacks on Karabakh
Azerbaijani army suffered total casualties of 8 killed and over 20 wounded during its attacks on the line of contact with Nagorno-Karabakh in the period from January 20 to 31, press office of Nagorno-Karabakh ministry of defense reported. STEPANAKERT, February 3. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani army suffered total casualties of 8 killed and over 20 wounded during its attacks on the ...
02/03/2014European Court orders Azerbaijan to apply urgent measure in relation to 23 captured and detained Armenian citizens
... European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld the requests of Armenian lawyers regarding the case on the protection of the rights of Armenian servicemen and civilians, who were captured during the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on September 27. According to lawyers Siranush Sahakyan and Artak Zeynalyan, the ECHR satisfied the applications of the lawyers and decided to apply an urgent measure in relation to 23 more persons. They are Aram Guyumjyan, Arman Ashpakhyan, Levon Mkrtchyan, Levon Hovhannisyan, Gevorg Gasparyan,...
12/31/2020ECHR upholds applications of Armenian lawyers regarding protection of rights of Armenian servicemen and civilians captured by Azerbaijan
... Human Rights (ECHR) on November 30, as well as on December 2, 4 and 7, upheld the applications of Armenian lawyers in the case of protecting the rights of Armenian servicemen and civilians captured during the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh. According to lawyers Siranush Sahakyan and Artak Zeynalyan, the ECHR satisfied their applications and made a decision to take urgent action against 23 Armenian captives. It is said that Armenian servicemen captured during the war are Hrachya Gabrielyan, Erik Mkhitaryan, Khachatur ...
12/08/2020Karabakh leader dissolves all state institutions: Artsakh Republic ceases to exist
Nagorno-Karabakh president Samvel Shahramanyan has signed a decree on the actions arising from the situation created after September 19, 2023, the president’s press service reported. YEREVAN, September 28. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh president Samvel Shahramanyan ...
09/28/2023Armenian Foreign Ministry calls on international partners to take concrete steps to stop Azerbaijan's aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh
On September 19, Azerbaijan unleashed another large-scale aggression against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, aimed at completing its policy of ethnic cleansing, the Armenian Foreign MInistry said in a statement. YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA On September 19, Azerbaijan unleashed another large-scale aggression against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh,...
09/19/2023Armenian Foreign Ministry urges Zakharova not to complicate situation with inaction of Russian peacekeepers amid Azerbaijan's blockade of Lachin corridor
... representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia of similar content claiming that the situation unfolded in the Lachin corridor is a consequence of the fact that referring to the Alma-Ata Declaration, in Prague, October 2022 Armenia recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, and after that, the task of the Russian peacekeepers became the possible influence on the issues of rights and security of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, causes confusion and disappointment. We are compelled to recall the ...
08/31/2023Pashinyan: all statements about non-existence of Nagorno-Karabakh are irrelevant
... Nikol Pashinyan issued a congratulatory message on Friday on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Artsakh. "Thirty-one years ago on this day, at the joint session of the deputies of all levels of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and the Shahumyan region the decision to adopt a declaration of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh by exercising the right to self-determination was adopted. This decision of our compatriots was a response to the existential threat ...
09/02/2022Pashinyan: there are no servicemen of Republic of Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh
There are no servicemen of the Republic of Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government session on Thursday. YEREVAN, August 4. /ARKA/. There are no servicemen of the Republic of Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a ...
08/04/2022Historical record: Nagorno-Karabakh state budget in 2021 grew by 48 percent, says Pashinyan
Nagorno-Karabakh's state budget in 2021 was up 48% or 45 billion drams from the 2020 budget, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today when speaking at a discussion on the execution of the 2021 budget organized by the parliamentary committees. YEREVAN,...
05/31/2022Russia never reduced Karabakh settlement to return of seven regions to Baku ignoring Karabakh status issue, diplomat says
Russia has never reduced the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict only to the return of seven regions to Azerbaijan, ignoring the question of its status, the Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov said in retaliation to an article by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan "The ...
01/13/2021Nikol Pashinyan presents his vision of Karabakh conflict settlement
The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict cannot be resolved without the direct participation of its authorities in the peace process, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told journalists on Wednesday. STEPANAKERT, May 9. /ARKA/. The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict ...
05/09/2018Serzh Sargsyan: we celebrate 30th anniversary of Karabakh movement in atmosphere of threats
In an address to the nation on the Artsakh Revival Day and Karabakh Movement 30th anniversary, president Serzh Sargsyan said on February 20, 1988, the Nagorno-Karabakh Regional Council met in an extraordinary session to adopt a resolution expressing the Artsakh people’s will for free self-determination, Sargsyan’s ...
02/20/2018Karabakh foreign minister voices the only possible format for settlement of Karabakh conflict
Speaking at an annual news conference on February 19, Nagorno-Karabakh foreign minister Masis Mayilian said full-fledged negotiations on the settlement of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict provide for the involvement of three parties – Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Azerbaijan, and Armenia, which signed the ...
02/19/2018Azerbaijan trying to derail peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict
Following the large-scale aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic carried out on April 2 to 5, Azerbaijan’s authorities continue making efforts to undermine the process of peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict and to move it to military field, the republic’s foreign ministry says in a statement....
04/27/2016Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of intentionally narrowing space for peaceful settlement of conflict
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities accused Azerbaijan of purposefully and deliberately narrowing the space for the resolution of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict peacefully. YEREVAN, September 26. / ARKA /. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities accused Azerbaijan of ...
09/26/2015U.S. state of Louisiana recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh independence
The U.S. Louisiana State Senate passed a resolution enrolled by Edwin Murray recognizing the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), and calling on the U.S. President and Congress “to support the self-determination and democratic independence” of Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, May 31. / ARKA /. The U.S. Louisiana State Senate passed a resolution enrolled ...
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