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Rubinyan: Russia leaving South Caucasus on its own
... Armenian opposition's claims that the Armenian authorities want Russia to leave and be replaced by Turkey are false and do not reflect the reality. "Facts show that Russia is leaving. It was certainly not the Armenian authorities who expelled the Russian peacekeepers stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh, who were supposed to remain there for at least a few more years under the tripartite agreement," Rubinyan said in an interview with Armenian Public Television. In his opinion, drawing parallels with the events in Syria, as the current opposition ...
12/13/2024Armenian Foreign Ministry commented on Azerbaijan's accusations of Armenia's alleged violations of the 2020 trilateral statement
... “negligence” in relation to its obligations under the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement in the context of the unblocking of regional connections. ‘’We should take a look at the facts. The 9 November 2020 trilateral statement provides for Russian peacekeepers to be stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh, and a 5km wide Lachin Corridor under the control of the Russian peacekeepers, but there is neither a Lachin Corridor nor Russian peacekeepers,’’ said Armenian Foreign Ministry press secretary Ani Badalyan in an interview with Armenpress....
10/14/2024Armenian political analyst rules out final disappearance of Russia's influence in South Caucasus
... anything in common with the Caucasus, t even in this case it will have an influence on the South Caucasus," he said, explaining that many elements - geographical, historical and economic - cannot be ignored. Iskandaryan called the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh a symbolic phenomenon. He noted that Nagorno-Karabakh as a subject served as a tool which Russia used to exert influence both on Armenia and Azerbaijan, but after 2023, when the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh was deported, the peacekeepers ...
04/19/2024State Department calls withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh "example of how Russia is not a trustworthy ally or partner "
... the U.S. was not a party to the negotiated trilateral arrangement that ended the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 and established Russian troops in that region. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on April 17 the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh . " Frankly, we’ve not seen anything to indicate that Russia’s military was contributing to a more peaceful and stable South Caucasus region, and the events in Nagorno-Karabakh over the course of this past fall are pretty indicative ...
04/18/2024Russian Foreign Ministry considers Armenian politicians' statements against Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh destructive
... /ARKA/. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova once again lashed out at Armenian politicians for their attempts 'to falsify facts and evade responsibility.' Zakharova was referring to statements made by pro-government Armenian MPs that Russian peacekeepers failed to fulfill their obligations to protect the ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh from the September 19-20 Azerbaijani offensive, which led to the mass flight of Armenians. "We see these statements and consider them destructive and not corresponding to reality," Zakharova said at a press briefing on Friday. "At ...
01/12/2024223 people killed in Azerbaijan's latest aggression against Karabakh, 218 more killed in fuel depot explosion - head of Armenian Investigative Committee
... personnel. "We also have factual data on the enforced disappearance of 32 people after the 44-day war in 2020," he said, adding that Azerbaijan denies this fact. On September 19, 2023 Azerbaijan launched a military operation against Nagorno-Karabakh. A ceasefire was reached on September 20 mediated by Russian peacekeepers' command. Fearing persecution more than 100,000 Karabakh Armenians fled to Armenia. -0-
01/05/2024Pashinyan says Russian Foreign Ministry should read November 9, 2020 statement on Karabakh again and see who failed to fulfill obligations
... that Russian Foreign Ministry read the November 9 trilateral statement again and read it up to the 8th paragraph. Let them read it and see who failed to fulfill which obligation. Is there a provision in it saying that Azerbaijan must attack Nagorno-Karabakh, and that Russian peacekeepers must be in hiding at that time? » Pashinyan said. He also pointed out that the Russian peacekeeping contingent was sent to Nagorno-Karabakh by the decision of the Russian Federal Assembly (Senate). "And this decision of the ...
12/20/2023'There is much to discuss': Ushakov says Putin-Pashinyan contacts will continue
... Kyrgyzstan later this week, a Putin-Pashinyan meeting could be organized. He said Azerbaijani president Aliyev who will attend the gathering will have a meeting with Putin to discuss the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, including the peaceful integration of Karabakh Armenians into the legal field of Azerbaijan. The Russian peacekeeping contingent is ready to assist in this matter," Ushakov said "The situation around the Russian peacekeepers, as we hope, our president will discuss together with President Aliyev," he also pointed out. The Kremlin spokesman recalled that the mandate of the peacekeeping contingent expires in December 2025. Ushakov said various options ...
10/11/2023Russia will discuss further stay of peacekeepers in Karabakh with Azerbaijan - Peskov
... contingent was not discussed during the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pashinyan. In a televised interview on Tuesday Pashinyan refrained from "directly and specifically" answering a question about the Russian peacekeepers' further stay in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, if the peacekeepers leave Nagorno-Karabakh, then they should return to Russia. -0--
10/11/2023Putin on Yerevan's refusal to compromise in Karabakh issue
..., but Armenia refused, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a Valdai Club meeting today. "Russia had long offered Armenia ways to resolve the Karabakh issue, but Yerevan refused, expressing readiness to 'fight,'" Putin said. He noted that Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh could only observe the ceasefire, they had no other mandate. "The status of Karabakh was a key issue, but Armenia itself recognized it as part of Azerbaijan," Putin said. On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey ...
10/05/2023The issue of Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty is still relevant- Peskov
... said. "No one is likely today to give an answer to this question, as now we are talking about the mission on the territory of Azerbaijan. This will be the subject of our discussion with the Azerbaijani side," Peskov said.. A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate after the 2020 autumn war in the conflict zone to protect the ethnic Armenian population of the region. After the September 19-20 attack this year almost 90,000 of the region's estimated 120,000 population have already ...
09/29/2023Armenian authorities to provide 360 million drams to governors’ offices to support Karabakh refugees
... reminded that on Monday the government has already provided 100 million drams to Syunik region. After the more than 9-month blockade of the Lachin corridor was lifted following Azerbaijan's latest offensive on September 19, and a ceasefire was brokered by Russian peacekeepers, more than half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population - 65,000 people - fled to Armenia. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist on January 1, 2024 after its president announced the dissolution of all state institutions by the new year. A decree signed by president Samvel Shahramanyan ...
09/28/2023Moscow expects Washington to refrain from dangerous words and actions leading to stoking anti-Russian sentiments in Armenia
...," Antonov emphasized. The ambassador emphasized that Russia has been and remains Armenia's loyal ally. "It has always sought to provide this brotherly country with the necessary assistance, including by sending our peacekeepers to Nagorno-Karabakh. The fact that Russian peacekeepers died in Karabakh (they were killed by Azerbaijani soldiers- ARKA) only emphasizes Russia's readiness to make difficult decisions for the sake of achieving peace between the Azerbaijani and Armenian peoples," the ambassador said....
09/26/2023Karabakh and Azerbaijani officials discuss humanitarian issues
Nagorno-Karabakh representatives and Azerbaijani officials met on Monday in the village of Ivanyan, the place of deployment of Russian peacekeepers, to discuss a number of humanitarian issues with the mediation of the Russian side, the Nagorno-Karabakh Information Center reported. YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh representatives and Azerbaijani officials met on Monday in the village of Ivanyan, the place of deployment of Russian peacekeepers, to discuss a number of humanitarian ...
09/25/2023Russia welcomes third-party mediation efforts on Nagorno-Karabakh – Kremlin spokesman
... Russian peacekeepers, Dmitry Peskov told reporters. On September 24, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Azerbaijan and the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh bear full responsible for the possible exodus of Armenians from Karabakh. Russian peacekeepers will continue their work in Karabakh, but it is too early to talk about the terms of their stay in the region, Peskov said. -0-
09/25/2023Thirty buses provided to Karabakh residents who lost shelter and wish to leave for Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh president Samvel Shahramanyan met on Sunday with citizens evacuated as a result of Azerbaijani attack from their homes and left homeless. They were accommodated near the permanent location of Russian peacekeepers in the village of Ivanyan, Nagorno-Karabakh Information Center reported. YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh president Samvel Shahramanyan met on Sunday with citizens evacuated as a result of Azerbaijani attack from their homes and left homeless. They were accommodated ...
09/24/2023Homeless residents of Nagorno-Karabakh village of Yekhtsahogh evacuated to Armenia
... Center reported. YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Residents of Yekhtsahogh village of Shushi region in Nagorno-Karabakh were evacuated after Azerbaijan's aggression and left homeless. They expressed desire to move to their relatives in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Information Center reported. It said the residents of the village were escorted by Russian peacekeepers to Kornidzor village in Armenia. On September 19 Azerbaijan launched an "anti-terror" operation in the region demanding that Karabakh's forces raise a white flag, disband their armed forces and dissolve their "illegal ...
09/24/2023Families in Karabakh, left homeless and willing to leave, will be transported to Armenia- Karabakh authorities
Families in Nagorno-Karabakh left homeless as a result of Azerbaijan’s aggression and those that have declared their desire to leave Nagorno-Karabakh will be escorted to Armenia by Russian peacekeepers, the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities announced today. YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Families in Nagorno-Karabakh left homeless as a result of Azerbaijan’s aggression and those that have declared their desire to leave Nagorno-Karabakh will be escorted to Armenia ...
09/24/2023Pashinyan: external security systems in which Armenia is involved are not effective
... during the 44-day war (in 2020 autumn in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone), also in May and November 2021, and in September 2022 (when Azerbaijani troops invaded parts of Armenia). ‘The capture of Khtsaberd, Parukh and Hin Tagher villages in Nagorno-Karabakh (by Azerbaijan in December 2020, although they were in the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers) and the capture of more than 60 Armenian servicemen, numerous incidents of intimidation of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, the illegal blocking of the Lachin Corridor, the Azerbaijani attack on Nagorno-Karabakh on September ...
09/24/2023Russian President emphasized the importance of ensuring the rights of Karabakh Armenians
... importance of ensuring the rights and security of the Armenian population of Karabakh. According to the Kremlin press service, both sides emphasized the importance of consistent implementation of the agreements on the complete cessation of hostilities in Karabakh reached with the assistance of the Russian peacekeepers' command. In this context, the negotiations between representatives of Baku and Stepanakert, which started today with the mediation of the peacekeepers, were attached great importance. "Priority steps for further stabilization ...
09/21/2023Putin counts on peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin expects that the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh will be resolved peacefully. YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin expects that the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh will be resolved peacefully. At a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today, he said more than 2,000 civilians, including more than a thousand children, were evacuated to the main base point of Russian peacekeepers, deployed in the region, Tass news agency reported. "We are in very close contact with all parties to the conflict and the authorities in Yerevan, in Stepanakert and in Baku. I hope that we will be able to achieve de-escalation ...
09/20/2023Pashinyan says Karabakh Armenians' right to live in their homes must be ensured by Russia
... 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. The agreement reached through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers' command, was to go into effect at 1 p.m. local time on Sept 20. Also, talks between Azerbaijani officials and the ethnic Armenian authorities on Karabakh’s “re-integration” into Azerbaijan were scheduled to take place on Thursday ...
09/20/2023Kremlin disagrees with Armenia's accusations of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh
The Kremlin described as ‘groundless’ Armenia’s accusations that Moscow has failed to fulfill its obligations on Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. The Kremlin described as ‘groundless’ Armenia’s accusations that Moscow has failed to fulfill its obligations on Nagorno-Karabakh. "Such accusations against us are absolutely groundless, not based ...
09/20/2023Artsakh authorities accept Russian peacekeepers’ ceasefire proposal
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have accepted the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent on ceasefire, the Information Center of Nagorno-Karabakh reported. YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have accepted the ...
09/20/2023Thirty-two people killed and more than 200 wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijani attacks
... shelled a Stepanakert ambulance heading to the Martakert district to transport the bodies of eight people killed as a result of the attack. According to information from open sources, the Azerbaijani armed forces also opened fire at the vehicles of Russian peacekeepers when the latter were trying to evacuate women and children from Nagorno-Karabakh through the Lachin corridor. "These facts confirm that the Azerbaijani armed forces intend to complete the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh," the human rights defender said. The human rights defender emphasized ...
09/20/2023Moscow did not inform Yerevan about Baku's military actions against Nagorno-Karabakh - Pashinyan's office
... and the Russian-Turkish monitoring center about the launch of alleged "anti-terrorist operation" in Nagorno-Karabakh." Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called media reports that the Azerbaijani side allegedly warned Russian peacekeepers "in advance" about today's "anti-terrorist operation" in Nagorno-Karabakh untrue. "The information was communicated to the Russian contingent a few minutes before the start of hostilities," she said. Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministry said the Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire along the entire ...
09/19/2023Future presence of Russia in region will depend on Russian peacekeepers response to Azerbaijani shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh- political analyst
... launching rocket and artillery strikes," it said in a statement. Azerbaijan troops are shelling also the capital Stepanakert. The future format and, in general, the presence of the Russian Federation in the region will depend on the reaction of Russian peacekeepers to the Azerbaijani shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh, political scientist Sergey Melkonyan said in his TG-channel. According to him, the choice is simple: either Russian peacekeepers guarantee the fulfillment of the trilateral statement and subdue the aggressor. Then it is possible to maintain ...
09/19/2023Nagorno-Karabakh President convenes meeting to discuss ways out of dire situation caused by Azerbaijani blockade
... Friday to discuss the dire situation caused by more than 9 month-long blockade by Azerbaijan and the ways to overcome it, Nagorno-Karabakh Information Center reported. It said a set of issues related to the solution of food problems of the population, pricing ... ... quoted as saying. During the meeting, Shahramanyan also spoke about moving civilians from Artsakh to Armenia accompanied by Russian peacekeepers and the International Committee of the Red Cross. He noted that this process should be carried out under ...
09/15/2023Zakharova says Russian peacekeepers are deployed in conflict zone to prevent Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia
... Armenia would be provided with military assistance to defend its borders in case of Azerbaijani aggression against the background of concentration of Azerbaijani troops and equipment on the borders with Armenia and along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to her, Russian peacekeepers are in the conflict zone to prevent this from happening. "It is for this purpose that Russia is fulfilling its mediation role, calling on all sides to fulfill what they signed up to," she said. On Sept. 7, Armenian Prime ...
09/13/2023Lemkin Institute is seriously concerned about the danger of genocide in Artsakh by Azerbaijan
... detail the history of Artsakh, the current difficult situation caused by the blockade, as well as the large-scale war unleashed by Azerbaijan in the fall of 2020 and Turkey's role in it. According to the report, the end of the war and the deployment of Russian peacekeepers have not brought peace to the region. "Geopolitical turbulence persists as Azerbaijani forces continue to threaten civilians through harassment, sporadic attacks on Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, killings and kidnappings of Armenians, and violations of the November 9, 2020 trilateral ceasefire declaration," the report note, citing instances of ceasefire violations and Baku's blockade of the Lachin corridor. 'The deep ...
09/06/2023Pashinyan: Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh do not fulfill the mission undertaken by trilateral statement
... Pashinyan said in an interview with Italian publication La Repubblica, when asked to explain the political situation that keeps the Russians from implementing the trilateral statement. 'Essentially, one of the main objectives of the presence of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno Karabakh was to ensure the security of the civilian population. In this case security involves the freedom of movement, and this right is not implemented, which is a matter of concern,' Pashinyan said. 'Our Russian colleagues argue that Armenia’s western ...
09/04/2023Pashinyan: there will be no peace if Armenia and Azerbaijan fail to recognize one another’s territorial integrity
... Nagorno-Karabakh has always been controlled by its authorities. "In any case, this was the case after 2018 (the year of the change of power in Armenia - ed.). And today the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is controlled by the elected representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian peacekeepers are also there," he said. In response to a question about if there were guarantees that if Nagorno-Karabakh came under the control of Azerbaijan, the latter would l stop its encroachments on the territory of Armenia, the Prime ...
09/04/2023Representatives of ICRC visit Nagorno-Karabakh students abducted by Azerbaijan
... told Novosti-Armenia news agency. "The abducted students were given an opportunity to contact their relatives," she said. According to the ICRC representative, the detainees can contact their relatives either by phone or in writing Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender reported on August 28 that three students who were traveling to Armenia escorted by the Russian peacekeepers were kidnapped by Azerbaijani border guards. They are Alen Sargsyan, born in 2001, who was abducted by force and coercion. The other two are Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan. Armenia’s foreign ministry on Monday said that their ...
09/01/2023ECHR gives Azerbaijan time until September 7 to provide information on 3 kidnapped Nagorno-Karabakh students
... for international legal affairs reported. "Azerbaijan is obliged to inform the Court about the location of these persons, conditions of detention, state of health, medical care received and steps for their return," the report says. Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender reported on August 28 that three students who were traveling to Armenia escorted by the Russian peacekeepers were kidnapped by Azerbaijani border guards. They are Alen Sargsyan, born in 2001, who was abducted by force and coercion. The other two are Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan. Armenia’s foreign ministry on Monday said that their ...
08/31/2023Armenian 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 following, already well-known chronology and important circumstances....
08/31/2023Pashinyan says Azerbaijan continues its genocidal policy against Nagorno-Karabakh defying Russian peacekeepers
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused today Azerbaijan of continuing its genocidal policy in Nagorno-Karabakh by starving its ethnic Armenian population to death, doing it in the presence of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. YEREVAN, August 31. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused today Azerbaijan of continuing its genocidal ...
08/31/2023Russian foreign ministry comments on abduction of Nagorno-Karabakh students by Azerbaijan
... ensuring the rights and security of Karabakh Armenians, including in the context of direct Baku-Stepanakert dialogue in the new conditions that have emerged as a result of the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan," she said. Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender reported on August 28 that three students who were traveling to Armenia escorted by the Russian peacekeepers were kidnapped by Azerbaijani border guards. They are Alen Sargsyan, born in 2001, who was abducted by force and coercion. The other two are Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan. Armenia’s foreign ministry on Monday said that their ...
08/30/2023Armenia sends application to ECHR demanding to protect the rights of three Artsakh residents abducted by Azerbaijan
... (ECHR) apply an interim measure against Azerbaijan and ensure that the rights of three Nagorno-Karabakh civilians kidnapped on August 28 in Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan be protected, Armenia's representative for international legal affairs said. Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender reported on August 28 that three students who were traveling to Armenia escorted by the Russian peacekeepers were kidnapped by Azerbaijani border guards. They are Alen Sargsyan, born in 2001, who was abducted by force and coercion. The other two are Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan. Armenia’s foreign ministry on Monday said that their ...
08/30/2023Humanitarian station opened in Kornidzor near Lachin corridor to accommodate journalists and public figures
... visited by international partners, journalists and political figures. Sargsyan told Armenia's Public Television that the humanitarian cargo sent from France, accompanied by a delegation headed by the Mayor of Paris, has already reached Kornidzor and Russian peacekeepers have been informed about it. He also emphasized that the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is deteriorating by the hour, so work is continuing to somehow mitigate the humanitarian crisis, which tends to turn into a humanitarian catastrophe. On August 30, a convoy with humanitarian cargo from France, collected for the population of ...
08/30/2023Nagorno-Karabakh president vows to bring three students kidnapped by Azerbaijan back to Stepanakert
... return. This won’t take long. And they will personally know the name of the official who will bring them back to Stepanakert,” Harutyunyan said. He called on the families of the kidnapped men to visit his office Tuesday morning. Earlier, Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender reported about the kidnapping by Azerbaijan of three students who were traveling to Armenia escorted by the Russian peacekeepers. They are Alen Sargsyan, born in 2001, who was abducted by force and coercion and taken to an unknown destination by representatives of the Azerbaijani border and other services. The other two are Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan....
08/29/2023Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender says Azerbaijan kidnapped three students in Lachin corridor
... through the Lachin corridor accompanied by Russian peacekeepers were abducted today by Azerbaijani border guards. He said 170 people crossed the illegal checkpoint established by Azerbaijan at the corridor to ender Armenia today. All were accompanied by Russian peacekeepers. The first Nagorno-Karabakh resident abducted was Alen Sargsyan, born in 2001. He was abducted by force and coercion and taken to an unknown direction by Azerbaijani border guards. Five more people from Nagorno-Karabakh were taken to a special room near the checkpoint for ...
08/28/2023Azerbaijanis kidnap 22 year-old Nagorno-Karabakh student at illegal checkpoint in Lachin corridor
... Armenia. YEREVAN, August 28. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani border guards have abducted today another citizen of Nagorno-Karabakh when he was going through the illegal checkpoint established by Azerbaijan in the Lachin corridor, the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. The kidnapped citizen is a 22 year-old Alen Sargsyan, who was traveling to Armenia accompanied by Russian peacekeepers, the Artsakh Information Center reported. It said so far there is no reliable information about the reasons for the abduction. Alen Sargsyan is a student who was on his way to Yerevan to continue his studies. "Azerbaijan continues ...
08/28/2023Nagorno-Karabakh: any meeting on Azerbaijani territory is risky
Any meeting in the territory of Azerbaijan, moreover, without the involvement of international mediators, is greatly risky, especially considering the fact of kidnapping Vagif Khachatryan, who was under the mandate of the ICRC, in the presence of the Russian peacekeepers, the Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Ministry said in a statement. YEREVAN, August 24. /ARKA/. Any meeting in the territory of Azerbaijan, moreover, without the involvement of international mediators, is greatly risky, especially considering the fact of kidnapping Vagif ...
08/24/2023Artsakh Defense Ministry refutes Azerbaijani reports on use of medical vehicles for arms transportation
... this way Azerbaijan is preparing information ground for another provocation. YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Defense Ministry accused today Azerbaijani Defense Ministry of continuing to disseminate videos and reports that have ... ... Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's allegations that it has been "reinforcing' its positions and that medical vehicles escorted by Russian peacekeepers were used to transport anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, weapons and electronic protection equipment intended ...
08/18/2023U.S. once again urges Azerbaijan to restore free passage through Lachin corridor - State Department
... the worsening humanitarian situation in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, after Armenia urged the international community to help end Azerbaijan’s months-long blockade of the isolated territory. Despite a Moscow-brokered ceasefire assigning Russian peacekeepers to guard the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and the outside world, Azerbaijan took effective control of the highway last year. For the past two months, humanitarian aid has been blocked and the ICRC warned it is unable to take supplies of food and medicine in or out. -0-
08/16/2023Armenians face genocide in Azerbaijan, former International Criminal Court prosecutor warns
... near the Azerbaijan border, a line of 19 trucks loaded with some 360 tons of medicine and food supplies have been parked for two weeks waiting for permission to cross. Vardan Sargsyan, a representative of a crisis management working group for Nagorno Karabakh set up by the Armenian government, told The Associated Press the Armenian government had asked for permission for the trucks to cross via Russian peacekeepers and provided details on their contents but so far received no response from Azerbaijan. “Unfortunately, there have been many attempts from the Azerbaijani side to manipulate this situation,” he said. “We just hope that this ...
08/10/2023Artsakh farmers shelled from Azerbaijani positions
... from Azerbaijani positions, the Artsakh Interior Ministry reported. YEREVAN, August 9. /ARKA/. Farmers in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) were shelled from Azerbaijani positions, the Artsakh Interior Ministry reported. It said the incident was reported on ... ... engaged in agricultural work, were damaged by the shots. The agricultural work was stopped. The incident was reported to the Russian peacekeepers. -0-
08/09/2023Right now people of Artsakh being subjected to genocide- president
... 8 months already, and for several months it has been impossible to deliver food and medicines even with the mediation of the Russian peacekeepers and ICRC, which violates not only international law, but also the statements made specifically for the Lachin ... ... and militants from the Middle East," Harutyunyan said. For about eight months now, 120,000 Armenians in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have been under complete blockade of Azerbaijan with no food, medicine, fuel, gas or electricity. The Lachin corridor,...
08/08/2023Artsakh President: dialogue cannot be by compulsion
... interview with Artsakh Public TV. YEREVAN, August 7. /ARKA/. There can be no dialogue between Azerbaijan and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) by compulsion, Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan said in an interview with Artsakh Public TV. "There seems to ... ... understood that we have rights," Harutyunyan said in a reference to various platforms, including through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers to organize talks between the two sides. He reminded that earlier these meetings had only social and infrastructural ...
08/07/2023Russia supports launch of talks between Baku and Stepanakert, calls for immediate opening of Lachin corridor - Zakharova
... negotiations between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said to a press briefing on Wednesday. YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Russia supports the launch of negotiations between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said to a press briefing on Wednesday. She said Russian peacekeepers had already helped the parties in organizing meetings and are ready to continue to assist in this matter. 'Russia does not put forward any preconditions and is painstakingly working to bring together the approaches of the sides, which ...
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