Armenia vows tougher measures against Azeri aggressionAugust 2, 2014 - 15:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Defense Ministry issued a statement over the recent cross-border attacks by the Azerbaijani armed forces at the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh. “The Azerbaijani armed forces do not stop attacks on the Armenian military positions and inhabited settlements, causing losses on both sides. The Armenian Defense Ministry states that such behavior undermines the peace process going on under the aegis of the OSCE Minsk Group and can trigger large-scale hostilities,” the ministry said, urging Azerbaijan to put an end to actions that escalate the situation at the line of contact. Otherwise, the ministry said, “the Armenian armed forces will have to take tougher measures to counteract the senseless revenge attempts by the Azerbaijani leadership.” Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |