Armenia blasts Azerbaijan's steps on Karabakh contact line as provocationJune 11, 2018 - 13:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The death of a serviceman of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army as a result of Azerbaijan’s crossborder gunfire was a provocation undertaken by Baku aimed at escalating the situation in the region and undermine agreements on reducing tension, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, June 11. The statement also says that the incident occurred on the eve of the visit of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to Armenia. A Karabakh soldier, Vahagn Eloyan (b. 1992) was killed in Azerbaijan’s crossborder fire on Sunday. An investigation into the details of the incident is underway. “The incident once again stresses the importance of implementing the trilateral agreement on the establishment and strengthening of the ceasefire of 1994-1995, as well as the implementation of the agreements reached in 2016-2017 on the introduction of a mechanism for investigating incidents on the contact line and enhancing the capabilities of the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine 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. 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. |