Ex-military official insists Iskander was used in KarabakhMarch 2, 2021 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Iskander system was used during the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Movses Hakobyan has said. Hakobyan thus reaffirmed his earlier statement on the use of Iskander by the Armenian side, Aravot.am reports. “I'm not an average soldier providing unverified information. I answer and insist that the Iskander was fired during the war. That's all. The rest is none of my business,” Hakobyan said. Immediately after the war, Hakobyan gave a press conference and said an Iskander missile had been used, but did not disclose other details. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said earlier that the Iskander missiles did not explode or weren't fully functional during hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, and was contradicted by then First Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff, Lieutenant General Tiran Khachatryan, who was later sacked. Several days later, however, a spokesperson for Pashinyan said the PM had been given inaccurate information concerning the situation with the Russian missiles. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |