Armenian village chief injured in Azerbaijan's shootingJuly 20, 2021 - 10:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of Armenia's Yeraskh community, Radik Oghikyan, was injured in Azerbaijan's shooting from across the border late on July 19, the Ministry of Defense reports. Oghikyan was in the process of making preparations to extinguish the fire that broke out in the area as a result of the Azerbaijanis' actions. The Defense Ministry said that the Azerbaijani military used various caliber weapons, including grenade launchers, to shell the Armenian positions on July 19-20. "The Armenian Army declares that they will not allow any change in the line of contact," the Defense Ministry said. The situation has been tense on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border for months now, especially near Yeraskh in Armenia, on the border with Nakhijevan. Azerbaijani forces violated Armenia’s border in several sections in the provinces of Syunik and Gegharkunik on May 12 and 13 and are still refusing to withdraw their troops from the area. Two Armenian servicemen were killed in Azerbaijan’s shooting, while six troops were captured on May 27, although four of them have already returned home. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news Most popular in the section | WFP, EDB, Yeremyan Farm to expand Milk in Schools project in Armenia The partnership aims to establish a cooperative framework to assess the feasibility of the initiative. Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1. U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia. Destruction of Armenian heritage raised at PACE Member of the Armenian delegation to PACE, MP from the “I Have the Honor” bloc Hayk Mamijanyan delivered remarks at a PACE session. |