Armenia TV cameraman injured in Azerbaijan's fire on MartuniOctober 1, 2020 - 14:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A cameraman from Armenia TV, Aram Grigoryan, was injured in Azerbaijan's shelling of the town of Martuni on Thursday, October 1, his colleague, journalist Erna Elizbaryan has revealed. According to Elizbaryan, Grigoryan, who participated in the Four-Day War in April 2016, has sustained a light injury. The five-strong crew of Civilnet, another Armenian media outlet, came under Azerbaijan's fire on Martuni as well. The group have not been injured. Azerbaijan is shelling civilian settlement of Nagorno Karabakh. Several international media representatives have sustained injuries. Azerbaijan launched a major offensive against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27, shelling Armenian positions and civilian settlements with large caliber weapons and rocket systems. Armenia and Karabakh have introduced martial law and total mobilization. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. On September 29, the Azerbaijani army began shelling positions and civilian settlements in Armenia, which resulted in civilian casualty. 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. |