Town chief in Armnia's Syunik confirms Azerbaijani shooting overnightJuly 20, 2021 - 15:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The situation was tense overnight near the community of Tegh, Syunik province, as the Azerbaijani side fired shots here as well, head of the community, Nerses Shadunts, said on Tuesday, July 20. As reported earlier, 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 said. The Ministry added that the Azerbaijani military used various caliber weapons, including grenade launchers, to shell the Armenian positions on July 19-20. Head of Geghamasar community Hakob Avetisyan confirmed later that the Azerbaijani military also opened fire in the vicinity of the border settlements of Armenia's Gegharkunik province throughout the night of July 19-20. "The situation was a little tense, indiscriminate fire was opened, irregular shots were fired into the air near some of our communities," Shadunts said, according to Pastinfo. "Thanks to the actions of our guys (the Armenian Armed Forces - Ed.), the shooting was silenced." The town chief revealed that the shooting lasted for about 2.5 hours, but assured that the situation was calm as of Tuesday noon. According to him, the Azerbaijani troops were probably drunk. 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. |