Azerbaijanis steal Armenian villagers' cattle bought with a large loanAugust 31, 2021 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani troops have stolen most of the cattle bought by the residents of a village in Armenia's Vayots Dzor province with an AMD 8 million loan (over $16,000) and are now refusing to return them, Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan reported on Monday, August 30. 80 of the 110 animals grazing near the village of Sers approached an Azerbaijani position on August 16, and the Azeris stole 75 of them. According to two witnesses, who were also among the owners of the cattle, three armed Azerbaijani soldiers took the animals away. The victims have already asked the Vayots Dzor Regional Administration, the head of the community, the Armenian border troops and the Armed Forces for assistance. Without the cattle, they say, the villagers have no means of repaying the loan. "Our state must initiate processes in the international arena to use these facts to force the Azerbaijani authorities to compensate people for such problems," Tatoyan said. Top stories 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |