Azerbaijani military opens fire on Karabakh farmerJanuary 7, 2023 - 13:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani forces fired at a farmer who was working on his tractor in the Hatsi village of Artsakh’s (Nagorno Karabakh) Martuni region, local police said. The farmer, identified as I. Abrahamyan, a resident of Hatsi village, contacted law enforcement agencies and said that around 1 p.m. local time on Friday, January 6, while working in his Belarus 82-1 tractor in the field he came under automatic small arms fire from an Azerbaijani military position nearby. The Martuni police department reported the incident to the Russian peacekeepers, who on Wednesday claimed that they were complying with their mandate and were conducting round the clock monitoring of positions, including in Martuni. The Friday attack came on the 26th day of Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor - the sole road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to the rest of the world. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenian government besieged by protesters Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan poured into Yerevan’s Republic Square to try to surround the seat of Armenia’s government. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. EU calls on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners The European Union calls on Azerbaijan to release all those imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights. |