Azeris fire upon kindergartens, schools of Armenia’s near-border villagesMarch 17, 2011 - 13:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azerbaijani armed forces are escalating tensions at the line of contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry, on March 15 and 16, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire 12 times, firing over 200 shots at Armenian positions. The Azerbaijani armed forces fired upon Armenian army positions in Barkaber, Koti, Vazashen, Aygedzor, Kayanavan, Chinar, Sevakavan, Yeraskh, Khndzorut. Kindergartens, schools and cars were also fired upon, the Ministry said. The Armenian side demonstrated restraint, refraining from retaliatory fire. Over the past several days, Azerbaijan is also carrying out engineering mine clearing works at the border sectors, the Ministry said. It’s noteworthy that on March 16 morning 1news.az agency reported that “on March 16, at 9 pm, the Armenian armed forces fired upon cars of civilians moving towards the villages of Eskipar, Hushchuayrim and Myarzyam.” Thus, it’s not ruled out that the Azerbaijani media just pave the way for provocative acts. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |