🇫🇷 The French Foreign Ministry responded to the sabotage attack in Artsakh, stressing that the police car was targeted by the Azerbaijani side.
"We are sorry for the victims of the serious incident that took place on March 5, during which a car carrying policemen was targeted by Azerbaijani forces in the area of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers near the Lachin Corridor. The incident should be fully investigated. We also call on the parties to strictly observe the ceasefire," the message states.
"We are sorry for the victims of the serious incident that took place on March 5, during which a car carrying policemen was targeted by Azerbaijani forces in the area of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers near the Lachin Corridor. The incident should be fully investigated. We also call on the parties to strictly observe the ceasefire," the message states.
🇦🇲🇺🇸 Armen Grigoryan received the American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Louis Bono.
📌 The parties discussed the latest developments in the process of regulating Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
📌 Reference was made to the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan and its consequences, within the framework of which the Security Council Secretary highlighted the need to send an international fact-finding team to the Lachin Corridor and Nagorno Karabakh. [Security Council of Armenia]
📌 The parties discussed the latest developments in the process of regulating Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
📌 Reference was made to the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan and its consequences, within the framework of which the Security Council Secretary highlighted the need to send an international fact-finding team to the Lachin Corridor and Nagorno Karabakh. [Security Council of Armenia]
🇷🇺🪖 A group of people from Artsakh were protesting at the main entrance of the central location of Russian peacekeepers. They had to block the exit and entry of the peacekeepers for several hours. The protesters were waiting for a representative from the peacekeepers to come and present their demands, that is to ensure the peaceful and safe life of the people of Artsakh.
📌 There was an incident between protesters and peacekeepers because one of the protesters blocked the entrance with a car, and the peacekeepers were trying to remove it.
📌 There was an incident between protesters and peacekeepers because one of the protesters blocked the entrance with a car, and the peacekeepers were trying to remove it.
📌 What prevents the American and French co-chairs in the region from visiting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in order to express their determination to maintain the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group and resolve the conflict peacefully? Artsakh HRD Gegham Stepanyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.
🗣 "It should be reminded that the only format with an international mandate for the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict is the OSCE Minsk Group. During the aggressive war unleashed by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh in the fall of 2020 and during the more than two years that followed, neither the co-chairs of the Russian Federation, the USA, nor France visited Artsakh at least once to assess the situation in accordance with their mandate and to find ways out of the most difficult situation," he wrote.
🗣 "It should be reminded that the only format with an international mandate for the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict is the OSCE Minsk Group. During the aggressive war unleashed by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh in the fall of 2020 and during the more than two years that followed, neither the co-chairs of the Russian Federation, the USA, nor France visited Artsakh at least once to assess the situation in accordance with their mandate and to find ways out of the most difficult situation," he wrote.
🤝 RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Senior Advisor on Caucasus Negotiations, American Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Louis Bono. Nikol Pashinyan added that, on one hand, Azerbaijan declares its readiness to dialogue with the representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh, on the other hand, it carries out terrorist activities.
🇦🇲🇦🇿 The interlocutors referred to the humanitarian crisis created in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the blockade of Lachin Corridor. Issues related to the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Nagorno Karabakh problem were also discussed. [RA Government]
🇦🇲🇦🇿 The interlocutors referred to the humanitarian crisis created in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the blockade of Lachin Corridor. Issues related to the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Nagorno Karabakh problem were also discussed. [RA Government]
📌 Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan claims that today the Russian peacekeeping troops accompanied the transportation of the military vehicles of the Armenian armed forces and illegal armed formations to Karabakh via an alternative ground route to the Lachin Corridor.
🇦🇲🇦🇿 "If these actions are not stopped immediately, the Azerbaijani side will have to resort to necessary measures to prevent this. Those events once again confirm the need for Azerbaijan to set up an appropriate checkpoint on the road to Lachin," the military department of Azerbaijan stated. |azatutyun.am|
🇦🇲🇦🇿 "If these actions are not stopped immediately, the Azerbaijani side will have to resort to necessary measures to prevent this. Those events once again confirm the need for Azerbaijan to set up an appropriate checkpoint on the road to Lachin," the military department of Azerbaijan stated. |azatutyun.am|
🗣 In terms of ammunitio and personnel, we used 50 percent in the 44-day war, so why didn't we use the other 50 percent? Our army had enough munitions and military equipment to not end the war like this. Our most powerful weapons were not used, for reasons beyond my understanding. If they were used on time, the situation would be completely different. [Serzh Sargsyan] |tert.am|
Since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan has closed the Lachin Corridor connecting Artsakh to Armenia, as a result of which 120,000 residents of Artsakh, including 30,000 children, are under siege.
It is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine from RA to Artsakh every day.
6 children are in the neonatal and intensive care units, 6 patients are in the intensive care unit, 2 are in critical condition. During this period, 153 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to Armenia through the mediation of the Red Cross. One of the patients died in Artsakh.
Azerbaijan has blocked the only gas pipeline feeding Artsakh from Armenia. Fan power outages are carried out 6 times a day for 1 hour. There is a food coupon system.
Artsakh is under siege.
Photo: Hayk Harutyunyan
It is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine from RA to Artsakh every day.
6 children are in the neonatal and intensive care units, 6 patients are in the intensive care unit, 2 are in critical condition. During this period, 153 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to Armenia through the mediation of the Red Cross. One of the patients died in Artsakh.
Azerbaijan has blocked the only gas pipeline feeding Artsakh from Armenia. Fan power outages are carried out 6 times a day for 1 hour. There is a food coupon system.
Artsakh is under siege.
Photo: Hayk Harutyunyan
🇦🇲🇪🇺🇦🇿 EU Special Representative Toivo Klaar stated in an interview with the Azerbaijani "APA" agency in Baku :
🗣 "First of all, I think that the idea of ensuring the transparency of cargo transported through the Lachin Corridor is completely legal because we do not want Lachin Road to be used for the transportation of tension-increasing goods and for any military or illegal purposes."
📌 He also noted that in his opinion, the ways to achieve this transparency are the subject of discussions and negotiations. "I think there are several ways to do it. I assume some of these have been discussed before. For example, to have additional equipment at the checkpoint so that the Russians can better control the transportation in that area. There are several ways to do this, I think it is important to discuss them in detail." |factor.am|
🗣 "First of all, I think that the idea of ensuring the transparency of cargo transported through the Lachin Corridor is completely legal because we do not want Lachin Road to be used for the transportation of tension-increasing goods and for any military or illegal purposes."
📌 He also noted that in his opinion, the ways to achieve this transparency are the subject of discussions and negotiations. "I think there are several ways to do it. I assume some of these have been discussed before. For example, to have additional equipment at the checkpoint so that the Russians can better control the transportation in that area. There are several ways to do this, I think it is important to discuss them in detail." |factor.am|
🇪🇺 Toivo Klaar announced that the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, wants to hold another tripartite meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan. He noted that Charles Michel's understanding is that it is important to return the two leaders to Brussels.
🗣 "It is not only about Brussels, but also about the fact that there has been no meeting between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for several months," he said.
🗣 "It is not only about Brussels, but also about the fact that there has been no meeting between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for several months," he said.
🇦🇲 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has denied the statement of the Azerbaijani side that allegedly "transportation of the personnel of the RA Armed Forces took place along the Stepanakert-Ghaibalishen-Lisagor road".
🇦🇿 "Azerbaijan has adopted practices of disinformation and increasing tension, trying to create false information bases for launching new aggression not only against Nagorno-Karabakh but also against Armenia.
❗️ Moreover, in order to "justify" that policy, Azerbaijan continues to present its policy in the West to Armenia as extremely pro-Russian, and in Russia as extremely pro-Western," the statement of the RA Foreign Ministry reads.
🇦🇿 "Azerbaijan has adopted practices of disinformation and increasing tension, trying to create false information bases for launching new aggression not only against Nagorno-Karabakh but also against Armenia.
❗️ Moreover, in order to "justify" that policy, Azerbaijan continues to present its policy in the West to Armenia as extremely pro-Russian, and in Russia as extremely pro-Western," the statement of the RA Foreign Ministry reads.
🇦🇲🇦🇿 President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev expressed hope that Armenia will respond positively to Azerbaijan's comments on the peace agreement proposals.
🗣 "Some time ago, we presented our proposal to Armenia, based on the norms and principles of international law. Then we received comments from Armenia and sent our observations on them. The process is underway," Aliyev said.
🗣 "Some time ago, we presented our proposal to Armenia, based on the norms and principles of international law. Then we received comments from Armenia and sent our observations on them. The process is underway," Aliyev said.
🔸 RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan gave a speech at the 159th session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level.
🗣 "Armenia rejects the use of force or the threat of force and tries to negotiate with its neighbors from a constructive position and is committed to finding fair solutions to all unresolved issues through diplomacy. In response to our sincere efforts, Azerbaijan continues its hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric, as well as aggressive and bigoted actions.
🇦🇲🇦🇿 Unfortunately, our neighbor Azerbaijan continuously manipulates the issues of the settlement of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Nagorno Karabakh problem on various international platforms, especially in organizations where Armenia is not represented, trying to give them a religious tone and using the sensitive ideology of Islamic solidarity. We expect that such attempts will be rejected and will not drag our friendly Arab countries into the field of religious differences."
🗣 "Armenia rejects the use of force or the threat of force and tries to negotiate with its neighbors from a constructive position and is committed to finding fair solutions to all unresolved issues through diplomacy. In response to our sincere efforts, Azerbaijan continues its hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric, as well as aggressive and bigoted actions.
🇦🇲🇦🇿 Unfortunately, our neighbor Azerbaijan continuously manipulates the issues of the settlement of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Nagorno Karabakh problem on various international platforms, especially in organizations where Armenia is not represented, trying to give them a religious tone and using the sensitive ideology of Islamic solidarity. We expect that such attempts will be rejected and will not drag our friendly Arab countries into the field of religious differences."
🇦🇲🇬🇪 The Embassy of Armenia in Georgia denies the news spread in the Georgian media that special forces are being brought from Armenia to Georgia to disperse the protests in Tbilisi. The embassy calls and urges the mass media to refrain from spreading such false information, as well as not to give in to provocations. |aliq.ge|
Since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan has closed the Lachin Corridor connecting Artsakh to Armenia, as a result of which 120,000 residents of Artsakh, including 30,000 children, are under siege.
It is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine from RA to Artsakh every day.
Due to the suspension of scheduled surgeries in all medical institutions of Artsakh, about 800 citizens were deprived of the opportunity to solve their health problems through surgery. During this period, 153 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to Armenia through the mediation of the Red Cross. One of the patients died in Artsakh.
Azerbaijan has blocked the only gas pipeline feeding Artsakh from Armenia. Fan power outages are carried out 6 times a day for 1 hour. There is a food coupon system.
Artsakh is under siege.
Photo: Margarita Petrosyan
It is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine from RA to Artsakh every day.
Due to the suspension of scheduled surgeries in all medical institutions of Artsakh, about 800 citizens were deprived of the opportunity to solve their health problems through surgery. During this period, 153 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to Armenia through the mediation of the Red Cross. One of the patients died in Artsakh.
Azerbaijan has blocked the only gas pipeline feeding Artsakh from Armenia. Fan power outages are carried out 6 times a day for 1 hour. There is a food coupon system.
Artsakh is under siege.
Photo: Margarita Petrosyan
🇦🇲 The international human rights organization Freedom House published the "Freedom in the World" annual report, in which Armenia lost one position and remains a partially free country with 54 points.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, like last year, remains a non-free country with 9 points.
🇷🇺 Russia is also among the non-free countries with 16 points (19 points last year).
🇺🇦 It is noteworthy that Ukraine lost 11 positions and remains a partially free country with 50 points.
🇬🇪 Georgia has the highest score among the countries of the region: 58 points (partially free), which has not changed compared to last year. |aravot.am|
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, like last year, remains a non-free country with 9 points.
🇷🇺 Russia is also among the non-free countries with 16 points (19 points last year).
🇺🇦 It is noteworthy that Ukraine lost 11 positions and remains a partially free country with 50 points.
🇬🇪 Georgia has the highest score among the countries of the region: 58 points (partially free), which has not changed compared to last year. |aravot.am|
🪖 On March 8, the body of a serviceman Andranik Ohanyan was found in the N military unit of the Ministry of Defence.
An investigation is carried out to fully clarify the circumstances of the incident.
The Ministry of Defence shares the heavy sorrow of the loss and expresses support to the family members, relatives, and co-servicemen of Andranik Ohanyan.
An investigation is carried out to fully clarify the circumstances of the incident.
The Ministry of Defence shares the heavy sorrow of the loss and expresses support to the family members, relatives, and co-servicemen of Andranik Ohanyan.
❗️The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense has spread disinformation claiming that units of the Artsakh Defense Forces opened fire toward the Azerbaijani combat positions located in the occupied territories of Shushi, Martuni, Askeran and Qashatagh regions of Artsakh from March 8 at 9.30pm to March 9 at 4.15am. [Artsakh Defense Army]