President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan visited the town of Tchartar in the Martuni region to hold a meeting with locals and get acquainted with the multi-functional sports complex built in sponsorship of Russia-based philanthropist Vladimir Avagyan. President Harutyunyan called for “strong patience” and not deviating from the path of independence of Artsakh. He said the government will continue all efforts to resolve security issues and guarantee a sustainable future and necessary living conditions.
The evacuation of cultural monuments from Berdzor, Aghavno, and Sus settlements of the Artsakh Republic, which will be handed over to Azerbaijan on August 25, will be completed next week. This was announced by Lernik Hovhannisyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of Artsakh. According to the deputy minister, the memorials and khachkars have been moved to Stepanakert, and there is already an agreement with the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church that some of them will be placed in the park near St. Hovhannes Church in Stepanakert, and the other part will be placed in the area adjacent to St. Hakob Church.
Artsakh Ministry of Defense issued a statement, in which it claims that the message spread by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, according to which the units of the Defense Army allegedly violated the ceasefire, is another misinformation and does not correspond to reality.
Armenia appealed to the Georgian side with a request to open ferry communication with Russia due to heavy traffic at the Upper Lars checkpoint. This was announced by the Maritime Transport Agency of the Georgian Ministry of Economy. Upper Lars is the only functioning checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian land border. It is through this checkpoint that Armenia transports its goods to Russia and back.
One of the participants of the three-month military training went missing after entering Lake Sevan. The incident happened five days ago. According to Factor.am, he was 31 years old, from Gyumri. It is not officially confirmed whether the participant of the training drowned or not. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense told Factor.am that the search and rescue operations are still going on.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia reported that the message spread by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan allegedly the units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia opened fire in the direction of Azerbaijani positions in different parts of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is another misinformation.
Artsakh Foreign Minister Davit Babayan commented on the interview of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. "I want to thank Aliyev for his sincerity. Indeed, neither Azerbaijan nor its leadership has ever hidden their plans for Artsakh. Indeed, Karabakh will have nothing in the composition of Azerbaijan, because Karabakh itself will not exist," Dabid Babayan wrote on his Facebook page.
On August 12, at 7:04 p.m., the regional crisis management center of Tavush was alerted that an unexploded projectile was spotted at the end of Sevkar village. Firefighters closed the area and were on duty until the engineering service arrived. The engineering team of the Ministry of Emergency Situations moved the shell to a safe area for further destruction.
Former Member of Parliament, Major General Seyran Saroyan passed away. From 1993-2007 Saroyan was the commander of a regiment, brigade, 2nd, and then 4th army corps in the RA Armed Forces. The detachment under his command, later the "Artsvik-10" battalion and the operational group, fought in the battles for the liberation of Karvachar, Sanasar, and Kovsakan. In 2000 he was awarded the rank of major general.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview to AzTV that today there is no Karabakh issue in the process of regulating relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to him, the Armenians living in Karabakh should take the right step and understand that their future depends only on integrating into the Azerbaijani society.
The President of Artsakh calls for adherence to the path of independence
16:18 - 13 August, 2022The evacuation of cultural monuments from Berdzor, Aghavno, and Sus settlements will be completed next week
16:11 - 13 August, 2022The units of the Defense Army didn't violate the ceasefire: Artsakh Defense Ministry denies Azerbaijani misinformation
15:27 - 13 August, 2022Armenia asked Georgia to regulate ferry communication with Russia
15:14 - 13 August, 2022The participant in the three-month military training went missing in Lake Sevan 5 days ago
14:42 - 13 August, 2022Armenian Ministry of Defense denies the statement of Azerbaijan that the units of the RA Armed Forces opened fire in the direction of the Azerbaijani positions
14:38 - 13 August, 2022David Babayan claims any status within Azerbaijan is unacceptable for Artsakh
11:54 - 13 August, 2022An unexploded shell found in Sevkar village
10:32 - 13 August, 2022Former Armenian MP Seyran Saroyan passed away
10:07 - 13 August, 2022Aliyev claims Armenians living in Karabakh will have no status, no independence, no special privileges
19:54 - 12 August, 2022The President of Artsakh calls for adherence to the path of independence
16:18 - 13 August, 2022The evacuation of cultural monuments from Berdzor, Aghavno, and Sus settlements will be completed next week
16:11 - 13 August, 2022The units of the Defense Army didn't violate the ceasefire: Artsakh Defense Ministry denies Azerbaijani misinformation
15:27 - 13 August, 2022Armenia asked Georgia to regulate ferry communication with Russia
15:14 - 13 August, 2022The participant in the three-month military training went missing in Lake Sevan 5 days ago
14:42 - 13 August, 2022Armenian Ministry of Defense denies the statement of Azerbaijan that the units of the RA Armed Forces opened fire in the direction of the Azerbaijani positions
14:38 - 13 August, 2022David Babayan claims any status within Azerbaijan is unacceptable for Artsakh
11:54 - 13 August, 2022An unexploded shell found in Sevkar village
10:32 - 13 August, 2022Former Armenian MP Seyran Saroyan passed away
10:07 - 13 August, 2022Aliyev claims Armenians living in Karabakh will have no status, no independence, no special privileges
19:54 - 12 August, 2022