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Co-Founder of Lemkin Institute sees need for sanctions against Azerbaijan to prevent another genocide against Armenians

Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Co-Founder and Co-President of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College, USA, highlights the role of the international community on putting pressure on Azerbaijan to refuse from genocidal intentions against Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia.

Health minister: Identification of 13 Armenian soldiers’ bodies underway

The identification of the bodies of 13 servicemen returned to Armenia has already started, Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan told reporters in the parliament on Wednesday. Azerbaijan handed over the bodies of the Armenian troops killed during the September aggression...

Opposition MP: Artsakh army disbandment ‘unacceptable’

MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition Pativ Unem bloc has strongly deplored the statements of the Armenian and Artsakh leadership on the possible disbandment of the Artsakh armed forces. "The issue of disbanding the Artsakh Defense Army has again been...

Army chiefs of CSTO countries to discuss defense cooperation

The chiefs of the general staff of the armed forces of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states will hold a video conference on November 10 to discuss defense cooperation, CSTO Joint Staff Spokesman Vladislav Shchegrikoviсh told TASS on Tuesday. "The...

Yerevan to host CSTO meeting on November 23

An extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council will be held in Yerevan, Armenia on November 23, the Russian-led security bloc said in a statement on Tuesday. “On November 1, 2022, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko...

CSTO emergency session on Armenia to be held on Friday

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold an emergency session on Armenia on Friday, the organization said in a statement on Thursday. The Russian-led security bloc will discuss, among other things, joint measures to assist Armenia. “On October 28, 2022, an...

No wounded Armenian soldiers in grave or critical conditions in hospitals – ministry

The Defense Ministry of Armenia has provided an update on the health condition of Armenian soldiers injured in the Azerbaijani attack in mid-September. “As of October 27, 71 of the military personnel wounded in the latest Azerbaijani military aggression have...

Azeri forces open fire at Armenian positions at night

Azerbaijan’s armed forces opened fire at the Armenian combat positions in the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border last night, the Defense Ministry said. The shootings were reported at 1:30am on Tuesday. The Armenian army suffered no casualties. "As of 8am, the...

Iran’s clear statements on Armenia’s security primarily aimed at self-defense, MP says

MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition Pativ Unem faction believes that Iran’s clear and tough statements on the security and territorial integrity of Armenia are primarily aimed at defending itself against Azerbaijan and Turkey. “The two airports opened by Azerbaijan...

OSCE sends needs assessment team to Armenia

Following the invitation by the government of Armenia, the OSCE will send a needs assessment team to the country on 21-27 October. The purpose of the visit is to assess the situation in certain border areas, on the basis of...

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Longer power cuts imposed in Artsakh as energy crisis deepens

The authorities in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have imposed longer daily power cuts in the country effective from Tuesday amid the deepening crisis which began after the disruption of electricity supplies from Armenia.