Month: December 2020

Baku wins intelligence war thanks to Israeli contracts

Adrine Hakobian

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 16:47,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. Intelligence Online has published an article about the recent war in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), stating that Azerbaijan has won the intelligence war thanks to the Israeli contracts.

The article says that while the world’s focus was on the support of Turkey and Syrian mercenaries to Azerbaijan, as well as the Israeli-made UAVs, Israel was also providing intelligence data to Baku.

Intelligence Online reports that Israeli companies have provided Azerbaijan with concrete data about the geographical terrain of Nagorno Karabakh which made it easier for the UAVs of the Azerbaijani army to move in the aforementioned areas. It says it is thanks to these data that the UAVs managed to accurately hit the targets and cause huge losses to the Armenian side.

The article also states that Israel managed to test its equipment in areas near Iran, which, according to the author of the article, is of great importance for it.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Armenia’s defense minister departs for Russia on working visit

Janet Ekmekjian

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 17:00,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s delegation led by Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan has departed for Russia on a working visit on December 12, the ministry told Armenpress.

During the visit the minister is scheduled to meet with Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu and other top officials.

 

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OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to arrive in Armenia on December 13

Eduard Nalbandian

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 17:07,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Stéphane Visconti of France, Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, will arrive in Yerevan on December 13, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan told Armenpress.

“The Co-Chairs will arrive in Yerevan on December 13. Their meetings in Yerevan are scheduled on Monday”, she said.

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs are currently in Baku as part of their regional visit. They already met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

 

Reporting by Norayr Shoghikyan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs meet with Azerbaijani President in Baku

Garik Boshkezenian

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 16:57,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Stéphane Visconti of France, Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Co-Chairs’ regional visit.

The meeting was also attended by Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov.

The OSCE MG Co-Chairs and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office will also visit Armenia.

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Russian, Azerbaijani FMs discuss implementation of NK statement over phone

Hovsep Chakrian

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 17:20,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov held a telephone talk to discuss the implementation of a trilateral statement on Nagorno Karabakh, TASS reports citing the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“The sides discussed the essential issues of the international and bilateral agenda, including the practical tasks of implementing the statement by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia on the Nagorno Karabakh settlement”, the ministry said in a statement, following the results of the foreign ministers’ phone talk.

On November 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on a complete ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh starting from November 10. 




Russian peacekeepers arrive in villages attacked by Azerbaijan

Emil Lazarian
Public Radio of Armenia
Dec 12 2020

Russian peacekeepers have аrrived in the villages of Khtsaberd and Hin Tagher in Hadrut region of Nagorno Karabakh, which were attacked by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

Head of the district administration Vahan Savadyan confirmed the information to Sputnik Armenia.

“The fire should have stopped. Now the investigation is under way to find out who violated the ceasefire,” Savadyan said.

He said there is no information under whose control the villages are at the moment, because there is no contact with the Armenian military in these villages, he added.

The two villages of the Hadrut region, Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd had remained under the control of the Armenian side.

The villages were attacked by the Azerbaijani forces earlier today.


Aliyev accuses Minsk Group of playing no role in Karabakh conflict settlement, says he had not invited Co-Chairs to Baku

Hovik Karapetian
Public Radio of Armenia
Dec 12 2020

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs of playing no role in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict as he received the French and US Co-Chairs Stephane Visconti and Andrew Schofer.

Unfortunately, he said, “the Minsk Group did not play any role in the resolution of the conflict, though it had a mandate to do it for 28 years.”

“I participated in negotiations for the last 17 years. Although the Minsk Group was elaborating ideas and trying to be creative, there was no result,” Aliyev stated.

Aliyev also said that the visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to Baku was their own initiative, he had not invited them.

“It was your idea to come. I can tell you again in front of the cameras, I did not invite the Minsk Group to come. But when I was informed that the Minsk Group wants to come, I said okay, I don’t mind, maybe they have something to tell me,” Aliyev said.

The reception was also attended by Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. The Russian Ambassador said the Russian government has always noted the importance of the Minsk Group. “That’s why, we participated and today we are participating in this group,” he said.


Armenian side many times applied to Russian peacekeepers to implement their function in Old Tagher-Khtsaber sector – Armenia’s PM spokesperson

George Mamian
Aysor, Armenia
Dec 12 2020
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The Armenian side has many times both in a written form and orally applied to the Russian peacekeepers for them to implement their function in Old Tagher-Khtsaber sector and a relevant arrangement has been reached over it on the highest level.

This was reported by Armenia’s PM spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan.

Armenia announces resumption of military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

Nyrie Kalashian
112.international, Ukraine
Dec 12 2020

Source : 112 Ukraine

Armenian Defense Ministry records violations by Azerbaijan in the south of Karabakh

Armenian Defense Ministry announces the offensive of Azerbaijani troops in the region of Old Tagar and Khtsarberd (south of Karabakh). The press service of the department announced this on Twitter.

"On December 12, the Azerbaijani side resumed violations in the direction of the Old Tagar and Khtsaberd communities of the Artsakh Republic," the message says.

Earlier, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic announced an attempt by the Azerbaijani military to attack one of the military positions.

Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on the end of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh on the evening of November 9. As a guarantee, about 1960 Russian peacekeepers with armored vehicles should be brought into the region for at least 5 years. In accordance with the trilateral agreement, the Aghdam region will be returned to Azerbaijan by November 20. Until November 15, Armenia returns the Kelbajar region, and until December 1 – Lachin region.

Related: Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners

On December 10, a military parade was held in Baku in honor of the end of hostilities in the region. In Yerevan, near the Armenian government building, demonstrators held a protest action demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who signed a document on ending the conflict in Karabakh.

The escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh began on September 27, when the Azerbaijani side fired at settlements, as well as military units in Karabakh. Then the motorized rifle and tank subdivisions of the Azerbaijani army went on the offensive in the northern, southern and southeastern directions. The Armenian government has declared martial law in the country.

First ceasefire violation recorded in Nagorno-Karabakh – Russia’s Defense Ministry

Karlen Baghdasarian
TASS, Russia
Dec 12 2020
The Russian peacekeeping contingent continue its mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, the bulletin says

MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. The ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh has been broken for the first time since hostilities were halted and the Russian peacekeeping operation started in the region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a bulletin on Saturday.

"The Russian peacekeeping contingent continue its mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Russian peacemakers monitor the situation and control the ceasefire round-the-clock at 23 observation posts. On December 11, one incident of ceasefire violation was recorded in Hadrut district," the bulletin says.

Earlier in the day, Armenia’s Defense Ministry reported that Azerbaijan had launched an offensive in southern Karabakh in the direction of villages of Hin Taghe and Khtsaberd.

On November 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on a complete ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting from November 10. The Russian leader said the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides would maintain the positions that they had held and Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to the region.