Month: June 2022

Azerbaijani units have once again advanced in the mountainous terrain opposite the village of Nerqin Hand in Armenia's Syunik region, Sputnik Armenia reported.

Earlier, Sputnik Armenia, on the basis of fresh satellite images, recorded a new advance of the enemy in two sections in the mountainous terrain located in the direction of the village. Prior to the publication, the publication sought a comment from the Defense Ministry but did not receive one.

Afterward, the Defense Ministry confirmed that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces had invaded the territory in the direction of the village back in spring 2021. Later they left the territory due to weather conditions and returned after the snowfall. There was no official information about this until March 2022. At the same time, it is clear that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made their way in this direction in March-April 2022, which can be seen in the satellite photos. The fresh images show that in addition to the already established advance (Arrow 1) Azerbaijani border troops have advanced in two other areas (Arrows 2 and 3), penetrating deeper into the territory of the Syunik region. In one case (Arrow 2) active road construction works were carried out after April 20, in the other (Arrow 3) presumably in May.

Today, however, the Armenian Defense Ministry says there is no repeated advance of Azerbaijani units in front of Nerqin Hand village in Syunik region. The defense ministry circulated a statement in which, referring to its statement of March 21, notes that the deployment of Azerbaijani units in the specified section of the border occurred after November 9, 2020, i.e. in the post-war period. "And immediately after fixing the fact of deployment, the Armenian Armed Forces took the necessary measures to take control of the Azerbaijani units, as a result of which the movement of Azerbaijani military is fully controlled by the Armenian forces, and any attempt to advance will lead to retaliation," the statement says.

The Defense Ministry urged to refrain from spreading information that "damages the authority of the army and causes unwarranted tension in the society."

Khachik Baghdasaryan, the village headman, also confirmed to the newspaper Pastinfo the fact of appearance of the new post in front of the village. However, he said he did not know who the post belonged to.

Earlier Sputnik Armenia found out that Azerbaijani units had infiltrated into the Armenian territory much to the south, near the height called "Vardasar". The Defense Ministry at first denied this fact, but later at the request of Sputnik Armenia confirmed the advance, stating that it took place a year ago. The publication was told that the enemy positions were established in May-June 2021.

President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan signed a decree, according to which the state employees and the parliament staff will be rewarded with a one-time cash bonus, the National Assembly press service informed NEWS.am.

The awards will be paid on the occasion of Republic Day.

Supporters of the Resistance Movement organized a protest outside the building of the Shirak regional administration.

"The administration of the Shirak region has always served the Armenian people. But now this structure does not serve their interests. It serves more those buffoons who implement the Turkish program. It would be good if the employees of the regional administration would join our action today. I hope they, watching what is going on, even from their windows, agree with us. Today it's Karabakh, tomorrow it will be Gyumri and Yerevan," said one of the protesters.

The protesters expressed their desire to meet with the governor of Shirak Nazeli Baghdasaryan to clarify her position on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. But the protesters were told that the governor was not in the building.

There are police officers at the entrance to the Shirak regional administration building. 

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on drafting Azerbaijani citizens into active service from July 1 to July 30, 2022, APA reported.

According to the APA, the military service will be held from 1 to 30 July 2022 for the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan born in 2004 who will be 18 years old on the call-up date (including this day), as well as citizens born in 1987-2003 who have not completed urgent military service, have no right to defer the call-up for urgent military service or have been exempted from it in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. 

The Resistance Movement organized a procession today with the participation of women and children on the occasion of International Children's Day.

Yesterday deputy speaker of the parliament from the opposition Ishkhan Saghatelyan, speaking about today's programs, said that there will be a meeting with representatives of about 30 parties at 13:00, after which we will know their position on the statement submitted to the National Assembly. By now over 50 NGOs have signed a statement. Besides, the oppositionists are to meet with the heads of the Writers' Union, the National Academy of Sciences, various scientific, educational and cultural institutions to find out their position on this issue. 

The statement of the President of the European Council Charles Michel of May 22 fully expressed the agreements acquired during the Aliyev-Pashinyan meeting, Arthur Ghazinyan, MP from the Armenia bloc, wrote about this on his Facebook page.

He noted in particular:

“Pashinyan gave his consent to all anti-Armenian points both during this meeting and in his public speeches.

Every word and thought of this statement was discussed and agreed upon with Pashinyan and Aliyev.

The statement circulated today by the press service of the European Council, in which an attempt is made to edit the anti-Armenian agreements acquired on May 22 in Brussels, is the result of ongoing protests and actions in Armenia and Artsakh.

Our struggle is fair, and victory is inevitable…”.