Author: Chakrian Hovsep

Azerbaijan continues to block humanitarian aid convoy to Nagorno-Karabakh

Chakrian Hovsep

 14:08, 27 July 2023

YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan continues to block a humanitarian aid convoy sent from Armenia from entering Nagorno-Karabakh through Lachin Corridor, which has been blockaded since December 2022.

The convoy carrying 360 tons of food and medication has reached the Kornidzor village of Syunik Province but is unable to enter Lachin Corridor.

An Armenian government official told reporters in Kornidzor that they have asked both the Russian peacekeepers and the Azeri authorities to allow the goods reach their destination, but there’s been no response yet.

“It’s been nearly twenty hours that we are here in Kornidzor village. As you can see, there is no movement. This process requires patience and a certain sequence of steps. As of this moment we haven’t received any response, we are waiting for a response,” said Vardan Sargsyan, a member of the government task force of Armenia in charge of managing the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Sargsyan said the Armenian authorities have contacted the Russian peacekeepers and the Azerbaijani side for letting the goods through. “As I said, we have no response yet,” he added.

Book: Armenians and Jews, two parallel genocides

Chakrian Hovsep

“And now, as Christians and Europeans, we must stand by and watch in silence, and even cajole the sultan! What a shame! For all of us!”. Words of Kaiser Wilhelm II commenting not only on the carnage of Armenians (anticipation of the genocide) which between 1894 and 1896 claimed two or three hundred thousand victims, but also on the political and diplomatic cover which the Turks benefited from on the part of Germany (but also of others) and on which William himself was in disagreement with his government. For the German Empire it was a matter of “Realpolitik” (= political realism): one shouldn’t disturb an ally, at the cost of relieving him of an immense massacre of women and children. If that of 1894-’96 was already an unspeakable horror, the consequences in the following decades proved to be even worse.

A volume by the German historian Stefan Ihrig is in the library, Justify the Genocide. Germany, Armenians and Jews from Bismarck to Hitler, edited by Antonia Arslan. The book identifies a line of continuity between the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1918 and its impunity (“the original sin of the 20th century”) and the subsequent horrors, including the Jewish Holocaust, which Adolf Hitler carried out, by his explicit admission, even in light of the disinterest shown by the West for the fate of the Armenians, and with the certainty that a corresponding atrocity against the Jews would be remitted. Ihrig analyzes the German attitude to the Armenian question in particular, but the scope of his analyzes is more general: it is the whole of the West that for a hundred years has turned away in order not to see, has minimized or has denied the Genocide, and according to the author at the root of the problem is precisely the so-called “Realpolitik”, which often turns into a caricature of Realpolitik: crimes are forgiven thinking thus of avoiding worse troubles, and instead the criminals feel authorized to do worse and worse.

It may seem that the West has learned its lesson, at least on the specific point concerning the Armenians, given that the Pope, the European Union and, most recently, Biden’s America have recognized the historical reality of the Genocide; but it is legitimate to ask whether this new awareness is real, in the light (for example) of Western disinterest and inaction in the Nagorno-Karabakh affair; let me be clear, a possible intervention would not necessarily mean that we must take the side of the Armenians against the Azeris and Turks, absolutely not, on the contrary, everyone’s wrongs and rights should be weighed and discussed, but it would be appropriate to discuss them, rather than simply ignoring what is happening .

Then the question arises of who can throw the first stone: from the extermination of the Red Indians to the trafficking of blacks, the whole history of Western imperialism is studded with crimes, not to mention the Jewish Holocaust. However, the Armenian Genocide has a peculiarity: while millions of books are printed on the Red Indians, the black trafficking and imperialism in America and Europe, films and TV programs are made, textbooks are written and courses are held at the university, and the same happens for the Holocaust in Germany, in Turkey whoever talks about the Armenian Genocide goes to jail. Turkish public opinion itself is the victim, forced by law to be uninformed and unaware of its national history.

As Roman history teaches us, the Armenians were already living in Anatolia thousands of years before the first Turkish tribes arrived on the peninsula. Then, suddenly, during the First World War the Armenians disappeared. How come? According to the denial vulgate, there was no Genocide, but only a certain (limited) number of deaths in combat both among the Turks and among the Armenians. And how then did the Armenians appear? It is not known; in denialist books you read phrases like “they moved”.

According to Ihrig’s documented analysis, the link between the two Armenian and Jewish genocides is direct. Already long before Hitler, the racist Germans assimilated Armenians to Jews (negatively); and after the 1914-1918 war, nationalist propaganda in Germany indicated (positively) Turkey as a sort of “parallel Germany”: the two nations, allies in the Great War, had been defeated not only and not so much (it was said) by armed forces of the Entente, as much as from an alleged “stab in the back”, which in the German case was attributed to the Jews and in the Turkish case by the Armenians. In the 1920s, the Nazis became enthusiastic about the national revival led by Kemal Atatürk, and considered the elimination of unwelcome ethnic minorities as necessary for the rebirth of Turkey and as an example to be imitated in Germany.

The parallel between the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish one was also well perceived by the Jews who, after Hitler’s seizure of power, suffered Nazi persecution. The novel The Forty Days of Mussa Dagh, on a famous episode of armed self-defense by Armenians against a Turkish attack, was widely read in the Jewish ghettos, and when it seemed that Rommel’s Afrika Korps was about to break through in Egypt and reach as far as Palestine, the Jews who lived on the lands of future state of Israel prepared an armed defense on Mount Carmel and called it “Plan Masada” (in reference to Jewish history) but alternatively also “Plan Mussa Dagh”. Two stories and two parallel struggles.

https://www.breakinglatest.news/entertainment/armenians-and-jews-two-parallel-genocides/

Armenia emerges as key trade route for used cars to Russia bypassing Western sanctions

Chakrian Hovsep
BNE Intellinews

Most cars arrive in the region primarily from the US through the Black Sea port of Poti in Georgia. Many of these vehicles are transported to Armenia for customs clearance, as the country shares a customs-free trade bloc with Russia. / bne IntelliNews
By bne IntelliNews 

The  trade in used cars from Armenia to Russia has experienced a significant surge since Russia invaded Ukraine, as Western car brands have become scarce due to sanctions, the Financial Times reported.

Rows of damaged vehicles line the outskirts of Gyumri, Armenia’s second-largest city, as young Russian traders capitalise on the booming trade route, reported the FT. This influx of exports, not only in cars but also in various goods, has contributed to Armenia’s remarkable economic growth but has frustrated Western capitals seeking to enforce export controls. Despite concerns, the trade route through Armenia flourished. 

Armenia has re-exported massive amounts of cars to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. The exports increased from $800,000 in January 2022 to over $180mn in the same month in 2023.

While cars are the most prominent example, exports of other goods from Armenia to Russia have also surged, leading to nearly double the trade volume between the two countries in 2022.

Due to Western sanctions and the departure of multinational corporations, Russian consumers have turned to third countries to find what they are missing, making countries like Armenia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan central to a bustling new trade route for consumer goods.

This has contributed to a significant economic boom for Armenia, with its gross domestic product recording a record growth of 13% in 2022, more than double the previous year’s rate.

However, this situation has also caused frustration among Western capitals. In March, US officials listed Armenia among the countries used to “smuggle prohibited goods” into Russia. The EU’s latest sanctions package targeting third-country circumvention includes entities in Armenia as offenders.

During the past few months, two companies registered in Armenia have been sanctioned. Medisar LLC, which is an importer of chemicals and laboratory equipment, was sanctioned in May by the US Department of Commerce, and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned TAKO in April, which is in the wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts.

The Armenian government vehemently denies these accusations. In March, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that reports of sanctions circumvention are mere rumours and “the reality is just the opposite”.

According to the Armenian foreign ministry, the country’s leadership has publicly committed to restricting trade in all risky items. They are closely cooperating with the US and the EU and have implemented strict controls over a list of items the Russian military could use.

Russians have sought foreign cars since the US banned all light vehicle exports to Russia, whether new or used. The EU has also imposed bans on exporting vehicles valued above €50,000 and recently expanded the restriction to include larger cars with engine sizes of around two litres or more.

Many foreign car companies have sold off their production plants and closed dealerships in Russia.

The FT reports that according to brokers and buyers, most cars arrive in the region primarily from the US through the Black Sea port of Poti in Georgia. Many of these vehicles are transported to Armenia for customs clearance, as the country shares a customs-free trade bloc with Russia.

Gyumri is a central hub from which these vehicles travel north to Russia by road, passing through Georgia once again.

In January 2022, before Russia invaded Ukraine, Armenia imported cars worth $2.8mn from the US. However, a year later, that number skyrocketed to $29.5mn. Since then, the import rate has continued to climb. Armenia imported US cars worth $34mn in April of this year.

https://www.intellinews.com/armenia-emerges-as-key-trade-route-for-used-cars-to-russia-bypassing-western-sanctions-284884

We Remember Dr. Richard Hovannisian, 90, an Esteemed Historian and Chronicler of the Armenian Genocide

Chakrian Hovsep
Wed, 07/12/2023 – 12:10pm

The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the passing of our friend Dr. Richard Gable Hovannisian, a scholar who devoted his life to chronicling the 1915 Armenian Genocide and donated the more than 1,000 survivor and witness testimonies he amassed to the USC Shoah Foundation. He was 90.

Born to Armenian Genocide survivors in Tulare, California, in 1932, Dr. Hovannisian was initially discouraged from learning his parents’ language and knew little about Armenian history.

After receiving a B.A. in History from UC Berkeley and an M.A. and Ph.D. from UCLA, Dr. Hovannisian joined the UCLA faculty in 1962 and later—inspired by his travels to the Middle East—founded the university’s first Armenian history programs.

In 1969 he created the UCLA Armenian Genocide Oral History Project, an initiative for his students to record and transcribe audio interviews with Armenian Genocide survivors, primarily in the Los Angeles area. Over the next 50 years, Dr. Hovannisian and his students amassed more than 1,000 testimonies in what is believed to be the largest collection of its kind in the world.

In a 2011 interview with the UCLA Daily Bruin, Dr. Hovannisian described his motivation in capturing the experiences of as many Armenian Genocide survivors as possible.

“I grew up with that generation of survivors, and I thought they’d be around forever,” he said. “Then I looked left, and I looked right, and they were disappearing.”

In 2018, Dr. Hovannisian entrusted the Armenian Genocide Oral History Collection to the USC Shoah Foundation in order that the interviews be preserved and made publicly available in perpetuity. The collection consists primarily of full-life histories which illuminate Ottoman-Armenian life, the Genocide and post-Genocide era, and the diaspora experience. Survivors are from all over the Ottoman Empire, and many interviewees are from the former Russian and Persian empires. Testimonies are mostly in Armenian and English, with some in Turkish and Spanish.

To date, more than 600 testimonies have been integrated into the Visual History Archive (VHA), where they are searchable with keywords at access sites around the world.  Indexers are currently working to integrate the remaining testimonies into the archive.

Speaking at a USC event in 2019, the esteemed academic described the cumulative force of the 1,040 testimonies he and his students recorded.

“The quality of these interviews is mixed. One interview may not be that great, but when you put them together, it’s in the collectivity of the testimony that you have the strength of it. It’s with the collectivity of it that you feel the real horror, the terror, of what genocide is, and how extensive it can be from one end of a country to another. And how cruel it can be. Cruelty after cruelty after cruelty.”

The Armenian Genocide Oral History Collection joined the 330 testimonies that had been donated to the USC Shoah Foundation by filmmaker J. Michael Hagopian and the Armenian Film Foundation in 2010. Together they constitute the largest non-Holocaust-related collection in the USC Shoah Foundation’s 56,000-strong VHA.

USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Chair Dr. Robert J. Williams spoke of the importance of Dr. Hovannisian’s donation and his contribution towards the understanding of the Armenian Genocide.

“Dr. Hovannisian’s illustrious career as a historian bequeathed an important and unparalleled legacy,” Dr. Williams said. “Thanks to his foresight, and the significant partnership he developed with the USC Shoah Foundation, the Visual History Archive now contains more than 600 Armenian testimonies that scholars, researchers, and others around the world can use in their work for many years to come.”

The USC Institute of Armenian Studies issued a statement Tuesday praising a man they described as “a titan in the field of Armenian Studies.”

“[Dr. Hovannisian] lived the life of a public intellectual,” the statement said. “He became a historian with a mission—to promote the study of the Armenian Genocide as a consequential 20th-century event. His research and publications cemented the place of the first Republic of Armenia in Armenian history and world history…His name has been omnipresent in academia for nearly seven decades, making space for Armenian scholars at institutions once out of reach.”

Over the course of his distinguished career, Dr. Hovannisan authored a number of books including Armenia on the Road to Independence (1967), The Republic of Armenia, Volumes I-IV (1971-1996), and The Armenian Holocaust (1980).

He was a Guggenheim Fellow and served on the board of directors of organizations including Facing History and Ourselves, the International Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, and the Society for Armenian Studies, which he co-founded.

In 1998 Dr. Hovannisian was honored by the president of the Republic of Armenia with the Movses Khorenatsi medal and in 2002 received the Republic’s Medal of St. Mesrop Mashtots. He was also highly active in political commentary and a voice for the Armenian diaspora in Los Angeles and across the United States.

Dr. Hovannisian is survived by his children, Raffi, Armen, Ani, and Garo, all of whom are active in the Armenian community. Raffi is a politician in Armenia and the country’s first foreign minister and Ani produced The Hidden Map, a documentary about her journey to her ancestral homeland, which aired on PBS in 2021.

In this clip from a 2015 interview, Dr. Hovannisian discusses the emotions expressed by Armenian genocide witnesses in their testimonies

https://sfi.usc.edu/news/2023/07/35336-we-remember-dr-richard-hovannisian-90-esteemed-historian-and-chronicler-armenian

"Armenia’s withdrawal from the CSTO will bring Ukraine’s victory closer" – Armenian political scientist

Chakrian Hovsep
July 7 2023
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Cooperation with France in the military sphere

“If the Armenians now stage a demarche and leave the CSTO [a military bloc operating under the leadership of Russia], this will seriously affect the war in Ukraine, bring victory closer, and save thousands of lives,” Andrias Ghukasyan, an Armenian political scientist, believes.

According to him, Russia’s exit from the security system has its price, but the West is “ready to compensate Armenia’s expenses, repair the damage and assist in restoring the security system.”

“In a year or two, when Ukraine achieves visible, tangible results, no one will compensate for our losses, a change in our position will no longer have any political significance. And now it is, it is of great importance.”

The political scientist also talked about military cooperation with France, stressing that President Macron himself hinted at this during a meeting with the Armenian community.

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According to Ghukasyan, the idea that nobody needs Armenia and the region, that either Russia or Turkey should be represented, is Russian propaganda.

The political scientist is convinced that Turkey’s goal is to “eliminate the sovereignty of Armenians through the Russians” by joining Armenia to the Russian Federation.

“Turkey’s plan is to eliminate the independence of Armenia. There are no such conditions, as a result of which Turkey and Azerbaijan will make peace with Armenia,” he said.

Political analyst Hovsep Khurshudyan believes that the Armenian authorities should resort to tough measures, including going to the international court

“I have exerted and will continue to exert more pressure on Ilham Aliyev than Nikol Pashinyan himself. It’s about Pashinyan. I am the only one who has a clear position and message on the Karabakh issue. Do not doubt my determination regarding Karabakh and Armenia as a whole,” Emmanuel Macron said at a meeting with the Armenian community in Marseille at the end of June.

Ghukasyan is sure that these words were really heard at this meeting and emphasizes Macron’s point that “the most serious problem for advancing Armenian interests is the position of the head of Armenia”:

“France is forced to say: the problem is in your power, we are ready to support Armenia, but there is no support, there is no opportunity, roughly speaking, we are unilaterally doing what we can.”

He also draws attention to the fact that Macron also spoke about the appointment of a military attaché at the French Embassy in Armenia.

“In this way, he proved to the representatives of the diaspora, the citizens of France, that France is ready to provide military assistance to Armenia,” the pollologist believes.

He considers the reason for the lack of progress in military cooperation in the West not the position of France, the United States or the European Union, but the Pashinyan government.

The analyst regards Armenia’s relations with the West as “failed”, being at the lowest level.

Ghukasyan claims that the situation dictates to take the steps that he proposed back in 2021, namely to develop the Armenian-French military cooperation and replace defense ties with the Russian Federation.

On the Paris meetings of the Minister of Defense of Armenia, as well as an expert’s commentary on cooperation with France in the field of defense

To the question, “what danger can France pose for Aliyev that he criticizes this country so sharply,” Ghukasyan replied:

“France is a nuclear power with a powerful army, a player that cannot be ignored. But there are other circumstances as well. Aliyev owns property in France, they can at least confiscate it, and this is a lot. Aliyev’s family members are being treated in France, there are many other issues.”

The day before, during a government meeting, the Prime Minister of Armenia said that criticism of international organizations and countries that realistically assess the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh “is part of the Azerbaijani policy of ethnic cleansing” in the region.

“In this regard, Azerbaijan has already launched a large-scale anti-propaganda against France for several months, on the official and public platforms of which there are targeted assessments and concerns are expressed about the illegal steps taken by Azerbaijan against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. Propaganda against France is aimed at preventing a possible targeted assessment of the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh by other countries,” he stressed.

Armenpress: Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General congratulates Armenian prosecution on 105th anniversary

Chakrian Hovsep

 16:55, 1 July 2023

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. When prosecutors are free to do their work without fear or favor they pursue justice in which the public can have faith, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Bjørn Berge said in his video message to participants of the Prosecutorial Independence in Upholding the Rule of Law conference in Yerevan on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian prosecution.

Berge spoke about the importance of the independence, impartial and effective judiciaries and said that this includes prosecutors.

“When prosecutors are free to do their work without fear or favor they pursue justice in which the public can have faith,” Berge said.

The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe noted that the Council of Europe has issued a range of binding standards and soft law tools to help member states tackle problems more effectively.

Following this guidance helps ensure that prosecution services are fair, impartial and transparent, and never arbitrary, he said. 

“This conference is an opportunity for us to share experiences and best practice on identifying and overcoming challenges to the prosecutors’ independence. And I also hope that you will be able to reflect upon whether the Council of Europe guidance is sufficient, or whether you believe there is more that we can do. I hope that it will also be a chance for you to discuss how independent prosecutors can overcome the new challenges on the horizon. The environment is a good example. Our recent summit was clear about the importance of stepping up our work to protect it. As part of this, the consultative council of European prosecutors has adopted an opinion on the role of prosecutors in the protection of the environment. And we have a committee of experts currently at work on a new convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law. I have no doubt that impartial, independent prosecutors will be needed in cases of environmental crime, as well as other issues,” Berge said, and thanked the Armenian Prosecution and the EU for organizing the conference.

He also congratulated the Armenian prosecution on its 105th anniversary.

Nursery Opening in Gyumri on World Environment Day

Chakrian Hovsep
July 1, 2023 Armenia Tree Project Non-Profit 0

ATP staff members stand with EU4ENVIRONMENT Green Community, Resilient Future sign at Gyumri Nursery opening

GYUMRI, Armenia—On June 5, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) opened a new nursery in Gyumri with the support of the European Union within the framework of the EU4Environment: Green Community-Resilient Future Grant Project and partners Armenian Energy Agency and Jinishian Memorial Foundation. The opening date coincided with World Environment Day, symbolic of the project’s goals and future impact. Representatives from ATP, the EU, Armenian Energy Agency, Jinishian Memorial Foundation, Shirak Regional Administration and Gyumri Breeding Station attended the opening event, praising the collaboration and the bright future of the nursery. 

  Located within the Gyumri Breeding Station, the nursery will serve an essential role in increasing forest cover, which is sparse in the Shirak region. Spanning more than two football fields in size, the nursery hosts a 234-square-meter greenhouse and has the capacity to supply up to 100,000 seedlings per year. Currently, 15 types of seedlings and shrubs are growing in the nursery, including pine, birch, pear, apple, ash, maple, oak, forsythia, spirea, dogwood, honey cherry, cypress and oriental arborvitae. The project combines community greening and green economic opportunity. Norik Mkrtchyan, director of the Gyumri Breeding Station, said that they can start selling the nursery plants next year.

“Protection of the environment is at the heart of EU policies. Through the European Green Deal, EU aims to be a global leader in the fight against climate change and environmental degradation. The European Union is committed to continue supporting projects in Armenia on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, renewable energy, and sustainable waste management,” said Silja Kasmann,deputy head of cooperation from the EU, regarding the project. 

Armenuhi Vanoyan, grants manager at ATP, said, “After working on this project for more than a year, we are so happy to be opening this nursery and to create more opportunities for people in the Shirak region. The surrounding community will be able to purchase plants and seeds that are already adapted to their climate. We hope this will lead to people greening their own spaces, creating their own backyard nurseries and food sources.” 

Since March 2021, ATP has worked under the EU4Environment: Green Community-Resilient Future Grant Project in the target regions of Shirak, Lori and Tavush. Through the project, ATP has planted 100 hectares of forests, greened more than 50 sites including parks, schools and community forests, provided green governance training to 10 village and regional administrators, established 150 backyard nurseries, trained more than 500 children in sustainable practices and topics and established 15 youth eco clubs. ATP will continue maintaining current projects throughout the grant period, at the end of which in March of 2024 information will be compiled to propose a sustainable and replicable model of green governance for other regions of Armenia.

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Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh

Chakrian Hovsep

Four Armenian soldiers were killed on Wednesday by Azerbaijani fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, said separatist authorities in the breakaway region, which has been at the centre of a decades-long territorial dispute between the Caucasus enemies.

On Wednesday morning, “units of the Azerbaijani armed forces opened artillery fire” on Armenian positions, the Artsakh Defense Army said, adding there were “four servicemen who were killed in action as a result of another provocation by Azerbaijan”. 

In a later statement the group said that the situation along the border was now “relatively stable”.

The news came as the United States mediates three days of new peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in its latest attempt to quell a conflict that has flared repeatedly.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened closed-door talks with the adversaries’ foreign ministers just outside Washington on Tuesday, in the second such negotiation session he has led in as many months.

Russia has historically been the mediator between the two former Soviet republics but the United States and European Union have been increasingly active as Moscow gets bogged down in its invasion of Ukraine.

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Armenia has repeatedly accused Russian peacekeepers of failing to live up to promises to protect ethnic Armenians in line with a 2020 ceasefire negotiated by Moscow after six weeks of fighting left thousands dead.

Russia last week pressed Azerbaijan to let traffic through the Lachin corridor that links Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh — a predominantly ethnic Armenian area effectively controlled by Yerevan since war during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Azerbaijan had blocked access for convoys delivering aid to Karabakh, raising concerns of shortages of food and medicine.

Azerbaijan has insisted that civilians and aid convoys can travel through.

(AFP)

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230628-four-armenian-soldiers-killed-by-azerbaijani-forces-in-nagorno-karabakh-separatists-say

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The Yeraskh metal smelting plant releases footage presenting the consequences of Azerbaijani shooting

Chakrian Hovsep

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YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. The metal smelting plant in Yeraskh has released a series of videos showing Azerbaijanis shooting at the smelter’s workers and equipment.

ARMENPRESS reports, the video shows the consequences of the recent shootings of different periods.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported that on June 14, 16, 19 and the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan opened fire at a factory being built with foreign investment in Yeraskh. As a result of the shootings on June 14, 2 Indian citizens involved in the construction works of the factory were injured.




Armenpress: Artsakh’s President convenes working meeting

Chakrian Hovsep

 21:45,

YEREVAN, JUNE 26, ARMENPRESS. On June 26, President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan held a working meeting, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the President of Artsakh.

Issues related to the military-political situation and solutions to the increasing humanitarian problems in result of the blockade were discussed.

President Harutyunyan emphasized the importance of operational assessment of needs and problems, as well as quick response on the part of relevant structures as the situation changes.

The meeting was attended by the Chairman of the National Assembly Artur Tovmasyan, the Minister of State Gurgen Nersisyan, heads of the law enforcement  bodies, other officials.