There are already more than 1,000 Azerbaijanis with armored vehicles in the area of Sev Lake. They also carry out construction work, Former Armenian Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan wrote on his Facebook page.
“More than 1,000 Azerbaijanis with armored vehicles already live in the area of the lake. They are doing construction work. So they won’t go away,” he noted.
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Armenpress: Putin, Pashinyan share opinion on methodology of solving the situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border
Putin, Pashinyan share opinion on methodology of solving the situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border
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YEREVAN, MAY 19, ARMENPRESS. Caretaker Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 19.
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan presented the current situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, emphasizing that the Azerbaijani troops, against all the norms of the international law, have violated the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia.
Pashinyan thanked for the efforts made by Russia aimed at the regional peace and stability.
The interlocutors shared opinion on the ways and methodology of solving the situation.
Negotiations pass successfully, Azeri forces leave Armenian territory
The negotiations with the Azeri forces that lasted for five days ended a while ago.
Pastinfo reports that the Azerbaijani armed forces are being withdrawn from all directions.
On May 12 Azerbaijani armed forces crossed the state border of the Republic of Armenia and advanced up to 3,5km blocking Lake Sev.
The adversary also advanced in the direction of Armenia’s Vardenis.
Armenia does not have secure territory anymore – deputy
It is not secure in Syunik, Vayots Dzor, Vardenis, Tavush, overall Armenia does not have any secure territory anymore, independent MP Sofya Hovsepyan told the reporters today.
“And if we lie for instance to resident of Shirak [province] who is quite far from Syunik province, you cannot lie to resident of Syunik and tell that “you are secure”. It will be right for at least to keep silence and work and not disseminate false information. Yes, I confirm that the security of Syunik resident is not ensured and nothing has been done in this regard, and I don’t even know if it is being planned or not,” the deputy said.
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issues proclamation on Armenian Genocide
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has issued proclamation on Armenian Genocide, reports the Armenian National committee of Pennsylvania.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania thus joins human rights advocates and historians from around the world to recognize and mourn the 1.5 million Armenians who perished in the Armenian genocide as ordered by the government of the Ottoman Empire.
“Failing to learn from the past allows history to repeat itself as the world saw during the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war. The military forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey attacked the Armenian civilian population of Nagorno karabakh resulting in casualties and loss of land and property, motivated by the same genocidal campaign suffered 106 years ago,” the proclamation reads.
Governor Tom Wolf proclaims April 24, 2021 as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide and in honor of survivors and their descendants.
CivilNet: Azerbaijani Forces Attempt Incursion into Armenia’s Syunik Region
Armenian Defense Ministry confirms an incursion by Azerbaijani forces took place in Syunik.
The Georgian Prime Minister has arrived in Yerevan.
14,000 more doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrive in Armenia.
Freedom House calls on Azerbaijan to cooperate with the ECHR regarding the POWs issue.
Source: Ruptly
Top Russian, Armenian diplomats sign biological safety memorandum
YEREVAN, May 6. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Armenian counterpart Ara Ayvazyan signed on Thursday an intergovernmental memorandum on biological safety.
“Today we signed an intergovernmental memorandum on biological safety. Its implementation is expected to make a substantial contribution to the further development of cooperation in this sensitive and increasingly topical area and will help strengthen our common biological safety space,” Russia’s top diplomat told reporters at a news conference.
According to Lavrov, Moscow and Yerevan will promote “this topical issue within the framework of multilateral organizations, including the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
World food prices hit highest levels in April since 2014
15:12, 6 May, 2021
YEREVAN, MAY 6, ARMENPRESS. World food commodity prices have risen for the eleventh month in a row, noticeably the price of sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Thursday that the average FAO food price index, which reflects monthly changes in international prices for staple foods, was 120.9 points in April, up 1.7% from March, and 30.8% higher than in 2020, reports TASS.
FAO noted that the index value reached its highest level since May 2014, but in nominal terms, it is still 12% below its all-time high in February 2011.
The sugar price index rose by 3.9% month-on-month due to harvest delays in Brazil and frost damage in France. The organization noted that the index has reached levels that are almost 60% higher than the figures from April 2020.
The organization also said that new forecasts point to an increase in global wheat and corn production in the coming season.
Russia’s top diplomat satisfied with situation in Nagorno-Karabakh normalizing
YEREVAN, May 6. /TASS/. The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh has substantially normalized and Russian peacekeepers are settling minor incidents promptly and effectively, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
“We are observing positive trends in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. The situation on the ground has substantially normalized. The Russian peacekeeping contingent deployed along the engagement line and the Lachin corridor is acting as a guarantor of security,” Russia’s top diplomat said at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ara Ayvazyan.
“Minor incidents that perhaps can’t be avoided in any operation are being ironed out by our peacekeepers promptly and effectively. They are also paying constant attention to completing a POW swap,” he said.
A trilateral working group at the level of deputy prime ministers “is working very actively and smoothly,” the Russian foreign minister pointed out.
“We are interested in this work to proceed further and contribute to building a dialogue between Baku and Yerevan to ensure the sustainable development of the South Caucasus,” Lavrov stressed.
For his part, Armenia’s top diplomat noted that the sides “had already discussed a couple of issues on settling the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.” “In this context, we stress the importance of cultivating conditions for resuming the peace process under the aegis of the OSCE ‘Troika’ of co-chairs,” Ayvazyan said.
“The most important issue is that Azerbaijan should release all prisoners of war and individuals held in custody and this task has to be resolved as soon as possible, which is also evidenced by a lot of information on continued crimes,” the Armenian foreign minister added.
Creating conditions for the return of refugees to their homes, providing humanitarian aid to civilians, restoring the economy of Nagorno-Karabakh and unblocking transport links must also be seen as urgent issues, Ayvazyan stressed.
Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, 2020 with intense battles in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. 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.
Under the document, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides maintained the positions that they had held, some districts passed over to Baku’s control and Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the engagement line and the Lachin corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh. The statement also envisaged an “all-for-all” POW swap.
After the Russian peacekeepers had been deployed to the region, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh stabilized. Tens of thousands of Karabakh residents who had fled their homes during the hostilities returned to the region with the help of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs – Russia, France and the United States.
3 more Armenian POWs return from Azerbaijan
20:47, 4 May, 2021
YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS. 3 more Armenian prisoners of war have returned from Baku.
The plane transporting the POWs landed at Yerevan’s Erebuni airport.
“Thanks to the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries and the growing pressure of the international community, Azerbaijan has returned three Armenian prisoners of war. We hope this process will have its logical continuation and quick end”, the Office of caretaker deputy prime minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan told Armenpress.