17:20, 4 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. A 44-year-old reservist of the Armenian military who was called up and was participating in the training musters died in his sleep in the night of August 3-4, the Armenian Ministry of Defense said.
The ministry described Reserve Private Atom Harutyunyan’s death as “sudden death”.
A medical examination is underway to determine the cause of death, it said.
The ministry offered condolences to the family and friends of Private Harutyunyan.
19:26, 4 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. The Russian Federation will take all measures to prevent further escalation of the situation in Nagorno Karabakh, ARMENPRESS reports the Telegram channel of the Russian peacekeeping force informs that commander of the peacekeeping force Andrey Volkov said during the meeting with the representatives of public and opposition forces of Nagorno Karabakh.
"At the meeting, Major-General Andrey Volkov clarified the position of the peacekeeping troops regarding the events taking place, informed about the work done, and also assured that the Russian Federation will take all measures to prevent further escalation of the situation," the Telegram channel informs.
The tension in Nagorno-Karabakh started on August 1, when, according to the Artsakh Defense Army, Azerbaijani units resorted to provocation in a number of parts of the northern and northwestern border zone of the Artsakh Republic starting at 09:00 in the morning, trying to cross the contact line. As a result of the Azerbaijani provocation, the serviceman Albert Bakhshiyan was injured. Aggressive actions of the Azerbaijani side continued in the following days. On August 3, around 3:00 p.m., Azerbaijani units launched a new attack in the northwestern direction of the contact line, using attack drones, as a result of which two servicemen of the Artsakh Defense Army were killed, and 14 more servicemen were wounded in various degrees.
15:46, 2 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan held a telephone conversation today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
During the phone talk the implementation process of the 2020 November 9, 2021 January 11 and November 26 high-level trilateral agreements were discussed. The commitment to implement them comprehensively and effectively, particularly those relating to the unblocking of transportation and economic ties in South Caucasus, the Armenian-Azerbaijani border delimitation and the normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku, was reaffirmed.
In the context of bilateral relations, the sides paid special focus on the current situation of the Russian-Armenian ties and their further intensification prospects, including in the context of the implementation of the agreements reached during the Armenian Prime Minister’s recent official visit to Russia (April 19-20) and during the CSTO summit on May 16.
The FMs praised the high level of the mutual partnership between Yerevan and Moscow within the frames of common Eurasian integration structures.
The upcoming bilateral action plans were also discussed.
16:12, 2 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during which both sides attached importance to the release and repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and other detainees, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
Mirzoyan and Lavrov addressed the course of implementation of the agreements reached by the 2020 November 9, 2021 January 11 and November 26 trilateral statements.
The FMs exchanged views on the humanitarian issues caused by the 44-day war.
Mirzoyan and Lavrov also discussed the current security situation in the region.
The sides addressed other issues of regional and international agenda of mutual interest.
Azerbaijani troops have targeted positions of local militias in Nagorno-Karabakh in a retaliation strike, Baku has said
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Russia on Wednesday accused Azerbaijan of breaking a ceasefire over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh after three soldiers died in clashes with what Baku called "illegal Armenian armed groups."
Six weeks of fighting over the region in the autumn of 2020 claimed more than 6,500 lives and ended with a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement.
The Russian defense ministry issued a statement saying Azerbaijan's armed forces violated the ceasefire and that it was "taking measures to stabilize the situation" with Armenian and Azerbaijani representatives.
Azerbaijan's defense ministry had earlier said Karabakh troops killed one of its soldiers in an attack in the Lachin district, blaming Armenia for the "bloody incident."
The Azerbaijani army later said it had captured several strategic heights in the region in a retaliatory operation against the "terrorist actions of illegal Armenian armed groups on the territory of Azerbaijan."
The army of the breakaway statelet accused Azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire, killing two soldiers and wounding another 14.
Arch enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan fought two wars – in 2020 and in the 1990s – over Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia ceded swathes of territory it had controlled for decades, and Russia deployed some 2,000 peacekeepers to oversee the fragile truce, but tensions persist despite a ceasefire agreement.
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Public Radio of Armenia Aug 3 2022 Azerbaijani soldier crosses to Armenian side, handed over to Baku – Defense Ministry August 3, 2022, 00:30 Less than a minute At about 1:30 today Armenian security guards spotted a soldier of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, private Kamiz Ibayev in the border zone of Gegharkunik province, the Ministry of Defense reports. As a result of the trespasser’s explanations, it was found that the soldier had lost his way and ended up on Armenian territory. Ibayev was transferred to the Azerbaijani side through the command of the Russian peacekeeping troops stationed in Artsakh.
MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition Pativ Unem faction has addressed reports concerning the early discharge of soldiers drafted from Armenia to Artsakh.
After the 2020 war, no conscripts were drafted from Armenia to Artsakh and the last conscripted soldiers were expected to be discharged later in August.
“Although in August 2022 the last groups of soldiers drafted from Armenia two years ago were to be discharged in Artsakh, it seems that the demobilization was carried out ahead of schedule at the behest of Azerbaijan,” Abrahamyan wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
“In other words, both in this case and in the issue concerning the shutdown of the Lachin corridor, Azerbaijan, besides implementing its political priorities, is doing everything possible to completely humiliate the Armenian authorities.
ArmInfo. Traffic along the Shushi-Berdzor-Goris interstate highway is open in both directions. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Artsakh.
, the Artsakh Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Another escalation of situation began on the morning of August 1. Azerbaijani units do not stop provocations and ceasefire violations. As a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side on August 1, a soldier was wounded.
And today, as a result of enemy actions, 8 servicemen of the Artsakh Defense Army were injured, one more died.
ArmInfo.The Polish OSCE Chairmanship is extremely concerned about reported armed incidents and casualties in the South Caucasus. This is stated in the statement of the Polish delegation to the OSCE in its microblog on Twitter.
"We urge Armenia and Azerbaijan to take all necessary measures to bring de-escalation and resume dialogue. We remain committed to support all efforts aimed at consolidating peace in the region," the statement emphasizes.
According to the Artsakh Defense Army, "On August 3, starting at 09:00, Azerbaijani units, grossly violating the ceasefire regime, using mortars, grenade launchers and attack UAVs, fired at the positions of one of the military units of the Defense Army, as a result of which contract servicemen Gurgen Gabrielyan and Artur Khachatryan were killed. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Artsakh shares the heavy sorrow of the loss and expresses its solidarity with the family members, relatives and comrades of the fallen servicemen."
According to the report, another 14 servicemen received injuries of varying degrees. , the information of the defense department says.