Author: Hunanian Jack

 13:08, 24 March, 2022

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS. A decision was made to lift customs duties for the imports of a number of products of high importance in the Eurasian Economic Union platform, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

“This will definitely have a positive impact on prices,” Pashinyan added.

Deputy PM Mher Grigoryan said the March 17 decision made at the EEU session was unprecedented.

“We treated the list of products exempting from customs duties very delicately in order to avoid conflict of interests for our producers,” the Deputy PM said.

Another list of products is under discussion at the EEU for exempting from customs duties.

On Saturday, Russia accused Azerbaijan of violating the postwar ceasefire signed with Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2020 by bringing troops to thearea controlled by the forces of pace Russian.

“Between 24 and 15 March, Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the tripartite agreement between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia by joining thearea under the responsibility of the battalion of pace Russian in Nagorno-Karabakh, “said the Russian defense ministry in a statement.

The ministry said Azerbaijani forces have set up an observation point and carried out “four Bayraktar drone strikes” near Farroukh municipality.

He added that “the Russian command of the maintenance battalion of the pace is taking steps to address the situation … and an appeal has been sent to the Azerbaijani side to withdraw their forces. “

Moscow has deployed nearly 2,000 forces of pace in the region after the ceasefire, reaffirming its security role and influence in a turbulent region once part of the former Soviet Union, where Turkey’s influence is also growing thanks to its close alliance with Azerbaijan.

Moscow’s announcement today came after separatist region authorities announced Friday that Azerbaijani forces had killed two Armenian separatist fighters in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, accusing Baku of violating the ceasefire.

In 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a war in the disputed region that killed over 6,500 people.

Under a Russian-brokered ceasefire, Yerevan ceded areas of territory to Azerbaijan and Russia deployed military forces. pace in the mountainous region.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that Azerbaijani forces have entered the village of Baruch, which is under the control of the forces of pace Russians, on Thursday, considering that this step constitutes a “flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement”.

For its part, the defense ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh separatist authorities announced that “enemy forces killed two IDF soldiers after opening fire with combat weapons and drones”.

And the separatist ministry continued: “The situation in the region is still tense”, expressing the hope that “the forces of pace Russians can find a solution to this problem “.

For its part, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry accused Armenia of “deceiving the international community” about the situation in Karabakh.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry indicated that “Armenia is spreading disinformation”, explaining that Azerbaijani forces were carrying out actions aimed at “clarifying” their positions on the ground.

On Thursday, Armenia warned of a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Karabakh, after gas supplies to the region were cut off following maintenance operations.

Yerevan accused Azerbaijan of deliberately cutting off gas supplies to ethnic Armenians in the region.

But the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry rejected this accusation and considered it “unfounded”, pointing out that adverse weather conditions led to the interruption of supplies.

The Nagorno-Karabakh region separated from Azerbaijan following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the conflict in the region resulted in the deaths of around 30,000 people.

Situation “relatively stable” – Artsakh military

 10:20,

YEREVAN, MARCH 26, ARMENPRESS. The situation at the line of contact was relatively stable overnight, the Artsakh military said in a statement.

“Overnight March 25-26 and in the morning as of 09:00 the operative-tactical situation at the entire length of the line of contact, including in the eastern borderline, was relatively stable and no significant violations of the ceasefire were recorded. The Azerbaijani side remains in the positions which it took on March 24. Negotiations over their withdrawal to their initial positions are ongoing,” the Artsakh Defense Army said.

It added that 15 Defense Army soldiers who were wounded in the Azerbaijani attack are hospitalized. 12 are in satisfactory condition, 1 is in moderate condition while 2 others are critically severe.

Another three Defense Army soldiers were killed in action on March 25 when Azerbaijan bombarded their positions with Bayraktar strike drones.