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YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. The opening ceremony of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games has kicked off in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
For the first time in history, the ceremony is not attended by fans because of the coronavirus pandemic, only 950 officials are attending the event.
Last year the Games were postponed due to COVID-19.
The Games will last until August 8.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
An Azerbaijani serviceman severely beat his fellow serviceman in Karvachar. Armenpress news agency has an exclusive video showing the beating in the Karvachar sector of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan had issued a press release stating that an Azerbaijani serviceman had allegedly died from the gunshot fired by the Armenian side’s sniper in the Karvachar sector of the border, but the Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported that on July 23 shootings were recorded at an Azerbaijani foothold that might have been conditioned by a dispute that Azerbaijani soldiers got into.
The video shows the same foothold where the shootings were recorded.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan discussed the current issues on the Russian-Armenian cooperation in the trade-economic, energy and humanitarian sectors during phone talks.
The Kremlin’s press service reported that the talks were held at the initiative of the Armenian side. “The situation around Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed. The topic of unblocking of transport and economic links in the region was also discussed. An agreement was reached in regard to future contacts at different levels,” the press release reads.