Category: 2021

 19:49,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Minsk to participate in the sitting of the CIS Council of Ministers, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on October 14.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Russia discussed issues related to the further development of the Armenian-Russian multisectoral cooperation and allied relations.

The interlocutors exchanged views on issues related to international and regional security and stability. Ararat Mirzoyan and Sergey Lavrov also discussed issues related to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

 19:54,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS. The Republic of Cuba facilitates the entry of tourists from the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, including the Republic of Armenia, starting from November 15, it will not require a PCR test certificate from them, ARMENPRESS reports President of EEU observer state Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel during the remote sitting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

According to him, one of the promising areas for cooperation between Cuba and the EEU states is energy, including renewable energy, as well as tourism.

“We are ready to create favorable and attractive conditions for tourists from the member states of the union. For that, it is necessary to promote Cuba as a tourist destination through various channels, interregional platforms and media. Starting from November 15, when more than 90% of the Cuban population will be vaccinated, our borders will gradually open, we will also ease the sanitary measures for ariving visitors”, Miguel Díaz-Canel said.

According to Canel, tourists arriving to Cuba will not be required to have a PCR test certificate, and vaccination certificates will be recognized.

“We welcome our guests in advance, our brothers and sisters from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia,” the Cuban President said.

The Republic of Cuba, according to the President, is proud of its friendship with each member state of the Eurasian Economic Union, reaffirming its desire to further develop bilateral relations in the fields of common interest and to continue working together to strengthen the Eurasian integration project.

“It is not an easy task, but we are convinced that if there is political will, we will achieve it”, the President emphasized.

 21:38,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS. At Armenia’s request, all the mannequins and helmets have already been removed from the “trophy park” in Baku, ARMENPRESS reports Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the International Court of Justice in Hague Yeghishe Kirakosyan said during the “Lurer” program of the Public TV of Armenia.

“The Azerbaijani side confirmed that the mannequins and helmets have been removed from the “trophy park”. This is a very important circumstance to emphasize, because it was actually done in the period after Armenia filed the lawsuit”, Kirakosyan said, adding that the Armenian side demands to fully close the park.

The infamous park, which opened in Baku in April 2020, featured Armenian military equipment captured by Azerbaijan during the Second Artsakh War, as well as mannequins depicting Armenian soldiers in mocking, degrading, and humiliating terms.

 21:48,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS.  Another “information” spread by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, according to which a serviceman of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces was killed by a shot fired by the units of the Artsakh Defense Army at around 18:15 on October 14, is false and does not correspond to reality, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Defense Minsitry of Artsakh.

“The border units of the Defense Army heard the voices of hot quarrel  and fighting in the eastern part of the Artsakh Republic (Norshen village) during the mentioned period, which were followed by shootings’’, reads the statement issued by the Defense Minsitry of Artsakh.

Expecting an impartial investigation, the Artsakh’s Defense Army Command also stated that it respects the agreements reached and strictly adhers to the ceasefire regime.

 23:39,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani armed forces have violated the ceasefire regime on the line of contact with the Artsakh Republic, there are wounded, ARMENPRESS reports the Armenian Unified Infocenter informed,a dding that soon the Defense Army of Artsakh will provide official information.

 23:50,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Army of Artsakh issued a statement about the ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani side. ARMENPRESS reports the statement issued by MoD Armenia reads as follows,

“In the evening of October 14, the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire at the positions of the Defense Army located in the eastern border section of the Republic of Artsakh, as a result of which 6 Armenian servicemen have received gunshot wounds. The Command of the Russian peacekeeping unit in Artsakh have immediarely been informed about the incident.

The Ministry of Defense of the Artsakh Republic states that it continues to adhere to the ceasefire regime and calls on the Azerbaijani side to refrain from destabilizing actions”.

 01:01,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. I urge everyone to refrain from spreading misinformation and the temptation to become a source of “scandalous” news. There are no other wounded or victims except the mentioned six injured, ARMENPRESS reports State Minister of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan wrote on his Facebook page.

“There were six servicemen in that particular position and all of them have been injured, while three others were away from the position and have avoided injuries.

Together with the Minister of Health, I visited the Stepanakert Military Hospital and the Republican Medical Center, followed the works of the medical staff. I’m still there. After some examinations, the doctors say that the condition of two of them is assessed as severe, but fortunately, noone’s life is under risk”, Beglaryan wrote.

The Defense Army reported that in the evening of October 14, the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire at a military position of the Defense Army located in the eastern border of the Artsakh Republic, as a result of which six servicemen received gunshot injuries.

According to the Defense Army, shootings were reported at some other parts of the line of contact, but there were no other casualties. Now the situation has stabilized along the entire line of contact.

The State Minister wrote that the political and military leadership of Artsakh is taking emergency steps to stabilize the situation by making the necessary decisions and communicating with the relevant parties.

“I ask our compatriots to be calm, not to give in to false information and gossip. The relevant bodies will provide operative and regular information on the further development of the situation,” he wrote.

 01:10,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. After the shootings in Artsakh this evening, the situation is calm, it is completely controlled by the Artsakh Defense Army and the Russian peacekeepers, the Artsakh Defense Army has no casualties, and the lives of the wounded soldiers are not in danger, Foreign Minister of Artsakh Davit Babayan told ARMENPRESS, urging the Armenian people not to give in to the misinformation or unchecked information and to follow exclusively official information, particularly, the press releases of the Defense Army, since exaggerated information having nothing in common with the reality is being spread.

“At this moment, thank God, we have no victims, the doctors are doing everything possible to ensure no risk to the lives of the wounded servicemen.. The general situation is stable now. The peacekeepers are also dealing with that issue, they came to the scene immediately, that is, there is no reason for panic,” Artsakh’s Foreign Minister told Armenpress.

According to Davit Babayan, today’s incidents took place near Norshen community of Martuni region of Artsakh. Answering the question of what size and scale the Artsakh-Azerbaijani clashes were, whether there is a danger of escalation of tension, Davit Babayan answered that at the moment the situation is fully under control. Babayan does not think that the incident can escalate into a large-scale war. “It’s impossible as long as Russian peacekeepers are standing there. We should understand this very well, and avoid spreading panic. War is impossible. And we must understand that it is a provocation by the enemy, and they will resort to such provocations again, because this is their style. This is not something new for us”, Davit Babayan said, adding that this new provocation of the Azerbaiajni side pursued not just a political, but geopolitical goals. He clarified that Azerbaijan’s acts are directed against both Russia and Armenians.

Armenian side has no territorial losses – Artsakh’s Defense Army

 01:21,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Army of Artsakh informs that following the border incidents the situation is calm at the moment. The Armenian side has no territorial losses.

The Defense Army Command is carrying out coordinated activities with the authorities of the country and the Russian peacekeeping Command to further defuse the situation.

An Azeri soldier and police officer talk as they stand guard at the Kalbajar district, Azerbaijan, Dec. 21, 2020. (Reuters File Photo)