Category: 2022

 19:50,

YEREVAN, 10 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. The police of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Artsakh reports that Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime also in Askeran region, ARMENPRESS reports it is mentioned that at 17:00 a message was received at Askeran regional department that the armed forces of Azerbaijan fired for about 15 minutes from different types of firearms at 4 civilians performing agricultural works at a pomegranate orchard in the territory of Nakhijevanik village and didn't allow them to leave the orchard.

The fire stopped with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers and the citizens of Artsakh were evacuated without injury. The agricultural equipment was partially damaged.

On January 10, Azerbaijan opened fire also at the direction of Karmir Shuka community, an UAZ vehicle was burned near the kindergarten.

US President's Adviser, Turkish president's spokesman touch upon Armenia-Turkey relations inter alia

 19:58,

YEREVAN, 10 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. US President’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke by phone today with Ibrahim Kalin, Spokesperson and Chief Advisor to the President of Turkey, ARMENPRESS reports Turkish milliyet.com.tr informs.

Jake Sullivan and Ibrahim Kalin discussed issues of political and economic relations, development of defense cooperation, as well as exchanged views on global and regional issues: the crisis in Ukraine, the protests in Kazakhstan, the process of normalization of relations with Armenia, the developments in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ethiopia.

The details and topics of the joint strategic mechanism agreed between Turkey and the United States were discussed during the conversation.

 20:05,

YEREVAN, 10 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan on January 10 had a phone call with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau. Ararat Mirzoyan congratulated his counterpart on the occasion of assuming the OSCE Chairmanship, assuring that Armenia will support as much as possible to the preservation of peace and stability in the OSCE responsibility zone.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan and Zbigniew Rau discussed the situation in Kazakhstan. Minister Mirzoyan presented the position of the Armenian side on this issue reflected in the announcement of January 6 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

The Armenian FM mentioned that according to the official application of Kazakhstan based on the treaty of Collective Security, Charter of the Organization, as well as on the Agreement of Peacekeeping activity the CSTO Collective Security Council made a decision to send peacekeepers with a limited period to Kazakhstan for the protection of strategic objects.

Referring to the regional security issues the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia emphasized the importance of peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group. In this context Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized the support of Poland as the chair of the OSCE to the efforts of the Minsk Group Co-chairs aimed at the comprehensive and lasting settlement of the conflict on the basis of prominent principles and elements.

The interlocutors made a reference also to the solution of urgent humanitarian issues, in particular the work done aimed at the return of Armenian prisoners of war and other detainees.

 20:23,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, ARMENPRESS. FlyOne Armenia and Pegasus Airlines have received permission from the Civil Aviation Committee to operate Yerevan-Istanbul-Yerevan charter flights, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure.

Earlier, the Armenian aviation authorities issued a permit to FlyOne Armenia airline to operate charter flights in the Yerevan-Istanbul-Yerevan route. FlyOne Armenia had applied to the aviation authorities of both Armenia and Turkey with the request to operate charter roundtrip flights from Yerevan to Istanbul.

Asked when the flights will be launched, Flyone Armenia President of the Board Aram Ananyan said they are awaiting the permit from the Turkish aviation authorities.

On December 16, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara is considering bids from both Turkish and Armenian airlines for operating flights between Istanbul and Yerevan. Then, the Turkish authorities said that the Turkish Pegasus airline will operate the flights.

Azerbaijanis throw stones at Armenian driver's car near Shushi

 21:26,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijanis threw stones at an Armenian driver's car on the Stepanakert-Goris highway in the Shushi section, ARMENPRESS reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Artsakh Republic informed.

It is mentioned that on January 10, in the Kashatagh regional police department received a report from a resident of Vanadzor, V. P. (born in 1991) that he had been provoked by Azerbaijanis on the Stepanakert-Yerevan highway near Shushi while driving his "Nissan Teana" car. The Azerbaijanis hit the car with stones, as a result of which the front part of the car was damaged.

Police are conducting investigation into the incident.