Category: 2022

 10:21, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. The tactical situation at the line of contact in Artsakh overnight August 3-4 and as of 09:00 was “relatively calm”, the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh said in a statement.

It added that the Azerbaijani forces again breached the ceasefire in some parts of the line of contact using various caliber firearms.

There are no casualties from the Artsakh Defense Army in this latest Azeri ceasefire breach.

3 of the 19 soldiers who were wounded on August 3 are in serious condition, and 1 is in critical condition.

“Measures continue being taken by mediation of the Russian contingent command to stabilize the situation,” the Artsakh military said.

 11:08, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Cabinet members observed a minute of silence during the August 4 Cabinet meeting in memory of the fallen troops in Artsakh of the latest Azerbaijani attack.

“As you know, the situation has recently escalated in and around Nagorno Karabakh. 19 servicemen from the Artsakh Defense Army were wounded and 2 others were killed. I propose a minute of silence to honor the memory of those killed,” PM Pashinyan said.

PM Pashinyan also wished speedy recovery to those wounded.

On August 3, two Artsakh soldiers were killed and 19 others were wounded when Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire and launched an attack on Artsakh military positions. The Azerbaijani military used mortars, grenade-launchers, combat UAVs in attacking a permanent deployment location of an Artsakh military base.

 11:22, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. Armenia expects that any attempt to breach the line of contact in Nagorno Karabakh will be thwarted by the Russian peacekeeping contingent, and that the Azerbaijani military detachments located inside from the line of contact will be withdrawn, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

“A number of institutional issues exist in relation to this issue. Namely, point 3 of the 2020 November 9 trilateral statement clearly says that a line of contact exists in Nagorno Karabakh and the Russian peacekeepers are deployed along it. This is the area which is called the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in NK. We expect that any attempt to cross the line of contact will be thwarted by the Russian peacekeeping contingent, and that the Azerbaijani military detachments located inside from the line of contact will be withdrawn,” the Armenian PM said.

Speaking on the Russian peacekeeping contingent’s mandate, which Azerbaijan refuses to sign, the PM said that the signatures of Armenia and Russia are sufficient to fully implement this mandate.

“If not, then it is necessary to take measures to approve this mandate internationally or give a wider international mandate to the peacekeepers. I don’t want to open up too many working details now, but we’ve been concerned about these issues since November 2020, we’ve made efforts to achieve concrete solutions and now these efforts must be doubled and tripled,” the PM said.

On August 3, two Artsakh soldiers were killed and 19 others were wounded when Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire and launched an attack on Artsakh military positions. The Azerbaijani military used mortars, grenade-launchers, combat UAVs in attacking a permanent deployment location of an Artsakh military base.

 11:28, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. The developments taking place in Nagorno Karabakh these days and the events that have taken place before are bringing about issues of systemic nature, PM Pashinyan said in remarks at the Cabinet meeting.

“I’ve numerously said that the presence and activity of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno Karabakh is a key factor for ensuring the security of the Armenians of Artsakh, and we highly appreciate Russia’s efforts in ensuring security and stability in our region. A number of developments in Nagorno Karabakh that took place since November 2020, including the latest developments, raise issues among the Armenian society about the content and nature of the peacekeeping operation in Nagorno Karabakh. The December 11, 2020 capture of the villages of Khtsaberd and Hin Tagher and Armenian servicemen by Azerbaijan in the presence and connivance of Russian peacekeepers, the March 24, 2022 capture of the village of Parukh in NK again in the presence of Russian peacekeepers, the continuous and increasing ceasefire violations along the line of contact, the cases of physical and psychological terror against Armenians of NK in the presence of peacekeepers are simply unacceptable. In this context, it is becoming highly necessary to clarify the details of the peacekeeping operation in NK. This was needed from the beginning, parallel with the deployment of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in NK. But we must admit that Azerbaijan obstructed this process by refusing to sign the mandate of the activities of the peacekeeping contingent in NK, whereas Armenia signed it in November of 2020 itself, and we expect this bilateral-format signed mandate to function fully,” Pashinyan said.

 11:39, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. No matter how much the 2020 November 9 trilateral statement is criticized, important institutions of the security of Nagorno Karabakh are enshrined in it, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting today.

“Firstly, the entity of Nagorno Karabakh has been registered, which Azerbaijan is trying to deny till now, stating that Nagorno Karabakh doesn’t exist. By the way, such statements by Azerbaijan are a gross violation of the trilateral statement.

Secondly, it has been recorded that there is a Line of Contact. And thirdly, the Lachin corridor that ensures the connection of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia. In fact, today’s fight of Azerbaijan is against these three institutions, and we expect, as it is envisaged by the trilateral statement, that Russian peacekeeping contingent will not enable Azerbaijan to distort these fundamental institutions as recorded by the trilateral statement”, the PM said.

He said that today Azerbaijan is constantly talking about the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh and why they are deployed along the Line of Contact. “If the Russian peacekeeping contingent and Azerbaijan guarantee the inviolability of the Line of Contact, I think, the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh will not have a need to be on combat duty. That necessity arose when Azerbaijan refused to sign the mandate of the peacekeepers and is constantly violating the provisions of the 2020 November 9 trilateral statement, including about the stop of all military operations, which is the main essence of the aforementioned document”, Pashinyan said.

Pashinyan stated that Azerbaijan is also continuously manipulating the presence of the Armed Forces of Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh. “I am officially stating that there is no serviceman of the Republic of Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh”, he said.

 12:00, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. Although there are currently no active combat operations along the Line of Contact of Nagorno Karabakh, the situation remains extremely tense according to the assessment of the NK authorities, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting today.

“We should work on easing that tension. I want to note that with all points of the 2020 November 9 agreements Armenia is running a policy of conducting constructive negotiations in favor of establishing and strengthening peace in the region”, the PM said.

On August 3, two Artsakh soldiers were killed and 19 others were wounded when Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire and launched an attack on Artsakh military positions. The Azerbaijani military used mortars, grenade-launchers, combat UAVs in attacking a permanent deployment location of an Artsakh military base.

 12:32, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. Armenia is ready to provide the connection of Azerbaijan’s western regions with Nakhijevan through its territory, but exclusively in accordance with Armenian legislation, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

“Azerbaijan is saying that Armenia has assumed the obligation to provide connection of Azerbaijan’s western regions with Nakhijevan. We are ready to provide that connection every day; it is Azerbaijan that doesn’t take the opportunities we offer. Today we again say, in accordance to the procedures defined by Armenian legislation come and cross the border of the Republic of Armenia, right today. Since last year, we have Armenian customs and border guard service checkpoints in several sections and we told Azerbaijan that at any moment they can cross and establish connection with Nakhijevan in accordance to procedures defined by Armenia’s legislation,” PM Pashinyan said.

Speaking about the new roads which are being built, Pashinyan said that the trilateral statement clearly states that this must take place with consent of the parties.

“We say that we consider the discussion of the routes of these roads to be a secondary issue, the first issue must be the stipulation and launch of legal procedures. Today, I am officially stating: Azerbaijan can cross the border of Armenia in several points and travel towards Nakhijevan. If we interpret it literally, it mentions that we must ensure the connection of Azerbaijan’s western regions with Nakhijevan. The westernmost region of Azerbaijan is the Gazakh district, we are ready, let them come and cross and go to Nakhijevan, we guarantee the security of that traffic. Furthermore, not only through the Gazakh-Ijevan section, they can do it through the sections of Vardenis, Sisian, Yeraskh and Goris also. During this period Azerbaijan didn’t even try to use it. This must take place in accordance with the procedures defined by Armenian legislation,” the PM said.

 12:34, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas has made a statement over the latest provocative actions of Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh.

“The CSTO Secretariat is concerned by the information about the armed clashes that took place in Nagorno Karabakh and resulted in human casualties. I express my deep condolences to the families and friends of the fallen servicemen. We urge the parties to the conflict to refrain from the use of force and to use only diplomatic methods to overcome their differences”, the statement says.

 12:48, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan’s another encroachments are a gross violation of the ceasefire achieved in November 2020, which aim at continuing the policy of Armenophobia and causing panic in Artsakh, the parliamentary factions of Artsakh said in a statement released today.

“Since August 1 the armed forces of Azerbaijan have resorted to provocative military operations in different sections of the Line of Contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, as a result of which we have casualties and wounded.

The factions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh call these encroachments of Azerbaijan a gross violation of the ceasefire regime achieved in November 2020, which pursue a goal to continue the anti-Armenian policy and cause panic moods in Artsakh.

Azerbaijan is regularly accusing Armenia and Russia of not fulfilling the trilateral agreements of November 9, in case when Azerbaijan itself has not fulfilled almost any point of that statement.

This behavior is not something new for us. Azerbaijan has always carried out a policy of ethnic cleansing, forced deportation, consistently violating the vital interests and rights of the citizens of the Republic of Artsakh. The recent incidents, the presence of the victims and wounded once again prove that peaceful co-existence within Azerbaijan is ruled out for Artsakh. Peace is a highest value, however, there couldn’t be peace under a threat of force and constant violations of human rights and dignity.

During the 44-Day War in 2020 we witnessed the silence of the international community and at that period all crimes committed against the people of Artsakh didn’t receive a proper condemnation, and as a result of this Azerbaijan continues expanding the scales of aggressive actions.

We call on the parliaments of different countries and all international organizations to grossly condemn the latest actions of Azerbaijan and take practical steps to prevent new crimes.

We urge the Russian peacekeepers to take all necessary actions to ensure establishment of stability in the Line of Contact.

Bowing before all victims of the Artsakh liberation fight, we once again affirm our people’s right to have a free and independent state as the only guarantee of living safely”, the statement says.

The statement has been signed by “Free Motherland-UCA”, “Justice”, “United Motherland”, ARF, “Democratic Party of Artsakh” factions.

 13:06, 4 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, ARMENPRESS. Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 17,126 over the past day to 18,653,867, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.

In absolute terms, the growth rate has been the highest since April 2, when 17,949 cases were recorded.

As many as 1,916 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Russia over the past day, down 6% from a day earlier. 

Russia’s COVID-19 recoveries rose by 9,752 over the past day, reaching 18,010,066, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Thursday.

Russia’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 44 over the past day, reaching 382,604, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Thursday.