Category: 2022

The number of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh must be increased. Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Minister of State Artak Beglaryan said this in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“We believe that the number of the Russian contingent should be increased, and its powers should be expanded,” Beglaryan said.

As a reason for this, he noted the fact that the line of contact between the two sides has increased almost 2.5 times after the Artsakh war in the fall of 2020. Also, Beglaryan accused the Azerbaijani side of inciting a number of incidents at the border.

According to him, the Artsakh authorities will continue their efforts to achieve international recognition of the republic.

“After the international recognition of Artsakh’s independence, it will be possible to consider also the matter of the republic joining Armenia,” Beglaryan added.

He stressed that now Azerbaijan “feels strong,” in addition, Turkey provides military and political assistance to it, and therefore the Artsakh authorities need to seek avenues to “resolve their problems gradually, step by step, and later through direct negotiations with Azerbaijan.”

But for that, Azerbaijan must be “ready for peace,” the Artsakh official added.

The Artsakh authorities believe that the militants who took part in the military actions in Karabakh could be transferred to Ukraine. Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Minister of State Artak Beglaryan said this in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“There is a high probability that these terrorist groups are now fighting against Russia in Ukraine,” Beglaryan added.

According to him, the Artsakh authorities have information that 5 to 7 thousand Syrian and Libyan militants fought on the side of Azerbaijan during the Artsakh war in the fall of 2020, and after the war some of them could remain in the territories now occupied by Azerbaijan.

“They came here to fight for money, including with anti-Christian ideas,” Beglaryan said.

He added that the Artsakh authorities have evidence that these terrorist groups fought against Russian troops in Syria, and anti-Russian slogans were used in order to recruit them to come to Karabakh.

A meeting of the representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani youth will take place next week in Strasbourg, France. The statement came from French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross, RIA Novosti reports.

According to him, “the initiative was discussed in Brussels and agreed at the meeting of the leaders [of Armenia and Azerbaijan] held last December.”

Ten representatives of Azerbaijan will leave for Strasbourg to attend this talk.

“They will hold a meeting there with the representatives of the young generation of France, Germany, and Armenia. The main goal is to participate in the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia,” Gross added.

Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan clarified his comments in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“In one of the published materials, the following quote did not fully express my thought due to technical translation problems. “There are talks with Armenia on the issue of recognizing the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, there are contacts, but there is no progress in this issue at the moment.”

Here is the link to the material https://ria.ru/20220603/priznanie-1792775242.html…

“What I really meant was that there have always been discussions with the Republic of Armenia about the possibility of recognition of the Republic of Artsakh. That is why I would like to ask the media to take it into account when publishing this article”, Beglaryan noted in his Telegram Channel.

The resistance movement is blocking all entrances to the Armenian government building.

“Now our task is to block all entrances. Don’t even try to enter the building. Block all six entrances. Act calmly, do not come into conflict with the police,” said Vice Speaker of the National Assembly, MP from the Armenia bloc Ishkhan Saghatelyan.

Further actions will be announced after blocking the entrances to the building.

The police actually provoked a clash with protesters in Yerevan.

The march of the Resistance Movement approached the residence of the Prime Minister. From there, the protesters decided to go down Demirchyan Street to the parliament building. However, the street was blocked off by a powerful police cordon.

The protesters were not going to break into any building, they were just going to walk down the street. However, the police not only did not let the citizens through, but actually provoked a skirmish. Once again, using brute force, the police pushed the protesters back and began to bring them to the front.

The footage shows how groups of police officers beat protesters and drag them along the ground. The scene of the skirmish is littered with women’s shoes and men’s boots.

Apparently, the police also used special equipment.

The resistance movement completed the action to block the government building and went from the Republic Square to the residence of the Prime Minister of Armenia.

Ishkhan Saghatelyan, vice-speaker, deputy from the Armenia bloc, summed up the results of the action – the government building remained blocked for 2.5 hours.

Saghatelyan added that the members of the movement don’t intend to use force, the only goal is to get an answer to the question. Earlier the ruling power failed the parliamentary session, where the opposition was going to submit a statement that Artsakh cannot be part of Azerbaijan.

“We went to the National Assembly – their faction fled. They came to the government – the main traitor escaped from here. Power belongs to the people!” Saghatelyan noted.