Karabakh soldier killed in Azerbaijan’s shellingMay 12, 2016 - 10:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Starting at 7:30 pm, May 11, the Azerbaijani troops used various caliber firearms, mortars and grenade launchers to violate the verbal agreement on the ceasefire. The shootings continued through the night of May 12. A Nagorno Karabakh serviceman, Armen Martirosyan (b. 1996), received a fatal wound in the May 11 Azeri shelling. An investigation into the details of the incident is underway. The operative situation remained unchanged on the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact overnight on May 10-11. The rival, in particular, violated the verbal agreement on the ceasefire, shooting from various caliber firearms, 60-82-mm mortars and an RPG-7 grenade launcher. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |