Armenian soldier wounded in Azerbaijani border attackJuly 11, 2016 - 10:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 19-year-old Armenian soldier, Tigran Mkrtchyan was wounded in an Azerbaijani attack on the Armenian border on Sunday, July 10, FRE/FL Armenian Service reported Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan as saying. The serviceman was hospitalized at around 5:00 pm to immediately undergo surgery . Azerbaijani troops on Friday morning opened fire on the road from Voskepar to Baghanis on Armenia-Georgia interstate highway in Tavush province. Chief of the village of Baghanis Narek Sahakyan said he didn’t hear gunshots as he was on his way to a nearby town, but he did see the patrol cars on his way back and learned about the fire then. According to him, people had to bypass that part of the road for an hour. Related links: Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |