"From Russia To Iran" - Levison Wood visits Armenian highlandsSeptember 11, 2017 - 18:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the clip package at the start of "From Russia To Iran: Crossing The Wild Frontier", British explorer, writer and photographer Levison Wood has visited Armenia too. In the green highlands of Armenia, he met a gloomy shepherd who belonged to the country’s 30,000 strong Yazidi community. “I’m pretty sick of it actually,” he said. “That’s what happens when you do one job for 25 years.” In the series, Wood undertakes a 2600-mile trek across the mighty Caucasus mountains, on the tense frontier between Europe and Asia. In Episode 4, the exploerer travels through Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, before heading into Iran towards the Caspian Sea and the journey's end. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. 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. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |