Alexis Ohanian shares update on Azerbaijan's aggression against ArmeniaJuly 17, 2020 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has joined a host of celebrities and politicians in raising Azerbaijan's violence against Armenians. In an instagram story, the Armenian-American tech entrepreneur shared a post by the Armenian National Committee of America, which reads: "Azerbaijan is starting a regional war amid a global pandemic." Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West, American Senator Ed Markey, Representative Judy Chu, Member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas and many others have expressed support for Armenia. Since the situation escalated on the border on July 12, Azerbaijan has launched three unsuccessful infiltration attempts. Since the next morning, the Azerbaijani military has been firing on the Armenian positions, also using large caliber grenade launchers and combat drones to target civilian homes in several border settlements. Four servicemen of the Armenian army have been killed, while Azerbaijan has reported 12 deaths. Top stories 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. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. 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 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. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |