Former Karabakh army chief to be discharged from hospital "in 2-3 days"November 30, 2020 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former commander of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Defense Army Jalal Harutyunyan will be discharged from the hospital "within 2-3 days," Head of the Armenian Defense Ministry's Information and Public Relations Department Gevorg Altunyan said Monday, November 30, Panorama.am reports. Harutyunyan was relieved of his post in late October after sustaining major injuries during military hostilities unleashed by Azerbaijan, and was replaced by Lieutenant General Mikayel Arzumanyan. Altunyan reported positive changes in the former army chief's health who will receive outpatient treatment after being discharged. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side is returning all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. 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. |