Karabakh war: Armenia declares three-day mourning from Dec. 19December 14, 2020 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has declared three days of national mourning beginning from December 19, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Monday, December 14, to honor the memory of the victims of the devastating war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh. A remembrance march will be organized in Yerevan, which will start from the Republic Square and proceed to Yerablur military pantheon, Pashinyan added. Though not all the missing servicemen have been found and not every body has been identified, the PM said the decision could no longer be delayed. At the same time he promised that search and rescue operations will continue more intensively. 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 has returned 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 | 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. Baku: EU, U.S. share responsibility for Armenia’s “destabilizing actions” Azerbaijan has declared that the European Union and the United States will share responsibility for any destabilizing actions of Armenia 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. Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of arming Karabakh after 2020 Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of “illegally transported ammunition” to Nagorno-Karabakh after the November 9 statement. |