Armenian army loses contact with two soldierJuly 14, 2021 - 17:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian army has lost contact with two soldiers since Wednesday, July 14 morning, the Defense Ministry reports. Serviceman Artur Nalbandyan and driver Aramayis Torozyan went missing in the morning of July 14, and the search mission has not yealded results yet. The two are not carrying weapons. With the mediation of Russian side, the Armenian Armed Forces are discussing with Azerbaijani army representatives whether the troops might have wandered to territories under Baku's control. Also Wednesday, an Armenian serviceman was killed in Azerbaijan's fire from across the border. The incident happened in the morning of July 14 when the Azerbaijani units of Nakhijevan attempted to advance and carry out engineering work with the use of heavy machinery. 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. |