  Azerbaijan shells Armenian border villages, no casualties reported November 6, 2015 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani army shelled the villages of Voskevan and Baghanis of Armenia’s Tavush Province on Thursday, November 5. Armenian armed forces took retaliatory measures to silence the attacks, a Defense Ministry representative told PanARMENIAN.Net The Ministry refuted reports of Azerbaijan having pushed forward military equipment. Also, on the same day, Azerbaijani armed forces shelled a truck on an interstate highway near Baghanis. According to the village chief Narek Sahakyan, the engine and wheels of the truck were damaged; the Ossetian truck driver, however, was unharmed. According to the NKR Defense Ministry, 100 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani armed forces were registered on the night of November5-6, with over 1800 shots fired from various caliber artillery weapons, as well as 60-mm mortars (1 shell).    The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by the Azeri authorities in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.  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 |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
