Karabakh serviceman wounded in Azerbaijan's fireApril 24, 2016 - 00:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Karabakh serviceman, Hayk Minasyan received a gunshot wound in Azerbaijan's cross border fire on Saturday, April 23, at around 3:00 pm, Armenian Defense Ministry press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in a Facebook post. Also Saturday, in the period between 3:55pm and 8:00pm, the Azerbaijani armed units intensively shelled the Armenian positions in the northeastern (Martakert), eastern (Askeran) and northern (Talish) directions of the contact line, using 60- and 82-mm mortars. The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army units took preventive steps to suppress the rival's aggression and continue controlling the situation on the contact line, the press secretary said. As of Saturday evening, the situation on the frontline is calm, Hovhannisyan added. 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. |