Azerbaijan shells Armenia-Georgia interstate highwayJuly 8, 2016 - 17:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani troops on Friday, July 8 morning opened fire on the road from Voskepar to Baghanis on Armenia-Georgia interstate highway in Tavush province, Yerkir.am reports. Chief of the village of Baghanis Narek Sahakyan said he didn’t hear gunshots as he was on his way to a nearby town, but he did see the patrol cars on his way back and learned about the fire then. According to him, people had to bypass that part of the road for an hour. Azerbaijan last shelled Baghanis on the night of June 8-9, at around midnight. Roofs and windows of houses were damaged, village chief Narek Sahakyan said then. “The shooting didn’t disrupt the school exams in the village,” Sahakyan said. “The 11th-graders who were returning from a full day of touring had to wait at the forefront of the village due to security concerns.” Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |