Armenia PM: Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violations fall to unprecedented lawJune 26, 2018 - 12:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The rate of ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan has declined to an unprecedented level against the previous years, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday, June 25 when responding to questions posted on Facebook by social media users. “According to statistics, ceasefire violations have fallen to an unprecedented law, to the levels of the early 2000s,” the Prime Minister said. Pashinyan said while there are some accumulations of Azerbaijani troops near the frontline, “they (the accumulations - Ed.) sometimes grow and then decline.” “There is some tension in the direction of Nakhijevan. Immediately after my election as Prime Minister I ordered the Armed Forces to remain vigilant at all times,” he said. “I can’t say, however, that we are dealing with a never-before-seen situation. For us, this has been a familiar and ordinary situation for years.” Weighing in on the probability of resumption of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh, Pashinyan said Armenia must always be ready for all kinds of developments. The Azerbaijani army initiated an attempted subversive attack on the contact line with Karabakh on June 17. The Karabakh troops, however, took the necessary measures to thwart the attack and threw the saboteurs back to their positions. The situation along the contact line changed in the period between June 17 and 23. In particular, an RPG-7 grenade launcher has been used by Azerbaijan in some sections of the frontline. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |