Artsakh soldiers awarded for foiling Azeri sabotage, downing drone![]() October 1, 2019 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) President Bako Sahakyan on Tuesday, October 1 signed decrees on to award soldiers who foiled Azerbaijan's sabotage and downed a reconnaissance drone last week. For personal bravery and courage shown during rebuffing the subversive-reconnoitering activities undertaken by the enemy, servicemen Armen Babayan and Emil Nersisyan were awarded with the “For Service in Battle” medal. For shooting down the unmanned aerial vehicle Orbiter-2, which had infringed the Artsakh state air border during the reconnaissance flight, Defence Army servicemen Parouyr Amirkhanyan and Rafik Ordoyan were awarded with the “For Service in Battle” medal. ![]() ![]() Artsakh's independence cannot be a bargaining chip, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I told an Easter mass. The United Kingdom is calling both Armenia and Azerbaijan to work towards a de-escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh. Simonyan said the situation in Karabakh is very tense, referring to Azerbaijan's recent incursion into a populated area In the past two days, Azerbaijan has been using drones and other munitions to attack Nagorno-Karabakh. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |