Armenian citizen taken captive in AzerbaijanJuly 15, 2020 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 29-year-old resident of Armenia, Narek Sardaryan, who went missing several days ago, was featured in a video published by Azerbaijan's Naxcivantv on Wednesday, July 15. The head of the village where Sardaryan lives told PanARMENIAN.Net that Sardaryan took the cattle to graze and did not return several days ago. He said the villagers have been looking for him ever since he went missing. The media report claims that Sardaryan has crossed the border to Azerbaijan voluntarily, but this is not the first time that people living in border villages get lost and end up in Azerbaijani territory, with local media and authorities claiming they have crossed the border voluntarily. PanARMENIAN.Net has been trying to reach out to the Armenian office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (OCRC) for comment. 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 | 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 Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. 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. |