Azeris fire upon kindergartens, schools of Armenia’s near-border villagesMarch 17, 2011 - 13:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azerbaijani armed forces are escalating tensions at the line of contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry, on March 15 and 16, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire 12 times, firing over 200 shots at Armenian positions. The Azerbaijani armed forces fired upon Armenian army positions in Barkaber, Koti, Vazashen, Aygedzor, Kayanavan, Chinar, Sevakavan, Yeraskh, Khndzorut. Kindergartens, schools and cars were also fired upon, the Ministry said. The Armenian side demonstrated restraint, refraining from retaliatory fire. Over the past several days, Azerbaijan is also carrying out engineering mine clearing works at the border sectors, the Ministry said. It’s noteworthy that on March 16 morning 1news.az agency reported that “on March 16, at 9 pm, the Armenian armed forces fired upon cars of civilians moving towards the villages of Eskipar, Hushchuayrim and Myarzyam.” Thus, it’s not ruled out that the Azerbaijani media just pave the way for provocative acts. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |