Author: Vatche Chakhmakhchian

Trilateral meeting between Nikol Pashinyan, Charles Michel and Ilham Aliyev takes place in Brussels

 02:08, 7 April, 2022

YEREVAN, 7 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. The trilateral meeting between the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took place in Brussels, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.

Nikol Pashinyan referred to the situation and the humanitarian issues in Artsakh caused by the recent actions of the Azerbaijani military units.

Issues related to the implementation of the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, as well as the agreements reached at the trilateral meeting in Brussels on December 14 were discussed.

Based on the results of the meeting, an agreement was reached to set up a bilateral commission on border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan until the end of April envisaged in the agreement reached in Sochi on November 26, 2021, which will be authorised to deal with security and stability issues along the border.

The Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan instructed the Foreign Ministers to start preparations for peace talks between the two countries.

 14:18, 30 March, 2022

STEPANAKERT, MARCH 30, ARMENPRESS. The National Security Service of Artsakh will have a military (combat) division for active duty service.

The bill on amending the law and creating the division was presented to parliament of Artsakh.

The current law states that the national security service is divided into three bodies – intelligence, counter-intelligence and military counter-intelligence.

The amendment will add the fourth – combat division body in the system in order for “strengthening the process of active-duty service (combat shift) of national security service officers at the Artsakh Republic state border (line of contact) and to regulate further legal relationships.”

Germany supports the de-escalation of tension in Artsakh and efforts of peaceful resolution of issues

 19:41, 1 April, 2022

YEREVAN, 1 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan on April 1 received the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Viktor Richter.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the interlocutors discussed the situation in Armenian-Azerbaijani border zone and the situation in Artsakh. The Minister of Defense of Armenia mentioned that the actions of Azerbaijani side endanger the fragile stability of the region, expressing conviction that for prevention of the escalation of the situation it is necessary for the international community to take measures.  

Ambassador Richter confirmed that the German side supports the de-escalation of the existing situation and efforts of peaceful resolution of the issues.

During the meeting issues related to cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats were discussed.

 20:44,

YEREVAN, 31 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. A telephone conversation took place between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, ARMENPRESS wa sinformed from the Office of the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Pashinyan presented to the Russian President the situation after the incursion of Azerbaijani troops into the responsibility zone of the Russian peacekeeping force in Nagorno-Karabakh and noted with regret that the situation has not been resolved, moreover, according to some information, new provocations by Azerbaijani units are possible in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping force.

Prime Minister Pashinyan provided details on the actions of Azerbaijan to intimidate the residents of the villages of Nagorno Karabakh with loudspeakers and to exert psychological pressure.

Nikol Pashinyan reiterated that these actions and the incursion of Azerbaijani units into the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping force in Nagorno Karabakh in the presence of peacekeepers raise questions and thanked the Russian President for a positive attitude to the issue of carrying out investigation of the situation.

The Prime Minister presented to the Russian President the expectations of the Armenian side that the Russian peacekeeping contingent will take measures to withdraw the invading Azerbaijani units from the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

The leaders of the two countries agreed to take measures to urgently resolve the situation. They both highlighted the full implementation of the trilateral statements signed by the President of the Russian Federation, the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan on November 9, 2020 January 11 and November 26, 2021.

 17:04,

YEREVAN, MARCH 29, ARMENPRESS. The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to cardinally decrease the military activity in the direction of Kiev and Chernigov, according to the military agency’s statement following Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul read out by Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, reports TASS.

“Due to the fact that the talks on preparing an agreement on Ukraine’s neutrality and non-nuclear status as well as on providing Ukraine with security guarantees are moving to the practical sphere, considering the principles discussed during the meeting today, in order to bolster mutual confidence and create the necessary conditions for the further talks and the achievement of the final goal – the coordination and the signing of the aforementioned agreement – the Russian Defense Ministry has made a decision to cardinally, several-fold decrease the military activity in the direction of Kiev and Chernigov”, he said.

 12:00, 5 March, 2022

YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. The US-based CNN television channel stops broadcasting in Russia, according to tweets citing a CNN spokesperson, reports TASS.

“CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia while we continue to evaluate the situation and our next steps moving forward”, the spokesperson said as quoted by TASS.

Reuters reports news organizations including the BBC and Canadian Broadcasting Corp have also suspended reporting from Russia following the passing of the law on criminal liability for false information about the Russian Armed Forces.