Putin to attend post-Soviet military bloc summit in Armenia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to take part in the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Armenia’s capital Yerevan today. The Council is scheduled to discuss a broad range of issues, including measures of fighting against terrorism and election of the organization’s new secretary general. The CSTO is a regional security group comprising six post-Soviet countries...
Putin congratulates Armenia on 25th anniversary of independence
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin today has congratulated Armenia’s leader Serzh Sargsyan on the 25th anniversary of the country’s independence, the presidential press service told TASS. “Russian-Armenian relations have deep historical roots, they have been developing in the spirit of strategic partnership enriched by promising projects in many various fields,” the Russian president’s letter says. “In this...
Azerbaijan’s defense ministry reports truce violations by Armenia
The Armenian armed units over the past 24 hours “violated the truce regime 17 times at various parts of the front in the Karabakh conflict area, using also high-caliber machine guns” Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement today. The ministry said “the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were under fire from the opposing positions, located near and at heights in Nagorno Karabakh and neighboring...
Azerbaijan reports 13 ceasefire violations by Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh
The Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire on various sectors of the frontline in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone 13 times over the past 24 hours, including with the use of heavy machine guns, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported today. According to its version, “Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the territory of Armenia and from counter-positions in the areas adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh”...
Russia, Armenia leaders to meet in Moscow for talks on bilateral, regional issues
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan will meet today to discuss political, economic and humanitarian cooperation as well as to focus on some international and regional issues, the Kremlin press service reports. The Armenian leader will visit Moscow at the invitation of the Russian president, the press service said. “At the summit talks the sides plan to discuss key issues of cooperation in...
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