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Armenian Defense Minister receives Head of CoE Armenia Office

Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan received today Martina Schmidt, Head of the Council of Europe’s Office in Yerevan, the ministry said in a news release.

Armenian Defense Minister receives Head of CoE Armenia Office

Armenian Defense Minister receives Head of CoE Armenia Office
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 6, ARTSAKHPRESS: “The process of the 2nd phase of the project “Human Rights and Women in the Armed Forces in Armenia” and its implementation were discussed during the meeting.
The Minister of Defense highly valued the activities carried out so far within the Armenia-CoE partnership aimed at raising awareness in the armed forces, protecting human rights, including rights of female officers, strengthening the efficiency of legal processes on military cases, developing and ensuring the continuation of military education, the staff skills and capacities”, the ministry said in the press release, adding that Suren Papikyan attached importance to the continuation of the aforementioned project and expressed the readiness of the Armenian side for the further development of cooperation.  

     

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Azerbaijanis shoot at Artsakh residents working in vineyard

On 15 March, at around 11:00, Martuni regional police department received a report that three citizens of Artsakh, who were trimming vineyards in the Amaras Valley, came under indiscriminate fire from small arms from adjacent Azerbaijani military positions, Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs informed.

Armenia Armed Forces did not open fire toward Azerbaijani positions

The statement released by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan claiming that from 00:15 to 02:30 March 15 the units of the Armed Forces of Armenia opened fire at Azerbaijani positions deployed in the eastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani borderline is untrue.”

Artsakh army did not fire at Azerbaijani positions

The statement released by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan claiming that Defense Army units periodically opened fire on March 15 at Azerbaijani positions deployed in the occupied territories of Martuni and Askeran regions in the Republic of Artsakh is yet another disinformation.”

The rescue workers, accompanied by Russian peacekeepers, convoyed the RA citizens who remained in Artsakh. Ministry of Internal Affairs regarded news spread by Azerbaijan as disinformation

Yesterday, on March 13, the Azerbaijani media spread another disinformation that servicemen and weapons were transported from Armenia to Artsakh accompanied by Russian peacekeeping troops, attaching a video of a small convoy of vehicles. In fact, in the video published by the Azerbaijani side, there are not military vehicles, but vehicles belonging to the State Emergency Service.