Samvel Karapetyan vows to rebuild Stepanakert maternity hospitalOctober 29, 2020 - 11:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The founder of Tashir Group of Companies and the president of the Association of Armenian Entrepreneurs of Russia, Samvel Karapetyan, is going to rebuild the maternity hospital in Stepanakert, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) after the facility was heavily bombed by Azerbaijan. "I want to firmly assure the people of Artsakh that we will definitely build a new modern maternity hospital in Stepanakert. New lives will be born there again," Karapetyan told RIA Novosti. Azerbaijan used Smerch multiple rocket launchers to fire on Stepanakert and Shushi on Wednesday, October 28, killing and injuring civilians. Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and Syrian and Libyan mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |