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During the recent Azerbaijani aggression the Sotk mine was shut down and is now re-launched only with 40% capacity, the Governor of Gegharkunik Province Karen Sargsyan told foreign ambassadors in Vardenis. “The mine was shut down during the military action. The mine didn’t work for three days afterwards. Now the mine is working ...

The Armenian side knows the number and location of bodies of killed troops, but all attempts to recover the bodies were met with intense Azerbaijani gunfire, Major-General Arakel Martikyan, the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces told foreign ambassadors during a meeting in Vardenis. Speaking about the rep...

The Armed Forces of Armenia are on stand-by and ready to withstand and destroy the Azerbaijani forces, Major-General Arakel Martikyan, the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces told foreign ambassadors during a meeting in Vardenis when asked whether or not they have fears of a new attack. “There is no fear o...

12 schools in the Gegharkunik province are still closed after the Azerbaijani aggression due to safety concerns, and over 1200 children are deprived of the possibility of going to school, the Governor of Gegharkunik Karen Sargsyan told foreign ambassadors during a meeting in Vardenis. “Homes were destroyed in three settlements, ...

Over the course of the recent Azerbaijani attack which began on September 13, the Azerbaijani military gruesomely murdered captured wounded Armenian troops, abused the bodies of the dead with particular barbarism and then photographed it and spread online, Major-General Arakel Martikyan, the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the ...

The recent Azerbaijani aggression was the third large-scale attack since the November 9 trilateral statement against inhabited regions of Armenia, Major-General Arakel Martikyan, the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces told foreign ambassadors during a meeting in Vardenis. The major-general said that overn...

Azerbaijan captured several military positions of Armenia in the direction of Vardenis, Major-General Arakel Martikyan, the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces told foreign ambassadors in Vardenis when asked about the territorial losses during the September 13-14 Azeri attacks. Major-General Martikyan said...

During the September 13 attack on Armenia, Azerbaijan also bombarded the high-voltage power lines stretching to Iran, and for 12 hours did not allow experts to approach and repair them, and due to high volumes of power the Armenian nuclear power plant was forced to reduce power, the Armenian Minister of Territorial Administratio...

Foreign ambassadors in Armenia visited the village of Kut to view the damages resulting from the Azerbaijani attack. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan briefed the diplomatic corps representatives on the damages. The ambassadors visited the Kut town hall building, the local school and the cl...

The Armenian Ministry of Defense released the names of the three Armenian soldiers who were killed in action when Azerbaijani troops attacked their positions on September 28. The fallen troops are Lt. Colonel Nahapet Margaryan, Sergeant Hovhannes Sukiasyan and Private Edward Hovhannisyan. “The Ministry of Defense of the Republic...