Armenia

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of instigating new rounds of shelling across their borders Wednesday and reported that 155 troops from the two countries have died since hostilities reignited between the two longtime adversaries this week.

Armenia’s Defense Ministry accused Azerbaijani forces of launching combat drones in the direction of the Armenian resort town of Jermuk overnight and renewing shelling with artillery and mortars in the morning in the direction of Jermuk and the village of Verin Shorzha.

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijani forces shelled Armenia’s territory Tuesday and killed at least 49 Armenian soldiers, Armenia’s prime minister said, a large-scale attack that fueled fears of broader hostilities breaking out between the longtime adversaries.

The hostilities erupted minutes after midnight, with Azerbaijani forces unleashing an artillery barrage and drone attacks in many sections of Armenian territory, according to the Armenian Defense Ministry.

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area tore through a popular market in Armenia’s capital on Sunday, killing at least one person, injuring 36 others and setting off a large fire.

More than three hours after the early afternoon blast at the Surmalu market, firemen labored to put out the blaze that sent a towering column of smoke over the center of Yerevan. Rescue workers and volunteers in civilian clothes searched for victims who might be trapped under slabs of concrete and twisted metal.

YEREVAN, August 4. /TASS/: Azerbaijan is trying to derail the implementation of the November 9, 2020 Trilateral Statement of the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan on the cessation of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government meeting on Thursday.

YEREVAN, August 3. /TASS/: The president of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Arayik Harutyunyan, on Wednesday signed a decree on partial mobilization in the light of soaring tensions on the line of engagement with Azerbaijan, Armenia’s government news agency Armenpress reports.

"The President of the Republic of Artsakh (the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic - TASS) has signed a decree declaring partial mobilization on August 3," the news agency quotes Harutyunyan's press service as saying.

YEREVAN, June 9. /TASS/: Moscow is interested in a full normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and is ready to facilitate it in every possible way, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday.

YEREVAN, April 7. /TASS/: 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, the press service of the Armenian government announced on Thursday.

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

YEREVAN, March 23. /TASS/: Armenia has been discussing with its international partners, in particular with Russia, the issue of the gas supply being cut off to Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Wednesday.

"We immediately made all our diplomatic efforts. Firstly, of course, we are in close contact with our Russian colleagues, since we know that a damaged or closed gas pipeline is the peacekeepers’ area of responsibility," Mirzoyan noted.

YEREVAN, March 14. /TASS/: Armenia turned to the OSCE Minsk Group to arrange negotiations on signing a peace agreement with Azerbaijan, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

"Armenia responded to Azerbaijan's proposals and appealed to the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to organize negotiations on a peace treaty between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the basis of the UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and the International Charter on Political and Civil Rights," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

28 Jan 2022; MEMO: Armenian Foreign Minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, is to visit Turkey in March, his Turkish counterpart said on Thursday, as the neighbours work to mend ties after decades of animosity, Reuters reports.

Turkey has had no diplomatic or commercial ties with its eastern neighbour since the 1990s. The two are at odds over several issues, primarily the 1.5 million people Armenia says were killed by Ottoman forces in 1915.