Justice Minister Hovhannisyan said that Armenia’s Ethics Committee Re: Top Officials has certain powers to deal with such allegations and that it can launch an investigation if deemed appropriate.
Party colors and partisan propaganda need to give way to the imperative of a united assertion of our civil and collective rights based on a true rule of law, democracy, and the national interest.
On April 2, 2016 Azerbaijan attacked the region of Nagarno-Karabakh, and in the following days fighting on both sides intensified looming towards an all-out war.
At a session of the Armenian parliament today, MP Khachatour Kokobelyan called on the Armenian government to demand from Russia that it annuls its armaments deal with Azerbaijan.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on April 8.
The first point is that the 1994 ceasefire must be maintained, that all military operations cease, and that Armenian and Azerbaijani military units must return to their positions and bases as of April 1, 2016.
Gevorg Manoukyan is a soldier who fired and brought down an Azerbaijani military helicopter preparing to attack Armenian troops in Artsakh.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense reports that the ceasefire in place since noon yesterday is still holding as of this morning.