“Today, however, Dikranagerd is not the same place. It is now dangerous and threatened by terrorist groups,” said Avakian. “It is a sad yet fortunate reality to know that my film is now a piece of history.”
Galstyan said that 35 million AMD (US$72,000) was spent on producing Masquerade.
The Artsakh Defense Ministry Press Service today rejected claims by Azerbaijan that its forces had destroyed an Artsakh military headquarters near Martouni and had halted an attempt by Artsakh forces to cross the border into Azerbaijan near Martakert.
Given that no quorum existed, the session was postponed until 3p.m.
The Armenian government notes that relations between Armenia and Iraq have grown over the past five to six years, pointing to the reopening of Iraq’s embassy in Yerevan and increased trade between the two countries.
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Aram Tatoyan told reporters in Yerevan today that Artur Sargsyan, the man who ferried food to members of the armed Sasna Dzrer group holed up in a Yerevan police station after having seized it last July and presently awaiting trial, has again refused to be transferred to a civilian hospital.
The government, in its decision, says that medical organizations have gone without new ambulances for too long.
Azerbaijan’s Interpol yesterday circulated a statement addressed to the Interpol services of all nations calling for a manhunt against a group of archeologists that Baku claims is carrying out digs in Artsakh.
Organizers of a sit-down demonstration in Yerevan’s Liberty Square calling for the release of Artur Sargsyan from pretrial detention say the police have visited their homes and threatened them.
Azerbaijan violated the Karabakh ceasefire 100 times yesterday and last night, firing 1,200 rounds of small arms, as well as TR-107mm artillery and 60 and 82mm mortar rounds, and handheld anti-tank grenades.
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