Update on Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Armenia goods brought out of Moscow market, 18.07 digest

Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 18.07.2020:

SITUATION ON BORDER

Since last night, the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border has remained relatively calm, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan wrote on her Facebook.

According to her, "the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, using firearms, shot indiscriminately in the direction of our bases positioned near the villages of Movses, Zangakatun, and Khndzorut."

In the meantime, resident of Chinari village Aramayis Hovakimyan was wounded after being struck by Azerbaijan’s unmanned combat aerial vehicle. He is currently at the hospital, and doctors say his condition is stable.

In his interview to the Armenian Unified Information Center, he noted that "we have brave men who proved that they are stronger than us. I’ll always stand with them, even in this condition, if necessary.

"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — there’s no turning back. This is our sacred place, our village," he added.

ARMENIAN PM ON SITUATION

Pashinyan visited Saturday the Ministry of Defense headquarters, where he met with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces, headed by Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Onik Gasparyan. Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan attended the meeting, government's press service reported.

During the meeting, the PM referred to the Azerbaijani threat to strike an Armenian nuclear power plant.

According to him, this should be considered a crime against humanity.

"Armenia is capable of ensuring its own security, including the Metsamor nuclear power plant, but this is a statement that should be unequivocally considered a crime against humanity because such an action is a threat to commit terrorism against humanity, it should be given an appropriate international response and probe," he noted.

The PM also noted that the state that the government’s army development policy has fully justified itself.

PM TO RUSSIAN COUNTERPART

Presenting the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border today, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan told his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin that the reasons why Azerbaijan decided to attack the Armenian military positions remain unclear.

According to him, the events on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border are taking place on the background of the provocation of a third party.

ARMENIAN TRACKS IN MOSCOW

News about trucks filled with Armenian goods being brought out of Moscow’s Food City market at midnight was posted on social networks Friday. Some suppliers reported that the food was already rotten.

The Food City market belongs to the Food City group of companies, which is owned by natives of Azerbaijan, entrepreneurs God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev.

However, Armenian social media users launched a flash mob. To support goods, Armenians from different Russian cities have come to the sites to buy agricultural products.

The trucks have been offered alternative locations in Moscow to sell their goods. The owner of Tashir Group Samvel Karapetyan has earlier today offered a point where farmers from Armenia could sell the product free of charge.

ARTSAKH MOD

Air defense units of the Artsakh Defense Army shot down the opponent's UAV ORBITER-3.

The vanguard units of the Artsakh Defense Army fully oversee the frontline and continue to confidently carry out their combat duty.

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