Azerbaijan didn’t pull back forces from Armenia, soldiers searches resume in Karabakh, May 24 digest
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as posted by the channelArmenian News - NEWS.am presents the daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 24.05.21:
CAPTIVE ARMENIANS
Captive Armenians are being tried in Azerbaijan.
Ludvig Mkrtchyan (born in 1969) and Alyosha Khosrovyan (born in 1967) are accused of crimes that were allegedly committed during the first Karabakh (Artsakh) war in the early 1990s.
The Azerbaijani authorities are carrying out the practice of settling scores with all the Armenians they had captured during the first war.
BORDER SITUATION
The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border near Armenia's Gegharkunik and Syunik provinces remains tense.
The Azerbaijani soldiers have not yet pulled out their troops from Armenian territory.
According to various media reports, another 1,000 Azerbaijani soldiers have invaded the Armenian border.
Some officials reported that 1,000 Azerbaijanis are carrying out construction works in the Sev Lake area in Syunik.
However, the Armenian defense ministry has rejected all the reports, noting that some Azerbaijani troops who had invaded Armenia have already returned to their original positions.
SEARCHES
The search has resumed for the remains of the Armenian soldiers who fell during the last Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war.
The total number of such remains found, or transferred by Azerbaijan, in the territories now outside Artsakh jurisdiction after the ceasefire is 1,553—and 27 of them, according to preliminary data, are of civilians.
IRAN FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Saeed Khatibzadeh said during today’s briefing.
According to IRNA, Zarif’s visit is set to begin on May 25.
SOLDIER MISSING
Armenian conscript, 18, has gone missing since May 18 from Vardenis.
There is no information yet - the search for him continues, Arsen Aghababyan, the mayor of Armenia’s Koghb village, told NEWS.am.
The soldier's phone was found about 30 km away from his combat position. Until his disappearance, his parents had not noticed any discomfort while talking to him.
COVID-19
As of Monday morning, 34 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Armenia, and the total number of these cases has reached 221,982 in the country.
Also, two more deaths from COVID-19 were registered, making the respective total 4,394 cases.
The number of people who have recovered so far is 211,375.
TORNADO
Tornado hit Armenia’s Etchmiadzin-Zvartnots on Sunday.
Armenian hydrometeorology chief Gagik Surenyan on Monday posted a video on Facebook capturing the tornado that was observed yesterday.
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