Chief of the General Staff: The tension on the line of contact of the  troops remains

ArmInfo. Speaker of Armenian Parliament Ara Babloyan during the meeting with the Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Igor Nazaruk stressed the important role of  parliamentary diplomacy in the development of cooperation between the  countries, according to Armenian NA press service. 

ArmInfo. Today, Azerbaijan has full advantage on the line of contact of troops with  Nagorno-Karabakh. With this statement, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a speech at the opening ceremony of the Sharg factory of the Ministry of Defense Industry for the production of military units for a grenade launcher.

ArmInfo. Violation of the ceasefire and loss regime once again shows that the status quo is unstable. The head of the Azerbaijani representation of the European  Union Malena Mard stated this.

ArmInfo. The UK's position on  the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is unshakable. British Ambassador to  Azerbaijan Carol Crofts stated this in an interview with APA.

ArmInfo. The UN issued a statement in connection with the situation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ArmInfo. The latest violations of the ceasefire regime on the contact line of the  Karabakh-Azerbaijani troops, which led to numerous victims, apparently remind that the status quo is not viable. This is stated in the statement of the EU in connection with the aggravation of the situation in the zone of the Karabakh conflict, received in ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.On the night of June 22, Azerbaijan on the contact line with Artsakh made another attempt of sabotage penetration, which, however, due to the prompt actions of the NKR Defense Army, was suppressed.

ArmInfo.Baku threatens to involve Belgian senator, Member of the Parliament of Flanders Joris Posche in the "black list" of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry for  visiting Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo. The topic of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement is constantly on the agenda of the efforts of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russian Foreign Ministry  spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said this at a weekly briefing, answering  the question of how the Russian foreign ministry assesses the results  of the visit of the co-chairs to the region, as well as the fact that  in recent days there has been an aggravation on the contact line.

ArmInfo. On June 23, according to the agreement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), the OSCE mission will conduct a  planned monitoring of the contact line between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan northwest of the Talish village of the Martakert region.

ArmInfo. The United States is deeply concerned about violations of the ceasefire on the Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line during the last week, which also led to human losses. This is stated in the statement of US State Department spokesman Heather Noirtt, published on the agency's website.

ArmInfo. President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan received Belgian Senator, Member of the Parliament of Flanders Joris Posche.

ArmInfo. CSTO , at the request of UN, is working on the formation of a special unit of the peacekeeping militia of constant readiness, which will participate in peacekeeping operations. Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valeriy  Semerikov informed. 

ArmInfo. Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) strongly condemned Azerbaijan's latest ceasefire violations and called upon the Canadian government to  immediately condemn the unprovoked violence by the Aliyev regime.

ArmInfo.Azerbaijani DM spread message said they allegedly prevented an attempt of sabotage infiltration  and one Armenian serviceman is captured - another misinformation, according to NKR DA press service. 

ArmInfo.OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs do a good job, in rather difficult conditions, where there are many challenges. The head of EU Delegation to Armenia Piotr  Switalski said this at a press conference in Yerevan on June 20 when  answering the question whether it is time to take effective measures  against Azerbaijan, which permanently carries out provocations on the  line of contact of Karabakh-Azerbaijani troops.

ArmInfo.In foreseeable future, President Donald Trump's administration will not have time to resolve the Karabakh issue, Peter Fever, a special ex-adviser on strategic  planning and institutional reform of US President George W. Bush says, a professor of political science and public policy.

ArmInfo.Minsk intermediaries should undertake more efficient means to control militarist passions of Baku, such opinion was expressed during the conversation with  ArmInfo's reported by vice speaker of the Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov, commenting recent statement of OSCE MG on the results of the visit to the region, which again contained only general drafts and estimates. 

ArmInfo. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Richard Hoagland (USA), Stefan Visconti (France) made a joint statement following the visit to the region.

ArmInfo. "We strongly condemn the violation of ceasefire by Azerbaijan on the confrontation line with Artsakh, which lead to casualties and we stress that the  responsibility for the escalation of the entire situation in on the Azeri military leadership", the resolution of the third forum of Armenian Parties held in Stepanakert reads.