ArmInfo.On January 25, the Government of Armenia approved a list of information on purchases  carried out for the needs of the Armed Forces, classified as state secrets.  According to the document, the procurement plan of the Ministry of Defense, the procurement order, technical conditions, the  process of organizing procurement, the organization that made the supply or provided the service or performed the work are classified as state secrets.

ArmInfo.The Armenian National Committee of America, in testimony submitted this week to  the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called upon America's next Ambassador to Israel to advance U.S. interests by working to end Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan and encouraging Israel to join with the U.S. government and the American people in recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo. Former Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, Colonel General Onik Gasparyan made a statement in which he commented on the assessments given by the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the meeting of the parliamentary Inquiry Committee for Studying the Circumstances of the Hostilities Unleashed on September 27, 2020 (44-day war).

ArmInfo.The Armenian armed forces did not use Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles against the  Azerbaijani army. RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan stated this on May 24 during the government hour in the RA National Assembly.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan's practice of proliferating counter-allegations based on disinformation is not new. Armenia's Permanent Representative to the UN Mher Margaryan stated this in his letter addressed to the UN Secretary General. The  Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the UN reports. The  letter has been published as an official document of the UNSC and the  General Assembly.

ArmInfo. The World Bank delegation intends to visit the Gegharkunik region in the near future in order to get acquainted with the consequences of Azerbaijan's  military aggression on the spot. WB Senior Economist Nadia Fernanda  Piffaretti said during a meeting with Deputy Minister of Territorial  Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia Vache Terteryan.

ArmInfo. OSCE Minsk Group observers headed by Colonel Robert Tkachuk visited Gegharkunik region.

ArmInfo. In the conditions of observed economic shocks within the CIS, in the meantime while we are adopting documents on measures to respond to emerging problems,  developing methods aimed at mitigating the impact of the current  economic situation for the well-being of the citizens of our states,  a CIS member country launched an unprovoked and absolutely illegal  large-scale aggression against a sovereign territory of the Republic  of Armenia. 

ArmInfo.on September 19, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired an expanded Security Council meeting, following which a statement was adopted.

ArmInfo. The armed forces of Azerbaijan deliberately attack civilian infrastructures, shelling them. This is stated in the official address of President of the  National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan to the  international partners.

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan's actions grossly violate the principles of international law on the  prohibition on the use of force and the threat of use of force, as  well as the obligations of the Azerbaijani state under the trilateral  agreement of November 9, 2020. This is stated in the statement of RA  Human Rights Defender Kristine Grigoryan,  the press service of  the  Defender reports.

ArmInfo.The Ministry of High-Tech Industry of Armenia has set itself the task of assisting in the implementation of ideas for the production of new types of  weapons. Head of the department Vahagn Khachatryan stated this during  a briefing. According to him, production processes are underway in  the country today, but their volumes do not meet the needs of the  army. The available production capabilities, as the minister further  noted, are forcing the import of weapons from abroad for the time  being.

ArmInfo. As part of a routine  combat training session, Russian peacekeepers conducted a drill to  prevent possible violations using unmanned aircraft of a simulated  enemy and ensure security at observation posts in the Lachin corridor  of Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmInfo.The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan used attack unmanned aerial vehicles in the direction of the positions of the Artsakh Defense Army.

ArmInfo. According to the agreement on cooperation in the military sector concluded between Azerbaijan and Turkey, joint tactical "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk-2021" exercises with live firing  began in Baku on June 28.

ArmInfo.The announced CSTO exercises in Armenia, apparently, are Moscow's response to the interest shown by the collective West in relation to Armenia in  general, and to the current situation on the borders of Armenia, in  particular. Political scientist Robert Ghevondyan expressed this  opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. On May 16, the Azerbaijani army will begin exercises with the participation of  various types of troops, the press service of the Defense Ministry of this country reports.

ArmInfo. The statement of the third President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, that he planned to purchase a large batch of unmanned aerial vehicles, but the new authorities  refused to purchase them, is a lie. Secretary of the Security Council  of Armenia Armen Grigoryan stated this on May 6 in an interview with  journalists.

ArmInfo.The State Department has released its annual Human Rights Compliance report for 2020.

ArmInfo.Azerbaijani Sun has begun operational-tactical teachings conducted within the framework of a combat training plan for the 2021th year.