ArmInfo. All night long work on extinguishing a fire in the forest on the mountain near the village of Byurakan continued. As the press service of the Ministry  of Emergency Situations of Armenia told ArmInfo, 154 rescuers took  part in extinguishing the fire.

ArmInfo.Armenia is an independent state, and can independently decide in which exercises to participate, and in which there is not. A spokesman for the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun party bureau Hrant Margaryan commented on the refusal  of Armenia to participate in the NATO exercises in Georgia.

ArmInfo.There is no political implication in the non- participation of the Armenian armed forces in the multinational military exercises of NATO Agile Spirit  2017. Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this in  a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan on August 4 during his official visit to Beijing visited the company "Poly Group", leading research and  development in the fields of defense products, mining, real estate  and culture.

ArmInfo. The Armenian delegation headed by the Chief of the Air Defense Forces of Armed Forces, Colonel Armen Vardanyan will take part in the meeting of the  Air Defense Coordination Committee under the Council of CIS Defense  Ministers and in the joint trainings "Combat Commonwealth 2017" in  Moscow and Astrakhan from September 4 to 6.

ArmInfo."The incident at the  Armenian-Azerbaijani state border during OSCE monitoring was the  result of a well-thought-out policy of Azerbaijan, aimed at  discrediting OSCE Minsk Group, Deputy Chairman of the ruling  Republican Party of Armenia, head of the parliamentary commission on  foreign affairs Armen Ashotyan expressed a similar point of view on  September 2, touching the shelling of the OSCE monitoring group near  the village of Chinari on August 31.

ArmInfo. Armenian Defense  Ministry delegation led by the Minister Vigen Sargsyan on September 4  flies to China with an official visit. 

ArmInfo. Armenian Minister  of Emergency Situations David Tonoyan took part in opening of First  International exhibition of high technologies of Arm-Security-  2017(Safe Armenia) held in Yerevan from Sept 02 to 04 and got  acquainted with presented expositions. 

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ArmInfo. The Armenian Defense Ministry considers the rating of the Global Firepower Index to be insignificant.

ArmInfo. The USA is proud of standing next to Armenia as a reliable partner and expects to deepen cooperation in the future. On September 1, in Yerevan, during  discussions with alumni of the George Marshall Center about the challenges Armenia faces in the sphere of security, US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills stated.

ArmInfo.The armed forces of Azerbaijan are not the first to violate the ceasefire during the monitoring of the OSCE, these actions are permanent. Armenian Deputy  Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this on September 1, responding to a question by ArmInfo about the shelling of the OSCE monitoring group on the border with Armenia by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

ArmInfo.The Russian Foreign Ministry has no information on the possible convening of a meeting at the level of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in  connection with the firing on August 31 of the OSCE monitoring group  on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.

ArmInfo.Shots from the Azerbaijani side during the OSCE monitoring on the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border are directed against the OSCE Minsk  Group, Vienna and St. Petersburg documents to reduce tensions in the  Karabakh conflict zone. The vice speaker of the Armenian parliament,  press secretary of the ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov  responded to the incident today during the OSCE monitoring on the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

ArmInfo.According to the decision of Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan Haykaram Mkhitaryan is dismissed from his position as Deputy Minister of  Emergency Situations of  Armenia on his own request. Ara Nazaryan was  appointed to his place, according to the Armenian Government official  website. 

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ArmInfo. The fire in the armory of one of the military units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan is localized. According to a joint statement by the Ministry of  Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Prosecutor  General's Office of Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo."Israeli Defense Ministry usually does not comment on information related to military  exports, "the Israeli Defense Ministry said in response to the Kommersant newspaper regarding the publication of" Maariv "about the possible participation of representatives of the Israeli company in the attack on positions in Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmInfo.The Investigative Committee of Armenia found out the causes of the fire near Artavan  village of Vayots Dzor region - one person was charged.

ArmInfo.Working meeting of heads of the main operational directorates of CSTO General Staff is held in Belarus (Department of Strategic Planning) of the general staffs of armed forces of CSTO member states.