ArmInfo. The international community, first and foremost the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries should take immediate steps to sober up the Azerbaijani leadership, who has lost the sense of reality, ignores and opposes with defiance to their calls and demands, the statement of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reads. 

ArmInfo. At the moment the situation on the Armenian-Azeri border is calm, Armenian Defense Ministry Spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan says on his Facebook page.   

ArmInfo. The escalation of tension in Tavush and the deaths of three young people are the result of the Armenian authorities' passivity shown at the Dec 26 summit of the CSTO in St. Petersburg, Director of the Stepanakert-based "Ashkharh" Center for Strategic Studies Hrachya Arzumanyan has told ArmInfo.   

ArmInfo. By its sabotage attacks and provocations on the border with Armenia and on the line of contact with Karabakh, Azerbaijan demonstrates that it refuses to take any steps towards resumption of the peace process, military expert Tigran Abrahamyan has told ArmInfo, when commenting on the current situation on the Armenian-Azeri border following today's attempted sabotage attack mounted by Azerbaijan.      

ArmInfo. The Armenian Foreign Ministry is taking all relevant measures in light of Azerbaijan's attempted sabotage attack, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tigran Balayan has told ArmInfo, when asked whether Yerevan will apply to the CSTO over the current situation on the Armenian-Azeri border.  

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan thoroughly prepared for today's sabotage attack on Armenian-Azeri border, military expert Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said in his Facebook page.     

ArmInfo. In a conversation with ArmInfo's correspondent, Armenian Defense Ministry Spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan has confirmed the information that 3 Armenian servicemen were killed as a result of the Azeri armed forces' attempted sabotage attack on the Armenian-Azeri state border.   

ArmInfo. Deputy Chief of the Armenian Armed Forces General Staff, Lt.-Gen. Enriko Apriamov`s car got into a accident on the Yerevan-Artashat road. 

ArmInfo.The Azerbaijani armed forces attempted to mount a sabotage attack on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.    "On December 29 morning, the armed forces of Azerbaijan attempted to  mount a sabotage attack on the southeastern section of the state  border near Chinari village of Tavush province of Armenia.

ArmInfo. In 2016 the Armenian-Russian interaction at all levels was highly efficient. The relationship was based on mutual confidence and respect, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin's address reads. Russian Embassy Counselor Andrey Ivanov read out the address at the Dec 27 reception at the Russian Embassy in Armenia.       

In an interview with ArmInfo, independent analyst Saro Saroyan speaks of the domestic political impulses in Armenia at the end of the outgoing year. He also analyzes certain aspects of ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s speech made in December, as well as the reasons of certain failures in Armenia’s foreign policy.   

ArmInfo. The Armenian Foreign Ministry has extended its condolences to Russia over the Tu-154 plane crash. "We express our condolences over the plane crash in Sochi. We are currently finding out the citizenship of Gevorgyan A.T., who was among the passengers on board," Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tigran Balayan says on his Facebook page.   

ArmInfo. Criminal case investigation is finished in  Rostov regarding Colonel Denis Zorin, charged in fraud and abuse of power. According to investigation data, colonel Zorin was affiliated to defraudations in procurement of foodstuff for the personnel  of 102Russian Military Base. The loss is estimated approximately at  RR 470 mln.

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ArmInfo.Liberation of Aleepo is the first evidence of  US softenng its Middle East  policy due to Trump's  being elected, Sargis  Hacpanyan, the regional problems expert, expressed his opinion. 

ArmInfo.Armenia does not use the existing opportunities to improve relations with Israel because of the total absence of foreign policy in Armenia, Stephan Safaryan, the head of Armenian Institute of International Relations and security (IISA) expressed his opinion.  "For instance, Yerevan could at least take some benefits from the recent  deterioration of Turkish-Israeli relations, but due to the reasons that are not clear to me, that haven't been done. To be fair, other external global  factors like Iran and Russia should be mentioned here," he mentioned.   Commenting today's visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  toAzerbaijan, the expert did not rule out the possibility of purchase  of the Iron Dome rocket interception system from Israel, which will  cause the concerns of all the Caucasus region. 

ArmInfo. Reports of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly- Vanadzor on April War and problems with militarycall-up according to preliminary study are not professional and are based on emotions, Spokesperson of Armenia's Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated on December 3 during a seminar for journalists. He added that as usual the Ministry will give its official response. 

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