Today, the Azerbaijani side returned five Armenian prisoners of war to the Armenian side, RA National Security Service reports. 

Aghramanian Martin, 28.05.1996, Gyumri,
Gevorgyan Ashot, 30.06.1998, Gyumri,
Grigoryan Felix, 23.12.1996, Gyumri,
Manukyan Varazdat, 07.07.1990, Gyumri,
Hovsepyan Edik, 02.08.1999, Vanadzor.

The Armenian side welcomes this action as a step towards normalizing relations.

 Azerbaijan believes the NK conflict is resolved, whereas Armenia and the international community think otherwise – PM

Common positions failed to be recorded over the most important issues of concern for the Armenian side during the trilateral meeting of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the European Council in Brussels, PM Nikol Pashinyan said during a meeting with the Armenian community of Vladivostok.

“This is particularly about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. What’s Azerbaijan’s view? They believe that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is resolved and that there is nothing left to be discussed. Our position and clearly the position of the international community don’t match Azerbaijan’s position. It is obvious that particularly Russia doesn’t share that position. During my official visit to Russia, the President of Russia and I signed a statement that recorded that we must cooperate in the direction of solving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. This means, that Russia is recording that there is a conflict that must be resolved. And this is logical because if there was no conflict the Russian peacekeeping forces wouldn’t be deployed in Nagorno Karabakh now,” Pashinyan said.

He added that during the Brussels meeting both Armenia and Azerbaijan recorded their desire to reach peace. Pashinyan mentioned that absolutely everyone wants peace but everyone has their perception, conditions, results and atmosphere of peace – and this is where conflicts emerge.

The Azerbaijani side opened fire in the southeast direction: There are no losses on the Armenian side

RA Ministry of Defense reports that on September 8, around 02:30, the units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan opened fire from different caliber rifles at the Armenian combat positions located in the southeastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border zone. The fire of Azerbaijani units was silenced by retaliatory actions. There are no losses from the Armenian side.  

The international search for Mikayel Minasyan stopped: The prosecutor’s office takes measures to find out the grounds

The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia issued a clarification in connection with today’s mass media publications regarding the cancellation of the international investigation announced by Interpol against the former Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Vatican, Mikael Minasyan. As of July 7, as a result of the consideration of the application submitted by Mikayel Minasyan, the international search against him was stopped.

The General Prosecutor’s Office of RA has started to take measures to find the grounds for terminating the international investigation announced against Minasyan through Interpol and to initiate corresponding new procedures.  

Senior Adviser on Caucasian Negotiations Philip Reeker is in Armenia: He will meet with RA officials

The US Embassy in Armenia welcomes Ambassador Phillip Reeker, Senior Adviser on Caucasian Negotiations, to Yerevan.

The embassy reports that on September 8-10, he will meet with RA officials to discuss US support for the diplomatic efforts of Armenia and Azerbaijan to achieve lasting peace and regulate Armenian-Turkish relations.