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Military sports camp opens in NKR
Military sports camp opens in NKR

Military sports camp opens in NKR

Traditional military sports camp has opened at Gandzasar Monastery, Martakert region, NKR. The organizer is the Motherland Defender youth organization, ArmInfo's correspondent to Stepanakert reports.
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Turkish MP: Neither Azerbaijan nor Turkey will allow Russia to provide military aid to Armenia
Turkish MP: Neither Azerbaijan nor Turkey will allow Russia to provide military aid to Armenia

Turkish MP: Neither Azerbaijan nor Turkey will allow Russia to provide military aid to Armenia

In case of war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey will support Azerbaijan even if the latter requests no military aid, SalamNews reports with reference to Sinan Ogan, Turkish MP, Director of the Turkish Centre for International Relations & Strategic Analysis (TURKSAM).
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English journalist: Presidential election in Karabakh attracted very little notice but deserved more
English journalist: Presidential election in Karabakh attracted very little notice but deserved more

English journalist: Presidential election in Karabakh attracted very little notice but deserved more

"A curious election took place recently in the Caucasus. It attracted very little notice but deserved more. In the tiny, unrecognized territory of Nagorny Karabakh-entirely Armenian but still regarded by the world as de jure part of Azerbaijan-an opposition candidate for president did extremely well", expert Thomas de Waal says in his article "Competitive Caucasus Elections" in The National Interest.
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Russian expert: Moscow will try to gain stoppage of military actions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in every possible way
Russian expert: Moscow will try to gain stoppage of military actions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in every possible way

Russian expert: Moscow will try to gain stoppage of military actions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in every possible way

"I think one cannot expect Moscow to repeat the 08.08.08 scenario in case the Karabakh conflict develops into a large-scale war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I do not think any scenario may reoccur with 100% probability, however, I think it is possible to observe some features in common. Anyway, I suppose Moscow will try to gain stoppage of the military actions in every possible way", he said.
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NKR Defense Army press-service calls absurd reports that Azerbaijanis took strategic heights
NKR Defense Army press-service calls absurd reports that Azerbaijanis took strategic heights

NKR Defense Army press-service calls absurd reports that Azerbaijanis took strategic heights

Reports that Azerbaijani subdivisions took dominant heights in the Armenian positions near the Mrov Mountain is an absurd and an attempt to encourage the Azerbaijani public, says the statement provided to ArmInfo by the press-service of the NKR Defense Army.