U.S. Embassy is concerned by incidents along the Azeri-Armenian border

The State Security Service and other state agencies of Azerbaijan do not comment on Armenian media reports that the former "state minister" of Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan began a hunger strike in custody in Baku. This information was disseminated by Armenian sources without specifying the source. Allegedly, Vardanyan demands the release of all other leaders of the Karabakh separatists who are in jail.

The Commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the delimitation of the state border held a meeting on April 19. The press release on its results says that "the delimitation of borders in the sections of the Armenian village of Baganis - Azerbaijani Baganis Ayrim, Armenian Voskepar - Azerbaijani Ashagy-Askipar, Armenian Kirantz - Azerbaijani Heyrimli, Armenian Berkaber - Azerbaijani Kyzyl-Hajili has been preliminarily agreed.

Imran Aliyev, manager of the  meclis.info site has been brought to criminal responsibility in the case of “Abzas Media.” He was charged under  the Article 206.3.2 (smuggling by prior agreement by a group of persons) the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

On April 26, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Berlin, the German Cabinet of Ministers, the official representative of Steffen Hebestreit told journalists on April 19. "Along with bilateral relations, issues of foreign policy, security policy, as well as economic and energy topics will be discussed," Hebestreit said.