Sharmazanov: Azerbaijani Offensive Actions are Act of Terrorism against Artsakh People and MG Co-chair Countries

The large-scale offensive launched by Azerbaijan on the contact line of Karabakh-Azerbaijan opposing troops is an act of terrorism against the citizens of Artsakh, their right to self-determination, Minsk Group Co-chair countries and the negotiation process, Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov told “Armenpress”.

“This is an inadmissible, condemnable act that must be prevented by the international community, because Aliyev showed that impunity begets new crimes. Azerbaijan showed that when it is not punched, it takes such measures”, Sharmazanov mentioned.

Sharmazanov stated that such actions by Azerbaijan are an act of terrorism against each MG Co-chair country, Russia, France, the USA. According to him, the impudent and terroristic actions of the criminal regime of Azerbaijan are also resulted by the general and unaddressed announcements and assessments of the international community.

Azerbaijani armed forces continue large-scale attacks on the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces.

The Defense Army of Artsakh conducts successful defensive battles throughout all directions of the contact line, causing significant losses to the adversary’s manpower and equipment. Both sides have casualties.

According to the Defense Army’s information, in addition to other losses caused by the Defense Army, in the northern part of the contact line the Defense Army destroyed a hostile attack helicopter which was attacking the Armenian positions.

According to the data of the Defense Army, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired MM-21 (Grad) multiple rocket launcher on April 2, at 08: 30 in the direction of Martuni, killing 12 year old Vaghinak Grigoryan and wounding two others.