“Ahead Parliamentary elections we’ll attempt to appear as a key political pole and during elections we’ll appear to the public as a real alternative to the leading political power. In this direction, we’ll be ready to cooperate with any political power, NGO, individual, who really intends to observe radical changes as a result of parliamentary elections,” Oskanian said.
“Tactically, maybe they have registered some successes,” Mnatsakanyan conceded. “But I would say that considering all the force they used, it’s rather a defeat for them.” He claims the Azerbaijanis had lost 24 tanks in the four-day battle in early April. The two sides have radically different casualty counts, and it’s impossible to independently verify the numbers. But Azerbaijani commentary has treated the campaign as a major victory after the smoldering defeat of the 1992-1994 war.
“Gazprom Armenia” requests the gas tariffs to be reduced to 146,000 AMD for 1000 cubic meters from the current 156,000 AMD.
It’s not a secret that throughout the four-day war, when the topic of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) was being circulated, some stated that UAVs produced in Armenia are supplied to Singapore. Based on customs data, export volume from Armenia to Singapore in 2015 comprises ony USD 400.7 thousand.
Defense Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan has departed for Moscow to take part in the upcoming 5th International Security Conference.
Azerbaijani forces continued shelling civilian settlements and military positions of Nagorno Karabakh overnight.
The Defense Ministry of Armenia informs that 18 ceasefire violations were recorded in the northeastern part of Armenian-Azerbaijani state border on the night of April 26.
The NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns any attempts of the Azerbaijani authorities to reconsider these agreements, regarding them as an overt intention of Azerbaijan to unleash a new war, and insists on the full restoration of the ceasefire regime established in May 1994.
Given the current situation, the Ministry of Defense of the NKR advises the Azerbaijani army to respect the arrangement on ceasing the fire reached between the parties on the latter’s request and warns against turning the peaceful settlements into firing positions and making them legitimate military targets. Otherwise, the Azerbaijan’s military-political command will bear the whole responsibility for the consequences.
“I think, yes. By this step the authorities show—certain lessons are learned. It’s difficult to say though, which forthcoming signs will be recorded, however, for the time being, these signs show exactly this.”
