The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army is ready to discuss the cease-fire proposal in the context of the recovery of the initial positions.
Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan had a phone conversation on April 3 with the Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Hossein Dehghan, 168.am was informed by the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Defense.
Igor Nazaruk was told that such statement does not correspond to the spirit of the Armenia-Belarus relations and opposes the commitments of CSTO and other international organizations, is detrimental to the peace process and encourages the use of force in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process.
Armenia First Deputy Defense Minister noted in his speech that the Armenian side is ready for any kind of development and if necessary – up to direct military support for NKR protection.
“It is regrettable that the weight of human casualties for Turkey is measured by national identity. With such racist statements Turkey encourages the continuation of actions by the aggressor against the self-determined Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. And this fits into the logic of policy implemented by the current leadership of Turkey, the result of which is to spread the wave of instability, terrorism and bloodshed both within Turkey and beyond its borders.” he said.
The situation all along the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces continues to remain tense. The most intense battles are taking place in the northeastern and southeastern directions.
“Reality is different. Throughout recent 24 hours Azerbaijan announced twice on highest level that suspends fire, but it still continues its terror acts. This is typical to Azerbaijan and this is speculation. We always said, we are ready for normal constructive dialogue and peaceful settlement of the conflict, however, this doesn’t mean, we are weak and aren’t able to defend our independence, freedom and dignity,” NKR President Press Secretary told.
President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz expressed concern over escalation of tension in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. President of the European Parliament wrote about the aforementioned in his Twitter micro blog.
2 more adversary tanks and a battle vehicle were destroyed today in the south-eastern direction. Overall, the Azerbaijani forces lost 14 tanks and more than 5 other military equipments, including a battle vehicle; 168.am was informed by the Press Service of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry.
The Armenian side destroyed 14 Azerbaijani tanks during the military operations, which were unleashed by Azerbaijan from April 1 and April 2, 1, said the Press Secretary of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry Senor Hasratyan.
