OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to Discuss in Vienna Escalation of Tension on Nagorno Karabakh- Azerbaijan Contact Line
The OSCE Minsk Group will hold a meeting next week in Vienna and will discuss the sharp aggravation of the situation of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. As “Armenpress” reports, “RIA Novosti” informed citing its source within the organization.
“Given the escalation of the situation on the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line and the OSCE’s role in the conflict settlement, the Co-Chairs will gather in Vienna next week during ongoing consultations, who, as expected, will inform other Minsk Group countries about the situation and the next steps”, the agency representative said.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced that Russia is consulting with its partners, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. “We are following the developments of the situation”, Zakharova said.
The OSCE Minsk Group is mediating the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The group is chaired by Russia, France and the US. Member countries of the Minsk Group are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Turkey.
Along the entire length of the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh- Azerbaijani opposing forces, on April 1 and throughout the morning of April 2, the adversary undertook large-scale offensive military actions, during which the adversary shelled with missile-artillery units not only Armenian defense positions, but also civilian settlements.
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 (NKR), killing 12 year old Vaghinak Grigoryan and wounding two other children.
The Defense Army conducts successful defensive battles throughout all directions of the contact line, causing significant losses to the adversary’s manpower and equipment.
