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.

“There are three crucial points, which I’d like to stress. The first one, Erdoğan will never recognize rights of Kurds, vivid evidence to which was overturning of initiated peaceful process, which was inspiring hope for the issue settlement. The second one, Abdullah Öcalan has been in powerful, inhuman isolation, for about a year, from last April, nobody visited him, and this is another issue, that pushes for tension. The third one, Turkey’s authorities, in particular, power structures, have blockaded Kurdish-populated cities, like Jzir, Nsedi, Shrnak, Kote, Dilja and, surely, among the most important ones, Sur district in Diyarbakir, where Armenian serious cultural heritage is available as well.”

World famous rock musician, Armenian Serj Tankian commented on the military operations on the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan, which were unleashed by Azerbaijan. Tankian in particular wrote on his Facebook page : “There seem to be 3 developments this week on the Nagorno Karabakh resolution effort that have led to what seem to be a very distributing all out war on the border of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan”.

They tell that Tartar’s dwellers left the settlement because of the heated fights and moved to other cities. According to them, shooting started at 03: 30 and continued until morning.

“The United States condemns in the strongest terms the large-scale ceasefire violations along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact, which have resulted in a number of reported casualties, including civilians. We extend our condolences to all affected families. We urge the sides to show restraint, avoid further escalation, and strictly adhere to the ceasefire. The unstable situation on the ground demonstrates why the sides must enter into an immediate negotiation under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on a comprehensive settlement of the conflict.

The statement issued by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson said the UN chief is particularly concerned by the reported use of heavy weapons and by the large numbers of casualties, including among the civilian population.