Azerbaijani ongoing provocations and military actions subvert the stability of the region and undermine the efforts, taken to resolve the conflict.
The Azerbaijani offensive has created an unprecedented situation. Director of “European Friends of Armena” Eduardo Lorenzo Ochoa stressed in an interview with “Armenpress” that the lack of respect of international law and the basic principle of non-use of force has resulted in the gravest military escalation since the cease-fire was signed.
“I’m convinced that people with black masks applaud Aliyev now, as he’s taking desperate risky steps, to clean the South Caucasus from Christian, Western culture. Here, whether consciously or unconscious, he acts out of interests of ISIS or likewise organizations.”
Other 3 soldiers transferred from Stepanakert to Yerevan military hospital, Aram Asaturyan, Head of the Central Military Hospital told reporters.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian held a phone conversation with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Defense Army publishes photos evidencing the eliminated soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces. 168.am was informed about the aforementioned from the press service of NKR Defense Army.
Adding to the dangers of the venomous, local ethnic hatreds between Christian Armenians and Muslim Azerbaijanis, the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an eerily beautiful mountain highland, sits on a crossroads where it is buffeted by the combustible politics of the Middle East and the former Soviet republics.
The situation along the entire contact line of the Karabakh-Azerbaijani frontier troops remains extremely tense. Defense Army frontier troops continue to successfully lead protective fights and cause the rival heavy damages. Overall, Azerbaijani Armed Forces suffered more than 200 losses during the military actions of April 1, the night of April 2 and today.
“I call on the parties to stop the fighting immediately and respect strictly the cease-fire regime. This conflict may not have a military solution. The parties should show a political will and return to negotiations within Minsk group. The co-chairs have my complete support in this,” German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs said.
PanPhoto agency published exclusive photos from the medical center in Stepanakert, where civilians wounded due to military clash of Azerbaijani army, and currently receive treatment.
From them Gevorg Grigoryan has thigh injury of soft tissues. Gevorg’s twin brother was Vaghinak Grigoryan, who died.
