Nagorno-Karabakh has been controlled by Armenia’s military and local forces since a war ended in 1994. Years of negotiations under the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have brought little progress in resolving the dispute.

Military harassment will end with the rapid defeat of Azerbaijan. Artsakh war hero Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan stated this in an interview with “Armenpress”, commenting on the offensive actions of the Azerbaijani armed forces on the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh- Azerbaijani opposing forces. “Aliyev has no other measures and he chose this kind of strategy, but if a war begins, he will lose after 2 days. He now leads such a strategy, and now we have to think what to do, “Ter-Tadevosyan said.

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 others.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan convened a consultation on March 2 regarding the large-scale offensive actions of Azerbaijan along the entire contact line of Karabakh-Azerbaijan opposing forces. The consultation was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Economic Integration and Reforms of Armenia Vache Gabrielyan, Minister of Health Armen Muradyan, Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan, Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Shavaarsh Kocharyan.

Sharmazanov stated that such actions by Azerbaijan are an act of terrorism against each MG Co-chair country, Russia, France, the USA. According to him, the impudent and terroristic actions of the criminal regime of Azerbaijan are also resulted by the general and unaddressed announcements and assessments of the international community.

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia is in constant contact with international organizations and diplomatic/military representatives of foreign countries for necessary consultations and exchange of information regarding the developments on the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces. This was stated by the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan.

According to the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army’s data, the Special Forces of the Defense Army located and neutralized in the outskirts of Leonarkh the adversary’s sabotage reconnaissance unit, which retreated by sustaining casualties.

The Armenian President was immediately briefed on the escalation of the situation on the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line. The Presidential aircraft will land in Yerevan in the upcoming hours”.

Azerbaijani armed forces continue large-scale attacks on the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces.

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia officially informs, that the Azerbaijani helicopter which was attacking Armenian positions, was downed in the eastern part of the Mrav Mountain.