Candidate for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he is certain that the negotiations for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be complete and effective without the participation of one party – the leadership of Artsakh.
The situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact continued to be tense during the week.
On May 3, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, to the southeast from Talish village of the Martakert region.
The Azerbaijani media outlets on May 3 spread another disinformation according to which the Armenian forces shelled last night at the direction of civilians carrying out renovation and repair works near Jamanli village of Aghdam region as a result of which the equipment working in the scene was damaged.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan on May 2 visited the defense ministry where he met with the supreme command staff of the Defense Army.
According to Nikol Pashinyan, the negotiations over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement will have a meaning only in case when Azerbaijan will address a very clear message to the international community that it commits to respect and recognize norms of international law and is ready for the issue’s settlement within the framework of these norms.
The defense ministry of Artsakh has released a statement saying that once again Azerbaijani mobilization and movement of manpower and military equipment is seen in the line of contact.
MP Nikol Pashinyan, who was officially nominated by the Yelk faction as candidate for the Prime Minister of Armenia, fully supports the leadership of the Republic of Artsakhs.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh Masis Mayilian met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoyev, who had arrived in Stepanakert on a working visit, the foreign ministry of Artsakh reported.
A significant rise of tensions on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line was recorded during the week.
