In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic), the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the border of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, in the north-east direction of the Hadrut region, the foreign ministry of Artsakh reported.
The details of the death of conscript Alek Karapetyan have been revealed. A criminal case has been initiated charged with murder. The suspect is identified and arrested.
The Defense Army of Artsakh reported that on April 15, as of 19:15, Defense Army soldier Alek Karapetyan, born in 1998, received fatal gunshot wound as a result of an emergency incident in one of the military units.
By the initiative of the foreign ministry of the Artsakh Republic the comment of the ministry on the massacre of the population in Maragha village of Martakert region has been disseminated in the OSCE, the Artsakh MFA said on Twitter.
Karabakh is a small country, but it doesn’t serve a basis to say that it doesn’t have a right to live freely. People lived here for thousands of years and will continue living, 3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the ruling Republican Party’s candidate for Prime Minister, said in an interview to the Russian Izvestiya news agency.
During the period from April 8 to 14 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime more than 300 times in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact by firing nearly 3300 shots from various caliber weapons at the Armenian positions, the defense ministry of Artsakh reported.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) Masis Mayilian received the Artsakh Program Manager of The HALO Trust international NGO, Michael Newton on April 10.
A brutal crime was committed in the Maraga village based on the policy of ethnic cleansing and occupying Artsakh without Armenians, Davit Babayan – spokesperson of the President of Artsakh, said commenting on the massacres committed by the Azerbaijani forces in Maraga on April 10, 1992.
Armenia has assurances that the EU will maintain the common stance over the NK conflict settlement issue in the framework agreement with Azerbaijan, which is under negotiations, Armenia’s deputy FM Karen Nazaryan said during parliamentary debates on ratifying the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement in response to a question from the opposition Yelk bloc.
resident of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan on April 9 signed a decree on posthumously awarding Defense Army soldier Narek Harutyunyan with the Combat Service medal for the bravery shown while defending the borders of Artsakh, the Presidential Office repoted.