According to preliminary information, Defense Army soldiers Ruben M. Barseghyan (born in 1998), Rafayel A. Bisharyan (born in 1997) and Ruben H. Mnatsakanyan (born in 1998) drowned in a reservoir adjacent to the military unit as a result of a trafc accident.
Vigen Sargsyan also mentioned that any ceasere violation in the Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact is a breach of international commitments assumed by the sides. He stressed that any stepback from these commitments can lead to serious escalations.
He added that Armenia’s society pays great attention to the issue of Russia selling arms to Azerbaijan, especially when these very weapons are engaged in case of escalation, like it happened in April of 2016.
‘On May 6, 7 and overnight May 8 an escalation of tension was observed in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact. Azerbaijani forces made over 160 ceasefire violations, firing more than 2600 shots from different caliber firearms at Artsakh’s military.
“By refusing to enter Artsakh, those prominent international structures in fact support the stance of one of the conicting sides rather than maintain neutrality. We will try to change this situation. The situation of today, consciously or not, is a support to the Azerbaijani stance,” Ruben Melikyan said.
“We consider this a very large number. We regularly raise our voice that Azerbaijan constantly violates the ceasefire regime. Our task is to present the situation in a language understandable for the international community, to report on the violations which, in fact, we do,” he said.
Azerbaijani forces also fired 11 mortar shells (60mm) in the eastern and northeastern sections of the line of contact. The defense ministry of Artsakh told the Defense Army took countermeasures to suppress the Azerbaijani aggression.
Azerbaijani forces breached the Artsakh ceasefire more than 45 times on May 4 and overnight May 5, firing more than 730 shots from various caliber firearms, the defense ministry of Artsakh told.
“The condition is critical at the moment. Now he is in Berd’s hospital,” Hovhannisyan said. No other details are reported yet.
“Artsakh is not recognized, but the locals have a right of culture. Whereas international structures do the opposite. According to the stance of these structures, if Artsakh is unrecognized, then organizing research of cultural heritage is also banned.”
