“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.”
The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the ceasefire regime was registered. From the Artsakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense.
Azerbaijani forces used different caliber firearms, firing more than 460 shots at Artsakh military positions on May 3 and overnight May 4. “The Artsakh Defense Army forces mostly refrained from taking countermeasures and continued their service,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Spokesman of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan informed that the Azerbaijani forces also fired shots from small arms towards Armenia’s Tavush province. No casualties were reported.
Turkey-Azerbaijan joint military exercises on the contact line won’t have any radical impact. David Babayan, Davit Babayan, spokesman of the President of the Republic of Artsakh, told 168.am, stressing that Armenian Armed Forces are brought to highest readiness and the Armenian side may suspend any threat.
