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.
In the southern direction of the line of contact the Azerbaijani forces fired also 60mm mortar (2 shells). Artsakh’s Defense Army forces continued condently fulfilling their military tasks and took countermeasures in case of necessity.
“Many factors are important in conflict settlements. In the end they all must be put together so as to find a solution to the issue. Therefore, I think the opinion that the conflict can be settled by one person or one country is not right. The conflict settlement will be possible only by combining all the factors,” he said.
In the northern direction of the contact line the Azerbaijani armed forces used also automatic grenade launcher firing two projectiles. The Defense Army front line units keep full control of the situation.
According to the European analyst if the Russian side pursues the policy of balancing, why after the April War it attempted to restore the gap, touched upon by experts, providing “Iskander” missile systems and bringing in new initiatives.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan on April 29 signed laws on making changes and amendments in the law on “Military Service” and making changes in the law on “2017 State Budget of the Republic of Artsakh,” press service of the Artsakh President’s Office told.
“On April 28 and overnight April 29 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime over 35 times by firing more than 350 shots from various small arms at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact. In the southern direction of the line of contact the Azerbaijani forces fired also 60 mm mortar (3 shells) and automatic grenade launcher (2 grenades).
