On April 17 and overnight April 18 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime over 55 times by firing more than 640 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the ArtsakhAzerbaijan line of contact, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh Republic told.
Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan expressed hope for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The Iranian Minister made the remarks during a meeting with Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov in Tehran, Mehr reported.
“The Defense Army forces refrained from taking countermeasures and confidently continued their service,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The Azerbaijani troops violated the ceasefire regime 25 times on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line on April 14 and overnight 15, firing over 400 bullets from different caliber gunre weapons.
“Obviously, sharp statements he made early this year on Crimea and Ukrainian crisis didn’t solve his internal political issue, for which a more powerful strike was necessary and Trump took that step, by which he somewhat restored his authority and power inside and outside the country,” German analyst said.
The Defense Ministry of Artsakh Republic told Armenpress the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire more than 45 times firing shots from various caliber small arms at the ArtsakhAzerbaijan line of contact.
On April 12 and overnight April 13 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime more than 25 times by firing over 300 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh Republic told.
With regard to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the chairmanship reacted swiftly after the escalation of hostilities at the line of contact in April 2016, initiating a special meeting of the Permanent Council and advocating the implementation of agreements reached at the presidential level in Vienna and St. Petersburg concerning the expansion of the office of the personal representative of the chairperson-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, and the establishment of an investigative mechanism.
“This conflict has no military solution. It is important that the sides gather and work on nding a peaceful settlement. This conflict is already going on too long,” the US Ambassador said.
ccording to Felgenhauer, Trump succeeded to successfully use Russia-Syria mistake to raise its political image, which judging from the statements won’t be continuous. He considers, Russia in its turn, after the failure will be “silent” for a while, attempting to learn lessons from the established situation.
