“It is no wonder that there is so much aggression in the air when diplomacy is seen to have achieved so little. A vacuum has been created which will be filled either by negotiations or by threats and potential military action. Another problem is that the other two Minsk Group co-chairs, France and the United States, have been seen to be too passive recently and that therefore the impression is created that Russia—and in particular foreign minister Sergei Lavrov—is the sole negotiator.”
Azerbaijan fired around 370 shots at Artsakh positions from various caliber firearms. The defense ministry of Artsakh told the Defense Army is in full control of the frontline situation and confidently continue their service.
“On the level of Russia’s president, Foreign Minister and Armenia’s Ambassador to Russia it doesn’t miss the chance to insist that Russia acts jointly with other OSCE MG Co-Chairs, issue of whose at the moment is preventing conflict escalation,” Tarasov said.”
“It’s us and our mountains” monument, the Gandzasar monastery, Tigranakert and the ongoing archaeological excavations there, Shushi – the symbol of independence and liberation of the Armenians of Karabakh, Jdrduz, “Zontikner” miniwaterfall, Dadivank etc. The author doesn’t forget to mention the “Jengylaov Hac” delicacy.
On March 21 and overnight March 22 Azerbaijani forces made over 35 ceasefire violations, ring more than 400 shots at Artsakh positions from various caliber firearms, including sniper ries.
“I would say that Azerbaijan’s such behavior is not a new, I as well faced similar problems. There was a problem with Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Belgium. Several years ago when I visited Artsakh he forced me to swear that I will never visit there.Thus, I am no longer surprised by Azerbaijan’s such behavior,” Andre du Bas de Warnaffe said.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan on March 20 signed a decree on dismissing Artur Aghabekyan from the post of Vice Prime Minister of Artsakh Republic according to his application, press service of the Artsakh President’s Office informed.
On March 19 and overnight March 20 the situation remained calm in the ArtsakhAzerbaijan line of contact. The Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime more than 25 times by firing over 140 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the line of contact.
The Defense Ministry of Artsakh Republic told on March 17 and overnight March 18 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime over 38 times by firing more than 250 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
“Our representative is in the court. He informed us the court uphold the prosecution claim. Moreover, the court made a decision of 120 hours of community service instead of 80. The conditional sentence was also decided, 4 weeks instead of 2 with two-year suspended term.
