On March 15-16 the Artsakh Ombudsman presented his concerns in the field of human rights to Congressmen David Valadao, Adam Schiff (California) and Jim McGovern (Massachusetts).
On March 15 and overnight March 16 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasere regime 40 times by ring more than 550 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions across Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh Republic informed.
From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his Field Assistant Irji Aberle (Czech Republic) and Personal Assistant Simon Tiller (Great Britain).
“Another agreement was reached over installing mechanisms investigating ceasefire violations in the conict zone and expanding the number of OSCE observers.”
The Foreign Minister briefed on the processes taking place in Artsakh and the situation on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, as well as answered the questions of the participants.
From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring will be conducted by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his Field Assistant Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic) and Personal Assistant Simon Tiller (Great Britain).
Big expectations shouldn’t be made in the Nagorno Karabakh conÀict settlement associated with the regional visits of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, David Babayan, spokesman of the President of the Republic of Artsakh informed.
“On March 12 and overnight March 13 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime 55 times by firing more than 550 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France; and Richard Hoagland of the United States of America, as well as Personal Representative of the ChairpersoninOfce Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk have arrived in Azerbaijan, APA reported.
“Today Azerbaijan is regularly breaching the ceasefire regime, therefore the Armed Forces of Armenia, the Defense Army of Artsakh are forced to adequately respond to the adversary’s actions and prevent attempts of solving the conflict militarily,” he said.
