One year on from a major outbreak of violence, the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process is again in peril. The international community can either hang back and wait for war, or opt for diplomatic shock therapy.
“The Azerbaijani military opened intense sniper fire in the south-eastern and eastern sections of the line of contact, firing 86 shots. The Defense Army of Artsakh took countermeasures to suppress the Azerbaijani aggression and confidently continued their service,” the Artsakh Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Then it is sent to the applicants in order to comment on the response and present its demands on a fair compensation,” Melikyan said, adding that later it is again sent to the responding state, followed by the verdict.
But I don’t speak about a part of Azerbaijan, I don’t think we will see Nagorno Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan in the future. I don’t think that will happen, let me clearly mention it,” he said.
President Serzh Sargsyan’s recent speech in the Republic of Artsakh was very clear and contained messages addressed to both domestic and foreign audience, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters on March 29.
“Thus, on the whole Madrid Principles or developed Kazan proposal are meant, which is again Russian initiative. Why shouldn’t the West be in peace with Russia in this issue?”
“The Defense Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh shares the grief of the loss and extends condolences to the family members, relatives and co-servicemen of the killed soldier,” reads the statement of the Ministry
The United States is interested in a quick settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a letter addresses to Azerbaijan on the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties between the countries, Trend reported.
“On March 27 and overnight March 28 Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime 30 times, firing more than 400 shots at Artsakh positions from various caliber firearms, including sniper rifles.”
“You wouldn’t like, but we don’t use that name, we don’t say “Lavrov plan”. We all know where it cames from, however, diplomatically we call it “a proposal, a plan on the negotiation table”. I follow the standard description,” OSCE American Co-Chair said. He also clarified what is currently on the table it’s the developed, polished version of former plans.
