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.
The steps aimed at moving forward the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were discussed, as well as they stressed the necessity to implement the decisions made at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits.
“The Defense Army maintains full control in the frontline and carry on with their service normally,” the Artsakh Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“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.
