Azerbaijani forces fired more than 1100 rounds at NKR positions from various caliber machine guns and artillery weapons. In the south-eastern direction (Martuni), in addition to firing D- 44 cannons, Azerbaijani forces also fired TR 107 rocket-artillery systems (5 rockets). Yesterday, Azerbaijan had used a SPIKE anti-tike missile in the same direction.
The latest incident on the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops once again underscores the urgent need for the parties to immediately resume negotiations on establishing lasting security and peace in the South Caucasus region, Richard Hoagland, the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, told Trend.
The Defense Army suffered no casualties from the use of the remote control anti-tank by Azerbaijan. Note that today apart from using UAVs, the Azerbaijani side continued to violate the ceasere regime by ring from different-caliber rearms, including automatic grenade launcher (AGS 17 – 10 grenades) and 60 mm mortars (2 projectiles).
The behavior of the international community of putting a sign of parity between the sides gives Azerbaijan an opportunity to regularly violate the ceasefire regime and instigate armed provocations on Karabakh-Azerbaijan border.
“They were testing us, they were simply preparing for another attack. This also coincided with the developments on Khojalu and Mehriban Aliyeva’s appointment as the VP.”
“Armenians, our guys showed last year that they are able to show rather mighty, string opposition, and Russians have to take this factor into consideration. Russia’s history shows that they always respect power, powerful speech, powerful forces.”
In accordance to agreements reached with the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) authorities, the OSCE mission will carry out a monitoring in the line of contact of Nagorno KarabakhAzerbaijan on March 1 in the direction of Askeran region, in the vicinity of Shkhlyar settlement.
In late December, when I stepped down as Co-Chair, there were interesting proposals on the table, proposals which will create opportunities for discussion between the two sides,” he said, adding all details of the April War haven’t been revealed yet.
In the early hours of February 25, 2017, the Azerbaijani armed forces attempted an attack on the positions of the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh Republic), which was neutralized by the military units of Artsakh. The incident was the most serious violation of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan after the April war of 2016.
This should be the drive of our political activity, when we conduct it openly and transparently via the official bodies of the EP. We look forward to all three named MEPs declaring the basis of this visit as per declaration requirements for all MEPs.
