Military posts located in the direction of Yarmja village are under especially intense bombardment. The Defense Army forces are taking countermeasures to suppress the Azerbaijani aggression.
“It seems like that anti-Armenian propaganda in Azerbaijan is facing some quite serious obstacles. That’s why they report such horrible and false information,” Babayan said.
President of Artsakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan issued a decree on November 3 appointing Victor Kocharyan deputy secretary of the NKR Security Council releasing him from the post of the NKR Security Council secretary.
“Turkish incumbent authorities don’t intend to interfere with NK conflict,” Cengiz Aktar, Turkish political analyst, publicist, told 168.am, reflecting to Turkey’s possible interference with NK conflict settlement. These days RF FM Sergey Lavrov stated that Turkey may play a positive role regarding prevention of blockade in Karabakh conflict.
“Azerbaijan attempts to neutralize the process of recognition of Artsakh from the West,” Russian political analyst Stanislav Tarasov told 168.am, reflecting to OSCE MG Co-Chairs’ regional visit.
“Unfortunately, years later NK issue is more probable to be settled militarily. Both the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides participated in negotiations, in fact, not being ready for the promised concessions. It’s another issue why the sides agreed on this negotiation format.”
Armenian soldier Gurgen Ayvazyan, 1996, received fatal injuries in the north-eastern direction of the contact line at about 17:00 as a result of the ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani forces.
During the meetings, the sides confirmed that the situation on the ground remains relatively calm. The Co-Chairs underscored that respect for the ceasefire provides a critical foundation for ongoing negotiations, and stressed the importance of fully implementing decisions taken in Vienna and St. Petersburg.
“Together with the co-chairs, the U.S. is ready to move forward towards the settlement through negotiations. If not now, then when? There are ideas, proposals on the table, and we can work around them. What do we want? We want to see political will by the presidents, I’m sure that through the political will we can have progress in the settlement process,” Warlick said.
“During the presidential meetings in Vienna and St. Petersburg there was a possibility to talk on a range of issues, and discussion between the presidents was recorded. During those meetings the issue of expansion of OSCE observation mission was discussed under incumbent Chairperson-in-Office Kasprzyk.”
