Last month’s deadly skirmishes along the line of conflict in Karabakh (April 2–5), the so-called “four-day war,” highlighted the need for a reinvigorated international mediation effort.
“If the agreements reached in Vienna will be implemented in the nearest future, in particular, when the investigative mechanisms of the incidents will be installed in the line of contact, guarantees will be created that Azerbaijan will maintain the ceasefire, the OSCE Representative’s group will expand, the violations will be recorded, only in that case we can speak about the new round”, he said this during the briefing.
“We should do everything to make it reality, and then the next step will be the recognition issue which is also important. I think that today the recognition of the Nagrno Karabakh is connected with a great risk. However, we do not have a right to refuse from it”.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shavarsh Kocharyan announces territorial integrity cannot oppose the self-determination right of peoples.
“Moscow welcomes the meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as efforts exerted by OSCE MG to maintain the dialogue, not to allow such cases in the future, on account of the agreements reached 1994-1995.”
“Putin has tried to leave the impression that he is only one that matters, so that’s why he sent Prime Minister Medvedev, MoD Shoygu, MFA Lavrov to Yerevan and Baku right after the fighting, without any coordination at all with Washington and Paris. So, if what you said is true, that’s a bit developing, if Putin wants to work with Paris and Washington. “
Lt. General Levon Mnatsakanyan, commander of the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh held a consultation on May 18 in one of the southern units, which was attended by deputy commanders, heads of headquarters divisions and services.
On May 19, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the eastern direction of Martakert, Press Service of the NKR MFA informed.
Speaking about the military operations of April, Dolzer regretfully noted that Germany’s ally: Erdogan’s Government, is pushing forward an unconstructive policy and is assisting Azerbaijan in many actions. “As a peaceful party, we are fighting for the peaceful solution of the conflict”, he said.
According to him, it is possible that this had a serious impact on Eurobonds of Turkey since Turkish leaders made different speeches over that issue during that time. “Azerbaijan’s Eurobonds were somehow influenced by it, however, we did not have any problems from that perspective”, Javadyan concluded.
