President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz expressed concern over escalation of tension in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. President of the European Parliament wrote about the aforementioned in his Twitter micro blog.
2 more adversary tanks and a battle vehicle were destroyed today in the south-eastern direction. Overall, the Azerbaijani forces lost 14 tanks and more than 5 other military equipments, including a battle vehicle; 168.am was informed by the Press Service of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry.
The Armenian side destroyed 14 Azerbaijani tanks during the military operations, which were unleashed by Azerbaijan from April 1 and April 2, 1, said the Press Secretary of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry Senor Hasratyan.
World famous rock musician, Armenian Serj Tankian commented on the military operations on the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan, which were unleashed by Azerbaijan. Tankian in particular wrote on his Facebook page : “There seem to be 3 developments this week on the Nagorno Karabakh resolution effort that have led to what seem to be a very distributing all out war on the border of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan”.
They tell that Tartar’s dwellers left the settlement because of the heated fights and moved to other cities. According to them, shooting started at 03: 30 and continued until morning.
“The United States condemns in the strongest terms the large-scale ceasefire violations along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact, which have resulted in a number of reported casualties, including civilians. We extend our condolences to all affected families. We urge the sides to show restraint, avoid further escalation, and strictly adhere to the ceasefire. The unstable situation on the ground demonstrates why the sides must enter into an immediate negotiation under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on a comprehensive settlement of the conflict.
The statement issued by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson said the UN chief is particularly concerned by the reported use of heavy weapons and by the large numbers of casualties, including among the civilian population.
During the military operations 2 soldiers were wounded from the Karabakh side. The Nagorno Karabakh forces conduct successful military operations in the southern part of the frontline also. By withstanding the enemy’s artillery and rocket attacks, the Defense Army units destroyed 2 enemy tanks and 1 battle vehicle. Details and developments will be reported in upcoming press releases.
“In his speeches, president Ilham Aliyev stressed that Azerbaijan was for peaceful settlement of NK conflict, however, if this conflict wasn’t settled, they’d apply force to liberate our territories from occupation.”
“Turkey also tries to divert the international community, as it yet has problems linked to Syria, the USA and Kurds. This has even been touched upon in Russian press, that Turkey’s special services, through their agents of influence in Azerbaijan, have set an issue of initiating provocations and diverting from them.”
