“We condemn the breach of the 1994 Ceasefire Treaty by Azerbaijan, the violation of the Artsakh people’s right to live in peace, the targeting of the civilian population and settlements, the purposeful failure and denial of the efforts aimed at the solution of the problem by the internationally accepted format of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the policy of settling the Nagorno Karabakh conflict through military means.”
“Azerbaijani subdivisions, unable to break resistance of Armenian bordering units, tried to use heavy equipment, from which TOC-1 multiple rocket launchers and unmanned aerial vehicles. However, Armenian artillerymen threw out these systems and Air Defence Forces destroyed one combat UAV,” Artsrun Hovhannisyan, RA MOD press speaker, informs.
“Aliyev was unsuccessful at getting the OSCE and the U.S. to agree to excluding the leaders of Karabagh from the negotiating table. Prompted by Erdogan, seemingly to take away attention from the yearly Armenian Genocide commemorations on April 24 just around the corner, Aliyev took the bait. This is a complete rebuke to the Vice President and Secretary of State of the U.S. by Azerbaijan. It’s time Obama used the G word this month to show Erdogan who’s boss,” he wrote.
Intense battles are taking place along all Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces. Karabakh forces, causing considerable manpower and military equipment losses, took the initiative in their hands in north-eastern and south-eastern directions. During the military actions the adversary lost 3 tanks in north-eastern direction, and 2 tanks in south-eastern direction.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu had a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. This was announced by Turkish “Taraf” newspaper.
“Another good news, during the morning fighting Armenian subdivisions have destroyed 3 new tanks,” Artsrun Hovhannisyan, RA MOD Press Speaker, wrote on his Facebook page.
“I urge to abide to the ceasefire. Negotiations are the only way to settlement and peace, not force”, Margot Wallstrom stated.
“Fortunately, our colleges were not injured by the shelling. They told that there is no panic in Martakert. The locals are confident and are waiting for an order to support the Defense Army”, she said.
Bako Sahakyan highly appreciated the willingness of the “Yerkrapah” Volunteer Union to defend the homeland, and considered it an exemplary display of patriotism.
The Azerbaijani side continued bombarding civilian settlements and Defense Army positions in the line of contact on the early morning of April 4. The Press Service of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry released a statement.
