Only four days later, on April 5, 2016, Azerbaijan, suffering considerable losses, was forced to ask for the cessation of hostilities through Russia’s mediation.
On 2 April Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received the delegation of the Armenian Republican Party.
“The negotiations should continue, but we also should understand that as long as the conflict is not solved, we, as a state and people, must be ready for any development”, the PM said.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, currently on a working visit to Artsakh, visited the village of Talish in the country’s Martakert region together with Artsakh’s President Bako Sahakyan.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan together with President Armen Sargsyan of the Republic of Armenia visited the Maghavouz village in the Martakert region on April 1 and within the framework of events celebrating the 26th anniversary of the liberation of Maghavouz attended the opening of the memorial commemorating the perished freedom fighters.
Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime nearly 170 times on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line during the period of March 24-30, firing over 1000 bullets in the direction of Armenian border guards.
“All the questions will be discussed today in the sidelines of the meeting between the Co-chairs and the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Here the question is not so much about the wishes, but the analysis of the whole situation that will be done during that meeting.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan on March 27 attended a photo exhibition dedicated to the State Dramatic Theater after Vahram Papazyan opened in Stepanakert Culture and Youth Palace.
A 21-year-old soldier of the Artsakh Defense Army has died on March 26 after sustaining a fatal gunshot wound in circumstances that are yet to be determined, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said in a news release.
The Azerbaijani troops tried to carry out engineering works aimed at moving forward their positions in the neutral zone in the north-eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border near Berdavan village on March 26 at about 16:30.
