“Glory to our soldiers and commanders for being sober. However, it should be noted, that again escalation of military operations is taking place. This can’t be observed as a separate episode, this is continuation of the April War and prelude for new military operations. The April four-day War had certain sobering effect on our ruling elite, the authorities, political powers, our society.”
Today, on February 27, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan finally released the names of its victims in the neutral zone, which resulted from its attempted offensive in the morning of February 25.
The list of political parties and their alliances participating in upcoming parliamentary elections have already been submitted. Armenia has entered the pre-election stage. What will the new Parliament be like? Which powers have more potential to appear in the National Assembly?
Armenia’s macroeconomic indices for 2016 were mainly disappointing. More or less consoling were data for external trade turnover. In 2016 export has grown by 20%, comprising USD 1 billion 782.9 million. From which: export to Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) member countries has considerably grown.
The sides are not only ready to resist these minor military initiatives, but for wide-scale operations, as the sides have been intensively armed in the period of the last decade, and they continue observing the possibility of war resumption as a realistic scenario. He believes on account of tendencies of military science means one things—war is inevitable.
Defense Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) has released two separate footages and an audio recording proving the attempted subversive operation of the Azerbaijani units overnight to February 24-25.
“The first ring indicates the release of Tropa mine-clearing line charge. The second ring shows the dust generated after its release, as well as the respective fire of the Armenian side. The third shot shows the escape of the Azerbaijani forces under the fire of the Armenian side.”
“On February 25, as of 03:00 and 04:00, the Azerbaijani side conducted an attack attempt at two south-eastern (Martuni) and eastern (Akna) directions by using respective mine clearance equipment and special measures.
Particularly intensive violations were recorded at about 10:00-11:30. A total of 50 projectiles were fired 36 of which from D-44, the rest from mortars. It is noteworthy that during this period Azerbaijan targeted not only military positions but also Talish village with 120 mm mortar and 4 D-44 projectiles.
Prime Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Karen Karapetyan and Giorgi Kvirikashvili agreed on the issue of finding an alternative route to Upper Lars, Gruzia Online reported. “If you are interested whether there will be an alternative to Lars, I can assure you that yes, there will be.
