“Principally, I wasn’t expecting a fierce outbreak on the Line of Contact of Nagorno-Karabakh. What we edified before—shooting and tension—were quite typical under such regional conflict. However, recent extension and tension of military operations surprised and bothered not only me, but the whole world, as well, on account of present-day geo-political hotbeds, in any case, it seemed that possibility is secondary from the standpoint of importance and threats.”
Thundering of artilleries were heard from time to time. Positions of the adversary were so close, that it’s already hard to understand, who whom was shooting. We were wandering about the village taking photos of the ruins. The policemen were entering the houses, searching for weapons and documentation there.
“We have principally touched upon implementation of necessary steps to maintain peace. Naturally, the main issue is that the sides appeared on the negotiation table. There is principal perception that it’s necessary to return to political discussions. We have discussed mechanisms linked to strengthening and return of trust between the sides. We will continue those consultations in the capitals, then we’ll meet again, a week later.”
“Our soldiers, our children fighting on the border should know—we are here, in the village, next to them, and they shouldn’t worry, we won’t go anywhere. They defend us on the borders, and we defend them here,” grandpa Yeghish said, continuing to calmly cultivate his land.
Nagorno Karabakh must return to the negotiation table in some particular stage.Igor Popov, OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-chair, announced about this in Yerevan, touching upon the issue of Stepanakert’s return to the negotiation table.
The young people expressed their discontent with “Recognition,” “Free Artsakh,” “We are Karabakh” calls towards indifference of the international community.
According to the agreement reached on April 8, Armenian and Azerbaijani sides conducted searching activities under the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. The Armenian side found the corpses of two Defense Army soldiers, junior sergeant Robert Abajyan (born 1996) and Andranik Zohrabyan (born 1996).
On April 8 Serzh Sargsyan, president of the Republic of Armenia, received Tigran Sarsgyan, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Nagorno-Karabakh Defense army destroyed another Unmanned Aerial Vehicle of the adversary at 11pm yesterday.
Senor Hasratyan, Press Speaker of NKR Defense Ministry, told 168.am that an agreement was reached to strictly keep ceasefire regime in the southern and northern parts of Karabakh-Azerbaijani Line of Contact.
