“Mr. Medvedev, I am sure you know that the fact that the Azeris have used with the entire force weapons they have acquired recently from Russia strongly resonated in Armenia. It is quite understandable since at the public level in Armenia Russia is perceived as the closest ally and friend. Today, we cannot rule out a possibility of yet another threat because yesterday and also today these provocations in mass media continue and we, of course, have no great illusions. Nevertheless we anticipate from the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group and our allies targeted statements and certain actions, because the second phase, I believe will result in a large-scale operation since from the very beginning we, as a party of the 1994 Ceasefire Agreement, couldn’t stay away from all this. “
The adversary continued violating the ceasefire agreement throughout last night, as a result of which the Armenian side sustained casualties.Azerbaijan continued violating the ceasefire agreement in the early morning of April 8, during which Azerbaijan fired various caliber weapons (more than 2000 shots) along the entire line of contact, and also 60mm mortars. Heavy violations took place in the northern direction (Talish), as a result of which Private Hrach Muradyan (born 1983) was killed and others were wounded.
“If people have the possibility to sell weaponry, people have the opportunity to purchase weaponry. If you want them by it from Turkey, in any case, if they wish, and if they have the opportunity, they’ll buy it not from Russia, but from Turkey.”
Artsakh Armenians have chosen the path of building their own destiny in accordance with democratic principles. This was said by the Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan during a press conference in Stepanakert.
Press service of NKR Ministry of Defense has informed a while ago, that unmanned aerial vehicle of the adversary has been destroyed.
“I gave the order to the commander of the Defense Army, lieutenant-general Levon Mnatsakanyan instead of organizing resistance, to take measures to stop the enemy’s actions, aiming to pursue the enemy and destroy its manpower and equipment”.
The delegation headed by Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, arrived in Armenia on an official visit. Hovik Abrahamyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, greeted his Russian counterpart in the “Zvartnots” airport of Yerevan.
Advanced detachments of the NKR Defense Army promptly detected the advancement attempt of adversary’s group and resorted to an organized defense. In the result of close combat, the adversary was pushed back, leaving dead Bayramov Vagif Dilgam (born in 1979), the Capitan of Azerbaijani Armed Force.
Numerous violations of the agreement on maintenance of cease-fire were recorded this night along the Line of Contact between the Armed Forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan. Along with the use of different caliber artillery weapons and mortars, the adversary carried out two reconnoiter subversive attempts.
The adversary continues to violate the agreement of ceasefire. On April 6 at 18:30 in the military base located in the northeastern parts of KarabakhAzerbaijani contact line a soldier of the Defense Army Armen K. Gasparyan, born in 1974, was mortally wounded by the mortar fire of the adversary. An investigation is underway to find out the details. NKR Defense Army shares the grief of the loss and expresses its support to A. Gasparyan’s family and relatives.
