“We stand side by side with Karabakh, its fearless army, people and the state in the full sense of the word. Defense of Karabakh independence and its strengthening is the holy duty of each of us. In these days, when Karabakh has been attacked by Azerbaijan, our nation, inside Armenia and abroad, must express their practical support for the defense of Nagorno Karabakh because Karabakh defense is the same thing as Armenia’s defense”.
President Serzh Sargsyan summoned the National Security Council which will take place in the evening of April 2. The agenda is focused on the offensive military actions by Azerbaijan on the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line, and relevant issues, 168.am was informed by the Department of Public Relations and Mass Media of the Presidential Administration.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu had a telephone conversation with his Armenian counterpart Seyran Ohanyan, Spokesperson for the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan informed “Armenpress”.
The Press service of the Russian Defense Ministry has also issued a statement that Sergey Shoygu had a telephone conversation with the Defense Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is mentioned that according to the information coming to the Russian Defense Ministry, tension has been recorded in the conflict zone of Nagorno Karabakh overnight April 2.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced that Russia is consulting with its partners, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. “We are following the developments of the situation”, Zakharova said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is concerned about the military operations on the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan. As reports Ria Novosti”, the Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “President Putin has called on the conflicting parties to immediately cease fire and to exercise restraint,” Peskov said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia has issued a statement harshly condemning the provocative measures of the armed forces of Azerbaijan on Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line. As 168.am was informed from the Department of Press, Information and Public Relations of MFA Armenia, the statement reads as follows,
Armenia is also actively engaged in the fight against nuclear terrorism and initiatives related to the non-proliferation of the weapons of mass destruction through the implementation of all necessary measures envisaged by the UN SC Resolution 1540 and adoption of the corresponding National Action Plan.
“The war isn’t waged for a victory, but for impacting NK population, so that he appears in a situation, when world leading powers convince him. This is a complex of a child, who is less loved. The war, he tries to resume, is doomed to failure. There is not a single chance for his victory. He unleashes that war exclusively out of his selfish instigations,” the Russian politician said.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan chaired the Security Council meeting on the large-scale violations of the ceasefire regime initiated by the enemy along the Karabagh-Azerbaijani borderline on April 2.
According to the data of the Defense Army, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired MM-21 (Grad) multiple rocket launcher on April 2, at 08: 30 in the direction of Martuni (NKR), killing 12 year old Vaghinak Grigoryan and wounding two others.
