A year ago, the military operations launched in Nagorno Karabakh on April 2-5 and surrounded people of the region with pain were ceased. As a Minsk Group Co-Chair, France with its Russian and American partners mobilized its forces to stop the clashes and resume the talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
By consistently increasing the degree of tension on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan and continuing the policy of confrontation and hostility, Baku deliberately deepens the mistrust between the parties and tries to make the process of peaceful settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict a hostage of its destructive policy and maximalist demands.
Thorbjørn Jagland attached importance to the stance of the Human Rights Defender and the work carried out over installing European standards in Armenia. The sides agreed to continue cooperation and take measures aimed at implementing the agreements reached at the meeting.
On April 4 and overnight April 5 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime 40 times by firing more than 900 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
“On April 3 and overnight April 4 Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime 60 times, firing more than 900 shots at Artsakh positions from various caliber firearms, including sniper rifles. The Defense Army continued their service confidently and took countermeasures in case of necessity,” the Ministry said in a statement.
We ended April 2 by making a step forward in the implementation of our promise given upon their tombs. We promised them to establish a firmer, stronger and developing state and we will do that.We will do that all together.
The Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasere refigime 16 times by firing more than 150 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
We pay tribute to the memory of all heroes who fell repelling the attack of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and who gave their lives to prevent mass atrocities against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Our spirit is firm, our will is unshakeable, our purposes are just. We defend our native land, our homes and families, develop our country by painstaking work. This is a sacred mission that our people will always carry out with dignity.
On March 31 and overnight April 1 Azerbaijani forces made over 35 ceasefire violations in the ArtsakhAzerbaijan line of contact, firing more than 300 shots at Artsakh positions from various caliber firearms.
