On March 7 and overnight March 8 Azerbaijani forces made over 40 ceasefire violations in the ArtsakhAzerbaijan line of contact, firing over 500 shots at Artsakh positions from various caliber weapons, including large caliber sniper ries.
At the Court of Honor of Les Invalides Palace in Paris there took place the official ceremony of welcoming the President of Armenia. After the welcoming ceremony, President Sargsyan and his delegation left for the headquarters of the International Organization of Francophonie, where he will meet with the Secretary General of the Organization Michaëlle Jean.
Within the framework of the working visit in Kyrgyzstan, Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan had a private meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Bishkek, press service of the Government informed.
Azerbaijani forces made 50 ceasefire violations on March 6 and overnight March 7 in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, firing more than 1100 rounds from various caliber machine guns at Artsakh positions.
More intensive ceasefire violations were registered in the eastern and north-eastern directions of the line of contact where the Azerbaijani forces fired 111 shells from 60mm and 82mm mortars and various types of grenade launchers.
“The Azerbaijani side continued to violate the ceasefire regime today by firing 68 shells from different-caliber mortars and automated grenade launchers in the direction of the Defense Army positions in the eastern (Akna) and northeastern (Martakert) directions of Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line.
Philip Morris International representatives met with Armenia’s Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan to discuss the further cooperation on March 1, press service of the Ministry told.
The NKR Defense Ministry announces the NKR side has never been the initiator of aggressive actions and is ready to deliver a destructive blow to any provocation of Azerbaijan.
The agreement, signed several days before the Armenian President’s upcoming official visit to France on March 8-9, is in accordance with the call made by the President of France in Armenia in May, 2014 on strengthening EU-Armenia relations.
In its turn, the general secretariat of Interpol found the Armenian law enforcement’s information to be grounded, and immediately responded and released statements on the same day to all member states and notified that the information on the abovementioned individuals contradicts the Charter and they cannot be internationally wanted.
