“Tactically, maybe they have registered some successes,” Mnatsakanyan conceded. “But I would say that considering all the force they used, it’s rather a defeat for them.” He claims the Azerbaijanis had lost 24 tanks in the four-day battle in early April. The two sides have radically different casualty counts, and it’s impossible to independently verify the numbers. But Azerbaijani commentary has treated the campaign as a major victory after the smoldering defeat of the 1992-1994 war.
Defense Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan has departed for Moscow to take part in the upcoming 5th International Security Conference.
Azerbaijani forces continued shelling civilian settlements and military positions of Nagorno Karabakh overnight.
The Defense Ministry of Armenia informs that 18 ceasefire violations were recorded in the northeastern part of Armenian-Azerbaijani state border on the night of April 26.
The NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns any attempts of the Azerbaijani authorities to reconsider these agreements, regarding them as an overt intention of Azerbaijan to unleash a new war, and insists on the full restoration of the ceasefire regime established in May 1994.
“I think, yes. By this step the authorities show—certain lessons are learned. It’s difficult to say though, which forthcoming signs will be recorded, however, for the time being, these signs show exactly this.”
It’s conditioned not only by assessments of a moment, but Azerbaijani authorities simply intended to choose a new strategy, essence of which is the following: to exert more and more pressure over Armenia, and that pressure is applied militarily. Azerbaijani aggression won’t stop. We may conclude that it’s a pressure by one more degree—military actions every night, and this pursues the goal of upsetting functioning of OSCE MG.” according to him, Azerbaijan and Turkey have decided that Minsk Group mediation isn’t in line with their interests and decided to stop its functioning, “They attempt to create a new negotiation format based on Turkey’s mediation, i.e. Turkey’s forced engagement with mediation process is on.”
“We know that Professor Hawking is a great lover of music and to celebrate this new edition of Starmus, we have made a careful and thoughtful selection of surprise guests and musical performances aimed to be a tribute to the Professor,” said Garik Israelian.
“I disagree with opinions circulating in Armenia, that Moscow instigated it. Yes, Moscow sold armaments, demand for which was available. Moscow kept the balance between the sides. It’s also clear, if there is demand for weaponry, without maintenance of that influence, armaments would have been available and used on this conflict zone. “
Samantha Power, The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, reflected to “Aurora” Awards Ceremony launched in Yerevan on April 24 on her Twitter microblog.
