“I’m convinced that people with black masks applaud Aliyev now, as he’s taking desperate risky steps, to clean the South Caucasus from Christian, Western culture. Here, whether consciously or unconscious, he acts out of interests of ISIS or likewise organizations.”
Other 3 soldiers transferred from Stepanakert to Yerevan military hospital, Aram Asaturyan, Head of the Central Military Hospital told reporters.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian held a phone conversation with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Defense Army publishes photos evidencing the eliminated soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces. 168.am was informed about the aforementioned from the press service of NKR Defense Army.
Adding to the dangers of the venomous, local ethnic hatreds between Christian Armenians and Muslim Azerbaijanis, the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an eerily beautiful mountain highland, sits on a crossroads where it is buffeted by the combustible politics of the Middle East and the former Soviet republics.
The situation along the entire contact line of the Karabakh-Azerbaijani frontier troops remains extremely tense. Defense Army frontier troops continue to successfully lead protective fights and cause the rival heavy damages. Overall, Azerbaijani Armed Forces suffered more than 200 losses during the military actions of April 1, the night of April 2 and today.
“I call on the parties to stop the fighting immediately and respect strictly the cease-fire regime. This conflict may not have a military solution. The parties should show a political will and return to negotiations within Minsk group. The co-chairs have my complete support in this,” German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs said.
“We expect both sides to respect strictly the ceasefire, refrain from the use of force and resume efforts towards a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.”
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) express grave concern over the reported large-scale ceasefire violations that are taking place along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
“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”.
