As I watch the Armenian and Azerbaijani grandmothers mourn the loss of their children and grandchildren, I pose these questions.
President Armen Sarkissian says he is launching “political consultations with the purpose of agreeing solutions stemming from our agenda of the protection of pan-national interests in the shortest timeframes.”
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces have addressed a message over the stop of military operations in the Republic of Artsakh.
Prime MInister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook page that he signed a declaration with the Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents on stopping the war at 01:00.
eporter Paul Ronzheimer of the German BILD reacted to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev’s absurd claims alleging that the Azeri bombardments of peaceful settlements in Artsakh – witnessed by the BBC and Human Rights Watch, among others, is “fake news”.
The situation in Artsakh remains the same, the fighting continues in different directions,- said Davit Babayan, Advisor on Foreign Relations to the President of the Artsakh Republic, in an interview with 168.am.
Russia makes all possible efforts for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict through political-diplomatic means, Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
‘’The situation in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone was discussed in detail. The Russian President informed his Turkish counterpart about his telephone conversations with the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders. The discussions were aimed at the immediate cessation of hostilities and searching ways for a political and diplomatic settlement’’, reads the statement.
“The situation in Artsakh was quite hot at night, but it is stable and difficult. The enemy shelled the capital Stepanakert, actually, there has never been such heavy shelling during this whole war,” said Davit Babayan.
The City Council of Berga, Catalonia, has recognized the independence of the Republic of Artsakh, the Armenian Culture Union of Barcelona reports.
