In defiance to the calls of the international community, the demands of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries to strictly adhere to the 1994-1995 ceasefire agreements and to refrain from the use of force and threat of use of force, last night the incursion attempt by the Azerbaijani side on the Line of Contact between Azerbaijan and Artsakh, is Baku’s another blow to the efforts by Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries exerted towards the peaceful settlement.
Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the OSCE Minsk Group CoChairing countries about the Azerbaijani attack attempt launched in the Nagorno KarabakhAzerbaijan line of contact overnight February 25.
“Azerbaijan initiates a premeditated provocation in the border with Karabakh, the Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh prevented the attack attempt,” he writes on Twitter.
“It can be stated that the Minsk process didn’t give any results. However the fact that in recently there had not been a large-scale conict speaks in itself”, he said.
The situation in the Nagorno KarabakhAzerbaijan line of contact is under control. The Azerbaijani side continues violating the ceasefire, however there is nothing extraordinary at the moment, Davit Babayan – Spokesman of the President of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh Republic).
The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan issued a statement on their casualties on February 25 in the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, the Azerbaijani APA reports.
Prime Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Karen Karapetyan and Giorgi Kvirikashvili agreed on the issue of finding an alternative route to Upper Lars, Gruzia Online reported. “If you are interested whether there will be an alternative to Lars, I can assure you that yes, there will be.
The Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh responded to another Azerbaijani disinformation. Senor Hasratyan, spokesman of the NKR Defense Minister, responed to the Azerbaijani false information on Facebook.
MEP Jaromír Štětina (Czech Republic) explained the reason why he visited Karabakh recently as international observer in the Constitutional referendum. In an interview with Aktuálně.cz, he said he visited the Nagorno Karabakh Republic since he is against dictatorship.
“I don’t consider that wide-scale war may be touched upon, however, the developments, which may be comparable with the April War, aren’t excluded, due to the very reason that the Azerbaijani side undertakes steps to justify itself both for internal and external auditorium,” S.Minasyan said.
