The Azerbaijani offensive has created an unprecedented situation. Director of “European Friends of Armena” Eduardo Lorenzo Ochoa stressed in an interview with “Armenpress” that the lack of respect of international law and the basic principle of non-use of force has resulted in the gravest military escalation since the cease-fire was signed.
“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.”
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.”
“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”.
“I ask not to spread disinformation in this situation. The rumors of large causalities among Armenians, evacuation and mobilization declared in the Republic do not correspond to reality”, Hovhannisyan mentioned.
