“Finally, good news. Armenian units have made major advancements in some sections of the frontline, liberating new positions and frontiers. Long live Armenian soldiers”, Hovhannisyan wrote.
World leaders have been quick to condemn this weekend’s fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Russia, the USA and the EU calling for an immediate ceasefire. Some regional actors, such as Turkey and the Collective Treaty Security Organisation, have apportioned blame. The fighting, violating a truce which had been observed over the Easter and […]
“I have a following statement to make: all out the conflict is clearly not in interest of either Armenia or Azerbaijan, but what happened a couple of days ago strongly resembles a trademark Russian provocation, this time directed against Azerbaijan and Turkey, which is harming Armenia as well. I always knew that Putin would use a lame duck status of the US administration for stirring up a major trouble.”
The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army is ready to discuss the cease-fire proposal in the context of the recovery of the initial positions.
Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan had a phone conversation on April 3 with the Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Hossein Dehghan, 168.am was informed by the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Defense.
Igor Nazaruk was told that such statement does not correspond to the spirit of the Armenia-Belarus relations and opposes the commitments of CSTO and other international organizations, is detrimental to the peace process and encourages the use of force in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process.
Armenia First Deputy Defense Minister noted in his speech that the Armenian side is ready for any kind of development and if necessary – up to direct military support for NKR protection.
President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz expressed concern over escalation of tension in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. President of the European Parliament wrote about the aforementioned in his Twitter micro blog.
2 more adversary tanks and a battle vehicle were destroyed today in the south-eastern direction. Overall, the Azerbaijani forces lost 14 tanks and more than 5 other military equipments, including a battle vehicle; 168.am was informed by the Press Service of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry.
The Armenian side destroyed 14 Azerbaijani tanks during the military operations, which were unleashed by Azerbaijan from April 1 and April 2, 1, said the Press Secretary of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry Senor Hasratyan.
