Armenian ministers pause to remember victims of Azerbaijani army’s assaults on Karabakh
06.04.2016,
12:12
Armenia’s Cabinet ministers paused for a minute before starting their session on Wednesday to remember those killed in Azerbaijani troops’ assaults on Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line.
YEREVAN, April 6. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Cabinet ministers paused for a minute before starting their session on Wednesday to remember those killed in Azerbaijani troops’ assaults on Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line.
Hovik Abrahamyan, the prime minister, said that Azerbaijan, undertook offensives along the whole extent of the contact line in a clear breach of the ceasefire agreement signed in 1994.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 February when the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region announced its secession from Azerbaijan. In September 1991, the region declared itself the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and, over the course of the enduring conflict, Azerbaijan subsequently lost control of the region.
In 1994, a Russia-brokered cease-fire was signed and peace talks have been held since, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group.
On April 2 Azerbaijan resorted to an "unprecedented provocation along the entire perimeter of the contact line" with Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the NKR Defense Army, during the three-day fighting they have destroyed 2 helicopters, 29 tanks, one missile system Grad, heavy flame-throwing systems TOS-1, 6 armored vehicles, including 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 1 unit of engineering machinery and 6 Azerbaijani drones killing also over 300 Azeri soldiers.
The Armenian side lost 7 tanks, 20 servicemen were killed, and 72 wounded. Four civilians, including one child, were killed as well. Armenians also have 26 missing people. A ceasefire agreement was reached Tuesday at 12:00. --0---
Hovik Abrahamyan, the prime minister, said that Azerbaijan, undertook offensives along the whole extent of the contact line in a clear breach of the ceasefire agreement signed in 1994.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 February when the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region announced its secession from Azerbaijan. In September 1991, the region declared itself the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and, over the course of the enduring conflict, Azerbaijan subsequently lost control of the region.
In 1994, a Russia-brokered cease-fire was signed and peace talks have been held since, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group.
On April 2 Azerbaijan resorted to an "unprecedented provocation along the entire perimeter of the contact line" with Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the NKR Defense Army, during the three-day fighting they have destroyed 2 helicopters, 29 tanks, one missile system Grad, heavy flame-throwing systems TOS-1, 6 armored vehicles, including 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 1 unit of engineering machinery and 6 Azerbaijani drones killing also over 300 Azeri soldiers.
The Armenian side lost 7 tanks, 20 servicemen were killed, and 72 wounded. Four civilians, including one child, were killed as well. Armenians also have 26 missing people. A ceasefire agreement was reached Tuesday at 12:00. --0---
