Azerbaijan shells Armenia’s Tavush province
05.04.2016,
10:50
Azerbaijan’s army has already started shelling Armenia’s territory, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesman of the Armenian defense ministry, reports on his Facebook page.
YEREVAN, April 5. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan’s army has already started shelling Armenia’s territory, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesman of the Armenian defense ministry, reports on his Facebook page.
In his words, Azerbaijanis opened fire on Berdavan and Koti villages in Armenia’s Tavush province.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began in 1998 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, 20 tanks, one missile system Grad, heavy flame-throwing systems TOS-1, 5 armored vehicles, including 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 1 unit of engineering machinery and 6 Azerbaijani drones killing also over 200 Azeri soldiers. The Armenian side lost one tank, 18 people were killed, and about 40 wounded. --0-----
In his words, Azerbaijanis opened fire on Berdavan and Koti villages in Armenia’s Tavush province.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began in 1998 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, 20 tanks, one missile system Grad, heavy flame-throwing systems TOS-1, 5 armored vehicles, including 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 1 unit of engineering machinery and 6 Azerbaijani drones killing also over 200 Azeri soldiers. The Armenian side lost one tank, 18 people were killed, and about 40 wounded. --0-----
