Karabakh denies reports that Azerbaijan ceases hostilities
03.04.2016,
14:18
David Babayan, the press secretary for Nagorno-Karabakh president, has declined news reports that Azerbaijani troops unilaterally ceased hostilities on the line of contact.
YEREVAN, April 3. /ARKA/. David Babayan, the press secretary for Nagorno-Karabakh president, has declined news reports that Azerbaijani troops unilaterally ceased hostilities on the line of contact.
Earlier Russian Interfax reported citing a statement by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan that they decided to unilaterally suspend hostilities.
"We are familiar with Azerbaijani statement, but the reality is diametrically opposite. Despite such statements, they continue, in fact, fighting," he said.
According to Babayan, such a policy is inherent in Azerbaijan – to say one thing and do another.
"Within 24 hours, they twice declared at the highest level a cease-fire, but the reality is quite the opposite,» he stressed.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told an emergency sitting of the National Secuirty Council on Saturday evening that 18 Armenian soldiers were killed and 35 others wounded in the most firerce fighting in the conflict zone since 1994 truce.
Earlier the Karabakh Armenian military said the fighting continued Saturday late evening along the entire line of contact with Azeri troops suffeirng serious losses in manpower and military hardware. Karabakh military said they have killed more than 200 Azerbaijani soldiers, including dozens of members of a commando unit, shot down two helicopters, destroyed six tanks, an armored vehicle and two drones.-0-
Earlier Russian Interfax reported citing a statement by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan that they decided to unilaterally suspend hostilities.
"We are familiar with Azerbaijani statement, but the reality is diametrically opposite. Despite such statements, they continue, in fact, fighting," he said.
According to Babayan, such a policy is inherent in Azerbaijan – to say one thing and do another.
"Within 24 hours, they twice declared at the highest level a cease-fire, but the reality is quite the opposite,» he stressed.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told an emergency sitting of the National Secuirty Council on Saturday evening that 18 Armenian soldiers were killed and 35 others wounded in the most firerce fighting in the conflict zone since 1994 truce.
Earlier the Karabakh Armenian military said the fighting continued Saturday late evening along the entire line of contact with Azeri troops suffeirng serious losses in manpower and military hardware. Karabakh military said they have killed more than 200 Azerbaijani soldiers, including dozens of members of a commando unit, shot down two helicopters, destroyed six tanks, an armored vehicle and two drones.-0-
