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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

Steinmeier calls upon the sides to end hostilities immediately

Steinmeier calls upon the sides to end hostilities immediately

YEREVAN, APRIL 2, ARMENPRESS. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expresses concern over developments in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. “Armenpress” was informed from the German Foreign Ministry that Steinmeier particularly said in Berlin:

”I am very concerned about the military escalation along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and about the casualties, including among civilians. I call upon the sides to end hostilities immediately and to respect the ceasefire in full. There is no military solution to the conflict. The sides must now show the necessary political will to return to the negotiations in the framework of the Minsk Group. The Minsk Group Co-Chairs enjoy my full support in their task.”

Along the entire length of the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh- Azerbaijani opposing forces, on April 1 and throughout the morning of April 2, the adversary undertook large-scale offensive military actions, during which the adversary shelled with missile-artillery units not only Armenian defense positions, but also civilian settlements.

According to the data of the Defense Army, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired MM-21 (Grad) multiple rocket launcher on April 2, at 08: 30 in the direction of Martuni (NKR), killing 12 year old Vaghinak Grigoryan and wounding two others.

The Defense Army conducts successful defensive battles throughout all directions of the contact line, causing significant losses to the adversary’s manpower and equipment. According to the Defense Army’s information, in addition to other losses caused by the Defense Army, in the northern part of the contact line the Defense Army destroyed 2 hostile attack helicopter s which was attacking the Armenian positions, 3 tanks and 2 drawns.








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