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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

NKR gives consent to conduct monitoring on contact line

NKR gives consent to conduct monitoring on contact line

YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS. Nagorno Karabakh Republic has given its consent to the monitoring on the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijani armed forces, Press secretary of the NKR MFA Ani Sargsyan told “Armenpress”. “Today, we conveyed our consent for the monitoring on the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan armed forces through the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office”, Ani Sargsyan mentioned.

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 other children. 4 other civilians were wounded later. On April 3 the subversive group of Azerbaijan brutally killed 3 elderly and vandalized their corpses in Talish village. 

The Armenian side has 32 causalities,25 soldiers missing in action, 121 wounded. 5 more people including the heads of two rural communities of Syunik Province,were killed on their way to Martakert on April 4.

Due to the timely and professional actions of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army, it was possible to take the situation under control, and make the enemy suffer considerable losses. On April 1-5 as a result of the crushing counterattacks by the Armenian side against the military aggressions towards the Nagorno Karabakh Azerbaijan lost 2 helicopters, 24 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 7 UAVs, 1 21-MM multiple rocket launcher system. During military operations the Azerbaijani armed forces had more than 300 causalities,(according to some sources the number of injured and killed reaches nearly 2000). On April 5 at 12:00, the fire was ceased in the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces. The agreement of ceasing the fire was reached at the meeting of the Chiefs of General Staff of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow on April 5. Azerbaijani side sporadically violates the armistice. 








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