Question: Mr. Kocharyan, how would you comment on the remarks of the President of Azerbaijan on the US State Secretary’s remarks regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh issue?

On May 23-24, the delegation of Armenia headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian participated in the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul. The UN organized summit, aimed to set a forward-looking agenda for humanitarian action to address current humanitarian challenges, was the first of its kind.

This editorial was written by the European friends of Armenia to offer one view on the situation in the Nagorno Karabakh region. Euronews does not endorse its contentRead the Azeri perspective hereIt is more than 20 years since the cease-fire agreement between Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan and Armenia.Yet, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is still simmering in the South Caucasus, disrupting the lives of thousands of people.

Nagorno Karabakh Defence Ministry reports that during the Vienna-hosted meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents Azerbaijan took steps to destabilizing the situation on the on the contact line.

On May 12 the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Arman Tatoyan met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland in Strasbourg.A. Tatoyan has presented to the Secretary General the gross human rights violations committed against the civilian population of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijani aggression initiated in the beginning of the month of April.

“The most likely cause (for the war escalation on April 2) was an Azerbaijani attempt to test the Armenians’ defenses and force them to negotiate from a weaker position,” writes senior associate with Carnegie Europe, Thomas de Waal in Politico Europe.

Question: Mr. Kocharyan, how would you comment on the statement of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan regarding the step-by-step solution of the NK issue?

On April 28, The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army revealed photos of military objectives located in or near Azerbaijani civilian settlements.

For the NKR armed forces, all the military objectives, highlighted in the photos, according to the norm of the Customary International Humanitarian Law

On the night of April 28 the Azebaijani armed forces fired over 240 shells towards Karabakh positions using tanks, various caliber mortars, cannons, TR-107 rocket launchers, as well as an MM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher.