The intense artillery shelling initiated by the Azerbaijani forces along the contact line on April 26 continued overnight on April 27.

Today at the UN General Assembly and Security Council Azerbaijan has disseminated yet another provocative letter dated April 14, 2016, where, striving to put the blame on Armenia, it unilaterally denounced May 12, 1994 trilateral ceasefire agreement signed between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia without time limitations.Armenia strongly condemns this step whereby Azerbaijan grossly breaches May 1994 ceasefire agreement, as well as casts doubt on the July 1994 agreement on the reinforcement ...

War can break out “at any moment” in the Caucasus flashpoint of Nagorno-Karabakh and there’s little prospect of talks to resolve the conflict, the president of Armenia said.A Russian-brokered truce may not be enough to prevent fighting “on an even larger scale” after four days of war between Azeris and Armenians this month that involved “several hundred tanks” and 30,000 artillery rounds, Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview Saturday at the presidential residence in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.It’s ...

Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan disseminated yet another cynical statement turning obvious facts upside down in an attempt to put the responsibility for military actions, unleashed on April 2 by itself against Nagorno-Karabakh, on the Armenian side, the purpose of which is to avoid responsibility for the committed war crimes.It is not for the first time that Baku makes futile attempts to distort the obvious reality. During communications our international partners have also confirmed ...

In the early hours of April 2, 2016 Azerbaijan unleashed large-scale offensive operations against Nagorno-Karabakh thus violating trilateral agreements of 1994 on cease-fire and of 1995 on the cease-fire consolidation, signed by Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, which do not have time limits. Azerbaijan has violated basic principles of international law, the decisions and declarations adopted by the OSCE Summits and Ministerial Councils, blatantly disregarding the statements of the presidents ...

Question. Mr. Kocharyan, how would you comment on the inclusion of provisions on Nagorno-Karabakh in the Final Communique of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation?Answer. Provisions in the Communique, imposed by Azerbaijan and Turkey, completely distort the essence of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, which is the result of Azerbaijan’s policy of suppression of Nagorno-Karabakh people’s right of self-determination through military means.The very wording rejects the respect for peoples’ right to self-determination, ...

“Living Together In Inclusive Societies: A Challenge and A Goal” will be the theme of the 7th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), which will be held 25-27 April, 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Question: How will you assess the recent frequent cease-fire violations by Azerbaijan?Tigran Balayan: Ignoring the numerous calls by the international community Azerbaijan over the last few days has continued the cease-fire violations along the line of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, Armenia-Azerbaijan border using weaponry if various calibers including mortars and grenade launchers, in the result of which there are 2 killed soldiers.

The Red line illustrates the distance between the demarcation line and the newly seized post of Lele Tepe, a distance of approximately 1 km.On April 2nd, reports began to flood in from the Northern villages of Karabagh regarding a major Azerbaijani offensive on their territory. By April 3rd, Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev openly admitted that he had felt compelled to act in response to the lack of progress in peace talks facilitated by the Minsk Group, with the international media quoting him as saying: ...

The Basque Paliament adopted a new resolution on April 14, condemning the large-scale military operations unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh, PanArmenian reports.