Armenian President, OSCE Minsk Group discuss Karabakh in Yerevan

PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday, April 9 met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs – Igor Popov of Russia, Pierre Andrieu (France), James Warlick (U.S.), and the personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

During the meeting, the parties discussed Azerbaijan’s aggression in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone.

Dwelling upon the current situation on the contact line, the officials stressed the importance of adhering to the agreement on the cessation of fire, introducing confidence-building measures and resuming the peace talks.

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral ceasefire along the contact line which came into force at midday, April 5.

Prior to that, on the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh.

As many as 46 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 122 were wounded in the course of military operations.

As of April 5, the Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, 1 engineering vehicle, 2 military helicopters and 11 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Azerbaijani side has admitted the loss of 31 fighters, 1 helicopter and 1 unmanned drones, whereas the Armenian side's photo and video materials show dozens of killed Azerbaijani troops, 1 helicopter and 3 UAVs. Opposition media outlets, however, reported on the death of 81 Azerbaijani soldiers, stating that 6 more have gone missing. According to Karabakh authorities, 300 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in clashes.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.

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