April 15, 2016 - 14:13 AMT
Armenia’s PACE delegation to present facts on Azerbaijan’s war crimes

The Armenian delegation will present at an upcoming meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) the facts of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict zone on April 2-5, Armenia's deputy parliament speaker said.

“Our delegation will unveil serious facts at the upcoming plenary session of the PACE,” Interfax cited Hermine Naghdalyan as saying.

Earlier, Defense Minister’s Chief Assistant Alik Avetisyan said that the Armenian side does not rule out the creation of a special international tribunal in connection with Azerbaijan’s actions in Karabakh.

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral cessation of fire 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.

The Armenian side has suffered 77 combat and 15 non-combat losses, 122 more werewounded. One soldier is still missing.

The Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multipl e rocket launcher, 1 engineering vehicle, 2 military helicopters and 14 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Azerbaijani side has admitted the loss of 31 fighters, 1 helicopter and 1 unmanned drone, 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 95 Azerbaijani soldiers, stating that 39 more have been wounded. According to Karabakh authorities, 300 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in clashes.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.