Azerbaijan violates ceasefire with anti-aircraft autocannon overnight![]() April 22, 2016 - 10:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The operative situation remained unchanged on the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line overnight on April 21-22. 70 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani side were registered, with the rival shooting from various caliber firearms, an RPG-7 grenade launcher, as well as a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army’s frontline units continue controlling the situations on the contact line and protecting their positions. Azerbaijan keeps destabilizing the situation with provocative actions on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh, despite a previously reached verbal agreement on the cessation of hostilities. On April 21, at around 6:30am, a Karabakh serviceman, Marat Danielyan (b. 1984) received a fatal gunshot wound in an Azerbaijani attack in the northern (Talish) direction of the contact line. An investigation into the details of the incident is underway. ![]() ![]() The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |