Azerbaijan violates ceasefire with anti-aircraft autocannon overnightApril 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. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |