Karabakh to present Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violations to OSCE envoysJune 5, 2017 - 11:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) will detail all the ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan when the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs visit the region, the commander of Karabakh army told reporters on Monday, June 5. “Azerbaijan does its best to keep the tension on the contact line as long as possible and wreak havoc on the Armenian side,” lieutenant-general Levon Mnatsakanyan said. “We, in turn, will do our utmost to give an adequate response.” According to him, the co-chairs will visit Artsakh on June 10, Panorama.am reports. “We’ll detail the situation, all the violations by Azerbaijan registered in the period between their last visit in March and June 10,” Mnatsakanyan said, adding that the Armenian side has always backed the introduction of monitoring mechanisms. The co-chairs' last visit to Armenia and Karabakh was in late March. Top stories 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. 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. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |