Azerbaijan uses grenade launcher, mortar in ceasefire breach overnight![]() January 27, 2016 - 11:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire on the night of January 26-27, the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army said. According to the report, Azeri troops have fired around 350 shots from various caliber weapons, including an 82-mm mortar, as well as an RPG-7 grenade launcher. Karabakh troops continue controlling the situation on the contact line and retaliate only in case of extreme necessity. Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire and attempted sabotage on the night of January 25-26. According to the report, Azeri troops have fired around 600 shots from various caliber weapons, including 60- and 82-mm mortars, as well as an AGS-17 grenade launcher. Besides, on January 26, at around 4:30 am, special units of the Azeri army initiated a subversive attack in the southern direction of the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh. Having timely identified the rival groups, Karabakh Defense Army units took retaliatory measures, throwing the saboteurs back to their positions. ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |