Germany concerned about military clashes in Karabakh conflict zone

Germany concerned about military clashes in Karabakh conflict zone

PanARMENIAN.Net - Fighting in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone should stop as soon as possible, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who currently chairs the OSCE, said Saturday, April 2 in Berlin.

"I call on all the parties to stop the fighting immediately and respect the ceasefire," TASS quoted him as saying.

"There should not be a military solution to this conflict. The parties should show political will to return to negotiations in the framework of the Minsk Group."

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, using artillery, armored fighting vehicles and air force equipment among other weapons.

Aside from the battles on the frontline, the rival has also carried out artillery strikes on civilian settlements and places of permanent deployment of several military units.

On April 2, at around 8:30 am, the rival used BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in the Martuni direction of the contact line. 12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan was killed in the shelling, two more children were wounded.

Earleir, the Nagorno Karabakh special forces identified an Azerbaijani subversive group near the Levonarkh settlement and threw the saboteurs back to their positions.

According to Armenia’s Defense Ministry, the rival troops retreated after suffering several human losses.

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