Heavy Fighting Continues In Karabakh
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- Heavy Fighting Continues In Karabakh
- Iran Wants `Immediate End To Karabakh Clashes
- Erdogan Backs Baku, Blames Mediators For Karabakh Fighting
- Azerbaijani losses: 18 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicle, 2 helicopters, 6 UAVs, more than 300 casualties
- Armenia has 20 casualties: 26 soldiers reported missing and 72 wounded
Heavy Fighting Continues In Karabakh RFE/RL - Armenia Report - 3/4/2016 Heavy fighting continued in and around Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, with Karabakh Armenian forces saying that they went on the counteroffensive and regained territory seized by the Azerbaijani army the previous day. Karabakh's Defense Army reported "fierce" clashes in the northeast of Karabakh and the southernmost section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani "line of contact," which is adjacent to Iran. In a statement issued on Sunday morning, the army said its troops won back a "tactically important" position near the northern village of Talish. "The enemy was pushed back, suffering considerable losses," it claimed. "Two soldiers from the Karabakh side were wounded during the hostilities."
southern section of the frontline," the statement said, adding that they destroyed three Azerbaijani tanks and one armored personnel carrier there. The Azerbaijani military confirmed later in the day that "Armenia tried to regain positions lost by it" but claimed to have thwarted those attempts. "The enemy also subjected settlements and other civilian facilities near the line of contact to intensive shelling," it said.
process. The spokesman for the Karabakh army, Senor Hasratian, denied that claim, saying that the Armenian side has lost only one tank and destroyed 14 Azerbaijani tanks since the Azerbaijani army began its offensive on Saturday morning.
wounded on Saturday. The Azerbaijani side has acknowledged 12 combat deaths so far.
Ministry in Baku said the Azerbaijani army has decided to "unilaterally suspend its counteroffensive and retaliatory measures against the enemy." "If the Armed Forces of Armenia do not end their provocative actions # the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan will resume offensive operations using all weapons at their disposal," it said, according to Haqqin.az.
"information trick," while the Karabakh army called in "disinformation" and "an imitation of ceasefire."
continued to shell not only Karabakh Armenian positions but also civilians. In particular, it said, they fired on the northeastern Karabakh town of Martakert from Grad multiple-launch rocket systems and 152-milimeter howitzers.
it is ready to "discuss" the proposed truce "in the context of the restoration of the previous positions" of the two warring sides.
frontline troops on Saturday night by deploying heavy artillery and calling up hundreds of reservists. Hundreds of other Armenians, most of them veterans of the 1991-1994 war with Azerbaijan, reportedly headed to the frontline from Armenia overnight.
press in front of the "Fajr" (Dawn) observation satellite before it is launched into orbit, February 2, 2015 Iran -- Iranian Defense Minister General Hossein Dehqan speaks to the press in front of the "Fajr" (Dawn) observation satellite before it is launched into orbit, February 2, 2015 03.04.2016 Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan phoned his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts on Sunday to add Tehran's voice to international concerns over the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh and call for an "immediate end" to hostilities there.
must "exercise restraint" and seek only a peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict. No other details were reported.
Azerbaijani counterpart Zakir Hasanov also gave few details of the separate phone calls.
escalation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani dispute, saying that it is a "source of deep concern" for the Islamic Republic. Hossein Jaberi Ansari said the conflicting parties should avoid violence especially now that the wider region is "witnessing destructive acts by extremist groups."
their might to restore tranquility and a peaceful settlement of differences ... under the United Nations [auspices,]" added Ansari. The Iranian official did not blame either side for the heavy fighting, reflecting Tehran's cautious stance on the Karabakh conflict. The fighting broke out on Saturday morning at several sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani "line of contact" around Karabakh, including an area bordering Iran. Hostilities involving tanks and heavy artillery reportedly continued there on Sunday. Citing officials in Iran's northwestern East Azarbaiajan province, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday that three mortar shells hit an Iranian village close to the "line of contact." There was no word on casualties or material damage caused by them. The provincial vice-governor said the Armenian and Azerbaijani militaries have assured Iranian border guards that they "will not repeat such a mistake."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan hug after signing bilateral agreements following the 5th Turkey-Azerbaijan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hug after signing bilateral agreements following the 5th Turkey-Azerbaijan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, 03.04.2016 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to back Azerbaijan "to the end" and held U.S., Russian and French mediators responsible for the worst escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in over two decades.
the least casualties," Erdogan's office quoted him on Sunday as telling an Azerbaijani reporter during a visit to the United States.
news agency. Erdogan also hit out at the OSCE Minsk Group led by the U.S., Russia and France. "If the Minsk Group had taken fair and decisive steps over this, such incidents would not have happened," he charged. "However, the weaknesses of the Minsk Group unfortunately led the situation to this point."
fighting broke out in and around Karabakh on Saturday morning. The Turkish leader voiced solidarity with Baku and offered his condolences in connection with Azerbaijani soldiers killed in action. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz had separate phone conversations with their Azerbaijani counterparts.
to the hostilities along the "line of contact" around Karabakh. "For about a quarter century, Armenia has been occupying one-fifth of Azerbaijan's territory," it said in a statement. "Unless this occupation comes to an end and Armenia abandons its aggressive stance, unfortunately, the risk of experiencing similar clashes will continue."
Sunday. "With such racist statements, Turkey is encouraging the continuation of the [Azerbaijani] aggressor's actions against the self-determined Nagorno-Karabakh Republic," Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian said.
policies, which have spread a wave of instability, terrorism and bloodshed both inside and outside Turkey," Kocharian added in written comments. Successive Turkish governments have unconditionally and fully backed Azerbaijan, a country with which Turkey shares close ethnic affinity, throughout the Karabakh conflict. They have refused to establish diplomatic relations with Armenia and open the Turkish-Armenian border out of solidarity with their Turkic ally.
relations from the Karabakh conflict when it signed U.S.-brokered agreements with Armenia in 2009. However, Erdogan subsequently made Turkish ratification of the two protocols conditional on a Karabakh settlement acceptable to Azerbaijan. The U.S. has repeatedly urged the Turkish government to drop this precondition. Reprinted on ANN/Groong with permission from RFE/RL Copyright (c) 2016 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc. 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.www.rferl.org
ARMENPRESS – 4/4/2016 YEREVAN. The losses of the sides during the recent military actions in the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan are the following: Adversary’s losses: 18 tanks, 3 battle vehicles, 1 military/engineering hardware, 2 helicopters, 6 UAVs, 1 MM-21 artillery system, more than 300 casualties. Number of wounded has yet to be clarified. Nagorno Karabakh losses: 7 tanks, 20 casualties, 6 of whom officers and non-commissioned officers, 72 wounded, 8 of whom officers and non-commissioned officers. 4 casualties among civilians, 1 of them a child. As “Armenpress” reports, this data was published by the Defense Army Operative Division head, Colonel Viktor Arstamyan during a press conference in the operative information center in Stepanakert. The Colonel stressed that the Defense Army forces are combat-ready and are able to carry out their military duty. Regarding the territories, Viktor Arstamyan noted that the depth of the adversary’s penetration is 200-300 meters, and there are no settlements there. Currently 5 military positions are under the adversary’s control in the Kazakhlar-Nyuzger direction, and 3 positions in the Talish-Matakhi-Tapkatakoyunlu direction. “On early morning of April 3, the adversary carried out new attacks in the Horadiz-Nyuzger direction by using armored vehicles. Defense Army units and civilian settlements in Martakert and Talish were bombarded. These attacks were suppressed. The battles in the Kazakhlar-Nyuzger and Tapkarakoyunlu-talish directions continued throughout the day. On the morning of April 4 the adversary carried out new attacks by using armored battle vehicles. The attacks were blocked. Battles continued throughout the day”, Viktor Arstamyan said. He informed that the adversary for the first time fired the “TOS” heavy flamethrower system, which had no result. The adversary tried to use a UAV, which was destroyed by the Defense Army. The adversary is widely using UAV’s as reconnaissance striking machines. The Defense Army has destroyed some of them.
A1plus.am- 4/4/2016 Since April 2, the Armenian side has suffered 20 casualties in the course of clashes between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, a Karabakh official said in his Twitter. Twenty-two servicemen have been wounded and another 26 are missing. The Armenian side has lost 8 positions in the southern and northern directions of the Contact Line, as well as 7 tanks, Artak Beglaryan, Spokesman for the Karabakh government, tweeted. The Armenian side estimates Azerbaijan’s casualties at about 300. http://en.a1plus.am/1232457.html Yüklə 40,73 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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