Karabakh Defense Army has expressed readiness to discuss a possible truce “in the context of returning to the initial positions.”
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Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian has discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone with Hossein Dehghan, minister of defense of Iran.
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Davit Babayan, a senior official in Stepanakert, told RFE/RL's Armenian service that fighting continues, despite Azerbaijan's claims that they have ceased fire. [in Armenian]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Berlin on April 6, 2016, according to deputy spokesperson of the Federal Government Georg Streiter.
Bundeskanzlerin Merkel empfängt den armenischen Präsidenten, Serzh Sargsyan Der stellv. Sprecher der Bundesregierung, Georg Streiter, teilt mit: Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel wird am 6. April 2016 um 12:30 Uhr den Präsidenten der Republik Armenien, Serzh Sargsyan, im Bundeskanzleramt begrüßen. In einem Gespräch werden die bilateralen Beziehungen, regionale Fragen wie der Berg-Karabach-Konflikt sowie die Beziehungen zwischen Armenien und der EU im Mittelpunkt stehen.
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First Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan has met military attaches of diplomatic missions accredited in Armenia.
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- Mr. Kocharyan, how would you comment on the reaction of the Turkish authorities on a drastic escalation of tensions in the NK conflict zone?
-It is regrettable that the weight of human casualties for Turkey is measured by national identity.
With such racist statements Turkey encourages the continuation of actions by the aggressor against the self-determined Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
And this fits into the logic of policy implemented by the current leadership of Turkey, the result of which is to spread the wave of instability, terrorism and bloodshed both within Turkey and beyond its borders.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed the “inability” of an international mediation group to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for recent deadly clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Azerbaijan claims to have ceased fire one-sidedly, RIA Novosti reports quoting Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry.
Davit Babayan, a senior official in Stepanakert, told RFE/RL's Armenian service that fighting continues.
Babayan later tweeted this:
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The Armenian side has destroyed 3 tanks today as well as an armourded vehicle and other armoured equiopment, the Karabakh Defense Army spokesperson Senor Hasratian tells RFE/RL.
According to Hasratian, the total number of Azerbaijani tanks destroyed by now is 14.
Hasratian also said that the adversary has destroyed 1 Armenian tank.
Information about the number of losses on the Armenian side is still being varified.