Karen Mirzoyan, the foreign minister of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has called for the recognition of Karabakh's independence.
"Considering the current situation the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence by the whole international community would be the right solutyion, because our experience shows that this is the only effective means to curb the ambitions of Azerbaijan," Mirzoyan told Azatutyun.am.
Responding what he called unprecedented Azerbaijani truce violations Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian said on Saturday that Armenia will bolster Nagorno-Karabakh’s security through a defense treaty.
Armenian Defense Ministry has published the names of 7 Armenian soldiers who have died in the clashes on the line of contact: Armenak Urfanyan (born 1990), machine-gunner, privte Qyaram Sloyan (born 1996), sargent Yuri Paramazyan, major Hovsep Mayilyan (born 1978), captain Hovsep Kirakosian (born 1988), contacter, driver Nodarik Margaryan (born 1963), scout, machine-gunner, contracter Sasun Mkrtchyan (born 1989).
Armenian Defense Ministry Spokesman Arcrun Hovhannisyan said Karabakh defense forces have destroyed TOS-1 multiple rocket launcher systems and 1 drone.
Details here [in Armenian]
Later Karabakh MOD's Twitter referred to it, saing this: