The truce between Karabakh and Baku: announced, but not installed – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW / VIENNA / YEREVAN / BAKU, April 5 -. RIA Novosti Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) on Tuesday after several days of fighting on the frontline announced a cease-fire. From the source to the NKR Cabinet of Ministers it has learned that already started the preparation of the agreement on the relevant bilateral agreement.

In Vienna, in connection with the aggravated situation the Minsk Group (MG) of the OSCE on Nagorno Karabakh held a meeting and later held and the meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization. Ambassadors of Russia and France, Igor Popov and Pierre Andrieu, without waiting for the meeting of the Permanent Council, headed into the conflict zone, the US ambassador to join them a little later. They intend to visit Baku, Yerevan and Stepanakert.

By Tuesday evening, it became clear that the truce declared finally established. The NKR has already said that the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan several times violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line, but the Karabakh Defense Army refrained from retaliatory action.

Armenia and Azerbaijan on April 2 said the worsening situation in the Karabakh conflict zone. Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said, in particular, about the shelling by the armed forces of Armenia, with the Armenian Defense Ministry reported “offensive actions” from the Azerbaijani side. According to the UN Office report for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as a result of an exacerbation of the conflict 33 people were killed in Nagorno-Karabakh, more than 200 injured.

The truce announced but not installed

The first news of the termination fire from 12.00 local time (11.00 MSK) voiced NKR. “NKR Defense Army was ordered to the political leadership at 12.00 local time, a cease-fire, the order is executed,” -. According to RIA Novosti Defense Ministry press-secretary of the unrecognized NKR Senor Hasratyan

Later, the information confirmed the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, noting that the military action on the the contact line were suspended in agreement with the Armenian side. “We accept the decision to suspend military actions on the contact line in Karabakh, from 5 April, 12.00″, – he told RIA Novosti the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Vagif Dyargahly.

In Baku also reported that the Armed Forces (AF) Azerbaijan take measures to strengthen the “previously liberated territories” on the line of contact in Karabakh.

At the same time, the NKR state that “today Azerbaijani army abandoned to their initial positions “.

in addition, it became known, had already started to prepare a bilateral agreement on a cease-fire in Nagorno Karabakh. “We are now preparing an agreement on a bilateral cease-fire in the conflict zone,” – said the agency Sputnik-Armenia source in the government of the unrecognized republic

Defense Ministry confirmed the preparation of such a document

But.. However, the establishment of a lasting truce is too early to say. The NKR has already stated that the armed forces of Azerbaijan repeatedly violated on Tuesday after 12.00 the ceasefire regime on the contact line, but the Karabakh Defense Army refrained from retaliatory action.

In particular, cases of violation of ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh are found in the area Martakert, reports Sputnik-Armenia agency reports citing the NKR authorities.

The Armenian Defense Ministry also noted that the ceasefire in Karabakh yet, there is an agreement on a cease-fire. “There is an agreement to maintain ceasefire in the conflict zone, but the corresponding mode is not defined” – he told reporters the first Deputy Defense Minister David Tonoyan

According to him, in the conflict zone periodically shootings. On the question of whether to remain under the control of Baku support NKR items Tonoyan replied in the negative.

The Minsk Group is going to Karabakh

In Vienna, the OSCE Minsk Group in connection with the aggravated situation in the region held a meeting . The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have announced that head out in Nagorno-Karabakh with the personal representative of the chairman of the organization Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Trip Dates to be determined, but said that it could take place in the near future. It is possible that on the visit the co-chairs of the Minsk Group will present a report on the efforts for a peaceful settlement to aggravate the situation.

“The co-chairs of the Minsk Group traveled to the region to hold consultations with all stakeholders, including Nagorno-Karabakh, and then, perhaps, returned to Vienna for a supplementary report on its activities and its efforts “, – he told RIA Novosti source in the company.

is expected that during the visit the representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group will focus on achieving a truce and the resumption of a ceasefire.

Calls for the world

while in Karabakh still heard shots, and the co-chairs sent to the conflict zone, NKR and Azerbaijan made statements about their commitment to a peaceful settlement.

The international community calls upon the parties to refrain from actions and statements that complicate the already glowing situation. Thus, the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini urged the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbandian immediately reduce tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh and to strictly observe the ceasefire.

On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with the leaders of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan. The Russian president expressed grave concern clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh, and called on the parties to urgently provide a full cessation of hostilities.

The leaders of the three countries agreed to continue contacts in different formats. In a conversation with Russian President Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed Baku an agreement on a ceasefire in Karabakh

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