The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan inspected Sunday, May 8 Armenian troops deployed along the “line of contact” around Nagorno-Karabakh, while sporadic exchanges of gunfire echoed in the conflict zone, more a month after the truce concluded in Moscow between Armenian and Azeri military officials ending the “four-day war.” Armenian media were not stingy with photographs showing the head of the Armenian government coated with military fatigues striding sliced a fortified position on the front line and talking with the soldiers stationed there. “The Armenian people are proud of you and your heroism … which helped stop the enemy offensive and push” reportedly said the Armenian Prime Minister to a group of soldiers, adding: “Your contribution is invaluable “.
H.Abrahamian evoked the unprecedented offensive since the cease-fire that had started in May 1994 the Azerbaijani troops against Armenian different positions of the contact line on April 2. At least 170 soldiers were killed by both sides during the fighting that had flaw tilt the region again in the war until the cease-fire on April 5 under the aegis the Kremlin and at the express request of Baku will put an end. The fighting did not cease as long since, although they have decreased in intensity, and we continue to mourn the dead on both sides. But the daily releases of the NKR defense army, backed by Armenia, show that the tension has fallen sharply on the front line for one week. The army of Karabakh nevertheless reported Monday, May 9, while they celebrated in Stepanakert as in Yerevan, the 71st anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany coinciding with the 24th anniversary of the victory of Armenian forces in Shushi, the heavy fire with automatic weapons and mortar to the Armenian positions from the Azeri positions.
The Defense Ministry of Armenia reported on its firing side “sporadic” from the Azerbaijani positions on Armenian positions in the northern province of Tavush border of Azerbaijan and regularly targeted by the army Baku. The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan, for its part, has reported 126 violations of the ceasefire by the Armenian side during the same 24 hour period, stating that its troops had returned fire several times by “firing on enemy positions. “ Azerbaijani ministry added that Azerbaijani soldier was killed Sunday, May 8 during a skirmish with Armenian forces, without specifying whether the incident occurred on the “line of contact” around Karabakh or the Armenian-Azeri border. Azeri military also reported Monday, May 9 another Azerbaijani soldier, Captain Nejmeddin Salavanov, had succumbed to wounds received during fighting early April.
Premier Abrahamian visited the front line before participating in ceremonies May 9 marking the 24th anniversary of the capture of Shushi by Armenian forces, which was to mark a turning point in the war between the Armenians to Azerbaijanis around Karabakh since the collapse of the USSR. Azeri forces had Shushi leu headquarters, from where they were shelling Stepanakert and the Armenian positions. The second city of Karabakh, who was also the historic capital, is still recovering from injuries of this war and finds his rank of cultural capital of Armenian territory. “The liberation of Shushi was for us a matter of life or death,” said for his part Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who was part of the high command of Armenian forces from Karabakh during this successful military operation, in a written appeal addressed the nation for the occasion. “Some 24 years later, last month, the son of freedom fighters who liberated Shushi repeated the feat of their fathers,” said President Sargsyan in his message.
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