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  • Defense Ministry Vows Harsh Preventive Measures After Azeri Attack

    DEFENSE MINISTRY VOWS HARSH PREVENTIVE MEASURES AFTER AZERI ATTACK

    December 16, 2013 - 15:11 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan continues ignoring the OSCE Minsk
    Group co-chairs' calls for preservation of ceasefire. According to
    Armenian Defense Ministry statement, the co-chairs reiterated their
    call to preserve ceasefire at the November 5 meeting with Defense
    Minister Seyran Ohanyan. As a result, Armenia didn't fire a single
    shot throughout the whole period.

    "The incident that left Hrant Poghosyan dead is another proof of
    continuing Azeri policy of ceasefire violation, despite the calls of
    the co-chairs, during the latter's visit to Baku. Armenian armed forces
    will take harsh preventive measures," the ministry's statement said.

    The Armenian armed forces soldier, private Hrant Poghosyan was killed
    in Azeri shelling December 14.

    The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group: Igor Popov of Russia, Jacques
    Fore of France, James Warlick of the U.S., and Personal Representative
    of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk met Azeri President
    Ilham Aliyev in Baku. The co-chairs will next travel to Yerevan.

    Over 14000 ceasefire violations by Azeri armed forces were reported
    at the contact line in 2012.

    Azerbaijan fired over 68700 shots from various caliber weapons towards
    Karabakh positions, with intensified instances of ceasefire violations
    reported during state holidays and special events.

    914 ceasefire violations were registered in December 2012 when
    Azerbaijan fired over 170 shots from sniper weapons, with 6 shots
    fired from large-caliber sniper weapons.

    About 1000 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan were reported in
    November, with 210 shots fired from sniper weapons.

    The number of ceasefire violations by Azeris in October totaled 1050,
    in September - 1185, in August - 1161 and over 1300 and 3750 in July
    and June respectively.

    http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/173996/

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