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THREE DAYS, THREE DEATHS ON BORDER: STEPPED-UP AGGRESSIONS SEEN AS "BAKU STRATEGY"
KARABAKH | 03.03.15 | 15:46
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Recent border tension which resulted in three fatalities was not
unexpected, Armenia's Minister of Defense says. It was, rather,
part of a pattern of intensified aggression.
The latest victim was 20-year-old Arsen Karapetyan, who was shot
early Tuesday during heavy fire on a guard post that included large
caliber weapons and rocket propelled grenades.
Last Saturday (February 28), 36-year-old Artak Aghekyan and 20-year-old
Hayk Baroyan were killed in an attack on a Karabakh military base in
the north-eastern area of the self-declared republic.
Calm has never been sustained on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border
despite a ceasefire that has been in place more than 20 years. But
in recent months the fighting has intensified.
"This is official Baku's strategy to destabilize the situation on
the Armenian border, thus, these latest attempts of aggression are no
surprise," Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's advisor Davit Jamalyan
told ArmeniaNow, adding that the Armenian military has stepped up
its alert for defense.
The Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Ministry press office says that an OSCE
mission will conduct an observation March 4 of the contact line in
the north-western direction of the village of Talish of the province
of Martakert.
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/61110/nagorno_karabakh_line_of_contact_armenian_minister _of_defense
KARABAKH | 03.03.15 | 15:46
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Recent border tension which resulted in three fatalities was not
unexpected, Armenia's Minister of Defense says. It was, rather,
part of a pattern of intensified aggression.
The latest victim was 20-year-old Arsen Karapetyan, who was shot
early Tuesday during heavy fire on a guard post that included large
caliber weapons and rocket propelled grenades.
Last Saturday (February 28), 36-year-old Artak Aghekyan and 20-year-old
Hayk Baroyan were killed in an attack on a Karabakh military base in
the north-eastern area of the self-declared republic.
Calm has never been sustained on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border
despite a ceasefire that has been in place more than 20 years. But
in recent months the fighting has intensified.
"This is official Baku's strategy to destabilize the situation on
the Armenian border, thus, these latest attempts of aggression are no
surprise," Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's advisor Davit Jamalyan
told ArmeniaNow, adding that the Armenian military has stepped up
its alert for defense.
The Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Ministry press office says that an OSCE
mission will conduct an observation March 4 of the contact line in
the north-western direction of the village of Talish of the province
of Martakert.
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/61110/nagorno_karabakh_line_of_contact_armenian_minister _of_defense