Monday, March 23 2015 16:18

The international community has get accustomed to the constant tension in the Karabakh conflict zone and pays no special attention to the incidents on the Karabakh-Azerbaijani line of contact, Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute, said at a press conference in Yerevan on Monday.      

The expert thinks that the tension in the conflict zone will remain because Baku believes it can change the course of the peace process by its constant provocations and aggression. In the meantime, the Armenian side cannot prevent the Azeri provocations, because the numerous losses do not sober Baku. The international community has already get accustomed to the constant tension in the Karabakh conflict zone and pays no special attention to the incidents on the Karabakh-Azerbaijani line of contact", he said. 

Minasyan also touched on the weapon deals between Russia and Azerbaijan. He said that Moscow will keep supplying military hardware to Azerbaijan. At the same time, it will supply Armenia with similar weapons to ensure the balance, he added. "The Kremlin realizes that it will lose both Armenia and Azerbaijan in case of resumption of military actions in the NKR. So, it will take measures to prevent it", he said. Minasyan added that at the moment Azerbaijan is unable to unleash war and will not resort to radical measures.    

To recall, On March 19 morning, the Azeri special forces attacked one of the combat positions of the Nagorno- Karabakh Defense Army.  The press service of the NKR Defense Army reports that as a result of two-hour operations, the Armenian forces were able to repel the enemy's attack. The Armenian armed forces chased the Azeri group and completely neutralized it (12-14 Azeri servicemen). "The enemy left the weapons and ammunition on the battlefield: an AK with a night sight and a suppressor, pioneer equipment, 4 grenade launchers, grenades, magazine chargers, and numerous syringes, which were apparently used for analgesic injections", the source said. When repelling the Azeri attack, three NKR Defense Army servicemen heroically died: Hakob G. Khachatryan (born in 1996), Eduard G.  Hayrapetyan (born in 1995) and Arshak K.  Harutyunyan (born in 1995).  Four more servicemen were wounded, with two of them hospitalized in Yerevan.