Tensions maintained at Artsakh Line of Contact over the past seven days

Tensions at the Line of Contact between Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) and Azerbaijan were maintained over the past seven days, Artsakh Defense Army reports.

The source reminds that the Azerbaijani forces have accumulated manpower and equipment on different sections of the Line of Contact since April 30. On May 3, a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime was conducted by OSCE mission that passed in accordance with the agreed schedule.

Overall, the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire along the Line of Contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijan around 200 times for the period of April 29 – May 5), firing more than 3,000 shots towards the Armenian defense positions from firearms of different calibers, the press service of the Artsakh defense ministry said, adding Artsakh frontline units take necessary measures to suppress provocative actions of the adversary and continue confidently carrying out the combat guard.