RA President Serzh Sargsyan designated as a \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093mean provocation\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d an Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s attempt to intrude into the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The Armenian leader is currently on a visit to Saint Petersburg where, on June 17, he held talks on the Karabakh peace process with his Russian and Azerbaijani counterparts.<\/p>\n
\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093Late last night I received information on an Azerbaijani armed detachment attempts to intrude into the NKR territory. The attempts were thwarted. The Azerbaijani side incurred losses, unfortunately, we had victims as well,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d the President said.\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0 Serzh Sargsyan expressed condolences to the victims\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7 relatives. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I realize that it is too difficult to relieve their pain, but it is possible by strengthening the statehood of Armenia and NKR,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Serzh Sargsyan noted.<\/p>\n
Provocations are unacceptable, and the recent mean provocation is unacceptable even more, as it came just hours after the meeting held under Russia\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s mediation, President Sargsyan said. NEWS.am<\/a> correspondent reports from Saint Petersburg. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093It means the mediators should think over the situation, as provocations, going unpunished, not to say unanswered, will lead to such or even worse consequences. It is disrespect for the OSCE Minsk Group as well,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d he said.<\/p>\n The President also stressed that the Armenian side has no intention to revise its stance due to the provocation, \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093as we are consciously participating in the talks and keep on pursuing our objective.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d<\/p>\n \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I am confident that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s independence will be recognized \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0080\u009c it is our goal,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d he added.<\/p>\n On June 18, at 11:30 p.m. an Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment intruded into Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan. The trespasser Azerbaijanis could intrude into the north-eastern section of the NKR-Azerbaijani contact line, killing 4 Armenian soldiers and wounding 4 others. The Armenian side took retaliatory measures. The enemy retreated, leaving one soldier killed and ammunition.<\/p>\n June 17, an Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian presidential meeting was held in Saint Petersburg.<\/p>\n \u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0NEWS.am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RA President Serzh Sargsyan designated as a \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093mean provocation\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d an Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s attempt to intrude into the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The Armenian leader is currently on a visit to Saint Petersburg where, on June […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}