On 25 March, President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan convened an enlarged sitting of the Security Council.

The Office of the Artsakh Republic President reported.

The Head of State noted that the recent events in the country are forcing a new agenda, as the Azerbaijani side is destabilizing the situation through an obvious provocation.

“The Russian-Ukrainian conflict assumed that the Azerbaijani side would use the opportunity to resort to various provocations in Artsakh. Both the gas supply disruption and the incursion into the village of Parukh in the Askeran region, as well as incursions into certain military operations, have shown that the Azerbaijani authorities do not respect both the trilateral statement made in November 2020 and the political commitments made at various levels since then.

“Nevertheless, I would like to urge our people to remain calm, because despite the difficulties and obstacles, we continue to work closely with the Russian peacekeeping force in Artsakh to stabilize the situation,” he said.

President Harutyunyan expressed deep condolences on behalf of the members of the Security Council, on behalf of the authorities, in memory of those killed on 25 March in defense of the homeland, and wished the wounded a speedy recovery.

The Minister of Defense of the Artsakh Republic Kamo Vardanyan made a report on the situation on the line of contact.

A number of issues related to overcoming the existing challenges were discussed.

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It should be reminded that on 24 March, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, grossly violating the requirements of the trilateral statement of 10 November, 2020, invaded the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping troops in the Artsakh Republic, took control of the village of Parukh in the Askeran region and adjacent positions, and then tried to then tried to advance on the eastern border of the Artsakh Republic..

The negotiations between the Russian peacekeeping troops and the relevant bodies of Artsakh for hours did not yield significant results, the enemy did not return to the starting positions.

On the night of 25 March, Azeri units opened fire on the units of the Defense Army, using both different caliber firearms as we; as a strike UAV. As a result of the skirmish, at least 5 servicemen of the enemy were killed. There are 5 wounded from the Armenian side.

Since the afternoon of 25 March, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, continuing the gross violations of the ceasefire, in addition to firearms, have been using strike drones, including the “Bayraktar TB-2” type. The Armenian side has wounded and suffered 2 casualties as a result of the UAV strikes.