Germany ready to help settle Karabakh conflict - Merkel

  06 April 2016    Read: 1402
Germany ready to help settle Karabakh conflict - Merkel
As an OSCE chair, Germany is ready to assist in the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
She made the remarks during a joint press conference with Armenia`s President Serzh Sargsyan in Berlin Apr. 6.

"Germany would like both sides of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to negotiate," Merkel said, adding there has been little progress so far.

On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers.

The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on Apr. 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry earlier said.

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