ArmInfo. Russia, as one of mediators in Karabakh conflict settlement process, condemns the cease fire violations at the contact line and calls both sides to undertake all the steps necessary to cancel the further escalation in the conflict zone. This was stated by Maria Zakharova, the official representative of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the weekly briefing, referring to the escalation of Karabakh conflict this week.
"The situation is that due to the information obtained from different sources, on May 15 in the afternoon a military object has been shot by Azerbaijani military forces. Naturally, response actions were implemented by opposite site. There are contradicting data statements regarding the object and the nature of damages, as well as regarding the personnel casualties. "Once again I stated the official Russian position in this respect," Zakharova said.
Commenting on the possibility of meeting at the level of Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministries, Zakharova stated that there is nothing to announce yet, and the information about any possible meetings will be announce upon approval.
To mentioned, released a missile strike(with Spike missile of Israel production-editor's notes) to NKR DA, which resulted combat technique damage(in the quantity of one unit). NKR DA gave no victims as a result of Azerbaijani provocations
On May 16 Armenian side gave a strict response to the actions of Azerbaijani military forces