On 10 April, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conducted a ceasefire monitoring mission on the line-of-contact between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. On the Azeri side of ceasefire monitoring was done by OSCE representatives Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova), Simon Tiller (United Kingdom) as well as Ralf Bosshard(Switzerland). WhileContinue Reading
SOURCE: OSCE, “Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group “, 29 MAR 2019, Vienna VIENNA, 29 March 2019 Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group VIENNA, 29 MarchContinue Reading
On 29 March, the Heads of state of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan respectively, meet for their first official meeting in Vienna under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) organised by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Papov, Andrew Schofer and StéphaneContinue Reading
On Thursday, 28 March 2019, the OSCE mission to the Caucasus conducted another ceasefire monitoring mission along the line-of-contact between the de facto Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. According to authorities in Stepanakert (known by the Azeri side as Khankendi), the mission took place at military outposts just northwest of theContinue Reading
The OSCE mission to Nagorno Karabakh (NK) carried out a ceasefire violation monitoring mission along the southern segment of the line-of-contact with Azerbaijan, between the regions of Hadrut (NK) and Füzuli (Azerbaijan). Observing on the Azeri side were OSCE representatives Simon Tiller (UK) and Martin Schuster (Germany), while engaged onContinue Reading
SOURCE: OSCE Press Statement “Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Upcoming Meeting of President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan” 09 March 2019 MOSCOW/PARIS/WASHINGTON DC, 09 March 2019 In their March 1 statement, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: KALFAYAN, PHILLIPPE RAFFI “The Minsk Process: Behind the Words and Principles”, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, 07 MAR 2019 *all opinions expressed are those of those of the original author. The new Armenian government claims positive developments in the settlement process of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, and officials offer smiling facesContinue Reading
Nagorno Karabakh’s Defence Minister Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan received the OSCE’s Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk . The official meeting took place on 08 March, a day after Kasprzyk’s meeting with the Azeri Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov. The two sides discussed recent developments along the line-of-contact and long-termContinue Reading
Azeri Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov had a series of meetings with high-level foreign officials over these past several days. The meetings were apparently aimed at furthering bilateral co-operation in the military and defence realms. On 06 March, minister Hasanov received the UK Defence Ministry’s director for International Security Policy, NickContinue Reading
On 05 March, Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov received the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) new head (officially titled Chairperson-in-Office) Miroslav Lajcak to discuss recent developments regarding the Nagorno Karabakh peace negotiations. Mr Mammedyarov expressed his opinions on the recent comments made by Armenian prime minister NikolContinue Reading
On 27 February, the OSCE conducted its third ceasefire monitoring mission of this year at military positions near the line of contact. This monitoring mission was conducted further south of the one conducted on 13 February; this time it took place near the cities of Aghdam, on Nagorno Karabakh’s side,Continue Reading
On 21 February 2019, military authorities in Azerbaijan announced the shooting-down of an Armenian X-55 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). According to official news, the incident occurred in the vicinity of Aghdam, along the central part of the line-of-contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Baku states that the UAV was onContinue Reading
Azerbaijan’s defence minister receives large Turkish delegation headed by the country’s deputy defence minister and the heads of numerous Turkish defence firms. The two sides discussed further military coop. including joint weapons production. Interestingly, Turkish general Bahtiyar Ersay appears in a complete Azeri military uniform on Azerbaijan’s side of the
In January 2024, footage emerged of what appear to be Azeri military personnel in the ethnic-Armenian village of Hakaku, Nagorno Karabakh (NK). The village, along with the entire territory of NK were overran by Azerbaijan’s military during it’s offensive in September 2023. One of the first sources of the footage
Mystery flights from Azerbaijan’s Dallar airbase most likely military helicopter training flights, possibly Mi-8 gunships/transport or even Turkish T-129 gunships (recently seen in Azerbaijan during the “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 2023” military drills. Neither aircraft had registration numbers according to @flightradar24, but did have call signs (SMK701 and SMK702) and ICAO 24-bit
An updated map of Tagavard village, Nagorno Karabakh, with its western half under Azeri military control and eastern under Karabakhi since the 2020 ceasefire, shows around 38 homes demolished. According to Sentinel Hub maps, the Azeri side demolished the homes between 2 and 12 July 2021. Military positions dividing the
At around 16:00 hours on 24 March 2022, reports emerged of Azeri troops overrunning Farukh village in Nagorno Karabakh. This village of 100 inhabitants lies around 2 km from the new 2020 ceasefire line-of-contact that separates Azeri and Karabakhi Armenian forces; it sits just below a major ridgeline considered a
On 12 March 2022, Nagorno Karabakh authorites reported 60mm mortar shells fired at Farukh village by Azeri troops. While no injuries were reported, a house was damaged. Karabakhi authorites provided photos of the damage, as well as that of an exploded mortar shell. Judging by the photos, NK Observer experts
