According to the latest official data made public by the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno Karabakh, there has been a slight increase in ceasefire violation incidents since the start of the year 2019. An internal monitoring group of the ministry has stated that violations this year have been with small armsContinue Reading
On 13 February, the OSCE conducted a ceasefire monitoring mission along the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. The monitoring was carried out along a series of military outposts in the region of Göranboy (Azerbaijan) and Martakert (Nagorno Karabakh). The operation from the Nagorno Karabakh side was conductedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Broers, Laurence “How Ready Are Armenia and Azerbaijan for Peace?”, Chatham House: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 24 JAN 2019 How Ready Are Armenia and Azerbaijan for Peace? 24 January 2019 De-escalatory measures and new faces are shaking up the moribund peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But to makeContinue Reading
Source: KUCERA, JOSHUA, “Peace? Not so fast, many Armenians and Azerbaijanis say”, Eurasianet, 18 JAN 2018 News about potential progress in peace negotiations was greeted largely negatively among Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Joshua Kucera Jan 18, 2019 News that Armenia and Azerbaijan had made a small step toward peace was welcomedContinue Reading
Today the Foreign Ministers of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov meet in Paris under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs Stéphane Visconti, Igor Popov and Andrew Schofer. Also present during the meeting was the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk. This is the firstContinue Reading
On 15 January official reports about the OSCE Minsk Group’s ceasefire monitoring mission were made public. This is the first major monitoring operation since the start of this year, and apparently went through without any incidents according to the Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence, as well as Nagnorno Karabakh’s Ministry ofContinue Reading
The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Krakow, Poland on 18 January 2018. The meeting was organised by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and was reportedly behind closed doors, although photos of the meeting were made public. What exactly was discussed during the meeting remains unknown, however speculationContinue Reading
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Geneva today, 16 October, during an official meeting aimed at agreeing to terms for measures to further weaken the tension between the two, avoiding losses at the front. However, no specific agreement on any solution, nor precise measures have been madeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Naira Hayrumyan, Jam News, 10 OCT 2017 Azerbaijan seeks to make the EU respect its territorial integrity Armenia and Azerbaijan may sign a framework agreement with the EU on the sidelines of the Brussels Summit. However, unlike the text of the EU-Armenia agreement, which was initialed back in March thisContinue 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
