Foreign Minister Nalbandian to meet Russia's Lavrov in Moscow

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will on Friday, April 8 leave for Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, the Ministry said in a Facebook post.

Also Friday, Nalbandian will participate in the CIS Foreign Ministers' Council session, the Ministry went on to say.

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral ceasefire along the contact line which came into force at midday, April 5.

Prior to that, on the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh.

As many as 29 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 101 were wounded in the course of military operations. 28 Karabakh soldiers have gone missing so far.

As of April 5, the Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, 2 military helicopters and 11 unmanned aerial vehicles.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.