Azerbaijan holds massive training flights near Karabakh frontline![]() July 13, 2016 - 12:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Starting from 8:26 am, on Wednesday, July 13, Azerbaijan has been holding training flights with helicopters and planes 30 km deep behind the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh. As of 11:00 am, 12 planes and 41 helicopters were involved in the process. The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army said its air defense units keep the Azerbaijani military training flights under control via radars and monitoring systems. 26 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered along the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh on the night of July 12-13. Azeri troops, in particular, used various caliber firearms to fire over 250 shots towards the Armenian positions, also employing a 60-mm mortar in the northeaster direction. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news |