Azerbaijanis still failing to withdraw troops from Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - No significant ceasefire violations were registered along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) overnight, the NKR InfoCenter said Tuesday, March 29, with Azerbaijani troops remaining in positions occupied on March 24 in Karaglukh, a strategic height in Artsakh.

The Karabakh authorities said the operative-tactical situation remained tense, "with a somewhat positive tendency to extinguish".

"The Armed Forces of Artsakh continue to take additional measures to strengthen their defensive positions and restrain the enemy," the statement said.

"Work with the Russian peacekeeping command staff to prevent possible provocations by Azerbaijan and to withdraw the Azerbaijani armed forces to their starting positions is ongoing."

The statement came amid renewed violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Azerbaijan stormed into the zone of the responsibility of the Russian peacekeepers stationed in the area and is refusing to completely withdraw its forces from strategic heights.