Military Cooperation Between Armenia, Artsakh Discussed

STEPANAKERT — On July 21Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakian received chief military inspector of the President of the Republic of Armenia, colonel-general Michael Haroutyunian.

Issues related to military development and cooperation between the two Armenian states in the sphere were discussed at the meeting.

NKR defense minister Movses Hakobian partook in the meeting, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President reported.

Last week Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire at the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact about 500 times.

Over 4,000 shots were fired at Karabakh’s frontline positions in the period from July 13 to 19, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Defense Ministry reported.

“The frontline forces of the NKR Defense Army remained committed to maintaining the ceasefire regime and confidently continued to implement defense duties along the entire perimeter of the Line of Contact,” it said.