STEPANAKERT,Artsakh (A.
W.)—On Feb. 27, the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) and Azerbaijani Defense Ministries both confirmed that Azerbaijani forces had retrieved the five bodies of Azerbaijani servicemen who were killed during the Azerbaijani infiltration attempt at the Artsakh Line of Contact (LoC) over the weekend. Armenian and Artsakh Armed Forces holding joint military exercises at a training ground near the town of Tigranakert, and Artsakh,in 2014 (Photo: AFP) The procedure took place through the mediation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Artsakh Defense Ministry reported. Following the two offensive attempts by the Azerbaijani forces, and which are being described as the most intense fighting on the border since April 2016,the OSCE released a statement regarding a breach of the ceasefire but failed to blame either side. “The Co-Chairs call upon the Parties to hold heavy military equipment, which had been moved earlier close to the LOC, and in its present positions and to allow recovery of the dead,as it was agreed upon yesterday under the mediation of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office,” read a fraction of the statement. The Defense Ministry in Baku said [...]
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