The ceasefire monitoring on the contact line between the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Goygol district, held in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office on Aug. 21, ended without incidents, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

Presently, there is a situation in which the negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement may again come to a standstill. Following in the footsteps of the previous authorities, the new Armenian leadership is trying to preserve the long-term status quo in the occupied Azerbaijani lands.

The Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, in accordance with its mandate, plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring exercise on the on the line of contact of the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, in the direction of Azerbaijan's Goygol district on Aug. 21, 2019, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited the Armenian deserter who surrendered to the Azerbaijani side, ICRC Baku Office's Public Relations Department Head Ilaha Huseynova told Trend.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s scandalous statement that the occupied Azerbaijani territories are “part of Armenia” testifies to the weakness of his power.

Any action of Armenian side in all directions of the frontline is at the gunpoint of Azerbaijani army using various caliber weapons, Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told Trend.

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 21 times throughout the day in various direction of the front, using large-caliber machine guns, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Aug. 17, Trend reports.

According to the instructions of Azerbaijani Commissioner for Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova, members of the National Preventive Group of Ombudsman visited an Armenian deserter in the guardhouse of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry without prior warning, the Ombudsman’s Office told Trend on Aug. 15.

The Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan has sent a letter to the Australian officials containing a protest in connection with the visit of "representatives" of the illegal separatist regime established in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh to this country and a meeting there with some Australian officials, Trend reports referring to the community's message.

Azerbaijani Community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan sent a letter to the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in protest against the visit of the Prime Minister of Armenia to the occupied Azerbaijani lands and the provocative statement made there, Trend reports.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, once again, repeating the absurd statement of Nikol Pashinyan made by him in the city of Khankendi, occupied by Armenia, in fact puts himself in a very unenviable position before the international community, and first of all, before the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva said.

Armenian armed forces units, using heavy machine guns, regularly violate the ceasefire in various directions of the frontline by shelling the positions of the Azerbaijan Army.

Armenian deserter soldier Aro Kazaryan was detained on Aug.12 in the morning in the Fizuli direction of front line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops as a result of the vigilance of the Azerbaijani units, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend.

Recently, the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an amusing statement about the plan to advance the Armenian army to the list of top-20 armies of the world. Statements of this nature, which are obviously groundless, do not reflect the current situation and serve just for cherishing the hopes of Armenian people.

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 22 times, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Aug. 13, Trend reports.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Azercosmos have released a joint statement on Armenia’s illegal activities in occupied Azerbaijani territories, Trend reports.

Ukrainian citizens, the board member of “Federation National Dance League” (FNDL) of Ukraine Gennadiy Khavkin and two other members of the Federation Igor Yaremenko and Timofei Chernenko, addressed an official letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, asking not to be included to the “List of Foreign citizens illegally visited the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan”, Trend reports referring to the ministry.

Russia remains focused on assisting in the comprehensive promotion of the peace process in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing, Trendreports on Aug. 9.

A note of protest in connection with the visit of Bulgarian MPs Valeri Simeonov and Yordan Apostolov on August 6-7 to the occupied Azerbaijani region - Nagorno-Karabakh and the meeting there with the representatives of the illegal, separatist regime was sent by the Azerbaijani embassy in Bulgaria during the meeting, which was held at the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, Trend reports on Aug. 8 referring to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

The ceasefire monitoring on the contact line between the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Fuzuli district, held in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office on July 25, ended without incidents, Trend reports on Aug. 6 referring to Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

The speech delivered by the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on August 5 at the opening of the so-called “panarmenian games” in Khankendi city of the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and his populist statements far from the reality demonstrate what oblivious and helpless person he is, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said, Trend reports on Aug. 6.

Azerbaijan categorically rejects Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statement "Karabakh is Armenia" made during his illegal visit to Khankendi city, Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said.

Australia supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, spokesperson for Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told Trend.

The Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in accordance with its mandate plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring exercise on the contact line of Azerbaijani, Armenian armed forces, in the territory of Fuzuli district on Aug. 6, 2019, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense.

Turkey will always support Azerbaijan in all spheres, including the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at the 11th conference of the country's ambassadors in Ankara, Trend reports via Turkish media.