YEREVAN. – The situation along line of contact between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces is calmer than the situation in 2014.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Presidential Spokesperson Davit Babayan on Friday told the abovementioned to reporters, during the 25th joint session—in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan—of the local chapters and the board of trustees of Hayastan [(Armenia)] All Armenian Fund.

In his words, the present-day situation cannot be compared with the situation during the four-day war, which Azerbaijan had unleashed against Artsakh in early April, because there were large-scale military actions at that time.

“There are shootings, there are ceasefire violations [now], but it can’t be compared—from the quantitative and qualitative point of view—with the prevailing situation in the last two years,” stressed Babayan.

Reflecting on the holding of international events in Azerbaijan, he noted: “We consider the organizing of such events [in Azerbaijan] to be a disgrace. (…) With such a policy, the international community and several civilized countries give wings [i.e. encourage] the aggressor [i.e. Azerbaijan].”

The NKR presidential spokesperson recorded that Azerbaijan restrains itself when it hosts international events, but then everything changes.

“And then it becomes difficult to restrain it,” added Davit Babayan. “The four-day events likewise were a consequence of such a policy. (…) We are against the international community taking such steps; this is a litmus paper, in some sense.”