Armenian armed forces have sufficient capacity to confidently fulfill their tasks in Artsakh - Tonoyan

YEREVAN, October 30. /ARKA/. The Armenian armed forces have sufficient capacity to confidently fulfill their tasks in Artsakh, Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan said at a meeting with the French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lakot on Friday, the press service of the Armenian defense ministry reported.

Tonoyan stressed that the observance of the ceasefire in Artsakh can be ensured only if international verification measures are applied.

The parties discussed the situation in the combat zone. The minister presented the facts of the involvement of foreign servicemen and mercenaries in the operations, as well as the consequences of enemy strikes on peaceful settlements.

In turn, the ambassador pointed out the necessity of making efforts for compliance with the reached ceasefire agreements and solution of the problem through negotiations.

War in Artsakh

Since September 27, Azerbaijani troops have been carrying out military aggression along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, conducting artillery and rocket attacks, including against civilians and civilian infrastructures. Strikes were also carried out at civilian and military targets on the territory of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani side is supported by the Turkish Armed Forces and the foreign terrorist mercenaries recruited by it. The Turkish-Azerbaijani aggression encounters a decisive rebuff from the Armenian Armed Forces along the entire frontline.

According to the official reports on the Armenian side, Azerbaijan sustains huge losses in manpower. Its death toll since the beginning of the war is 6,854. Also 223UAVs, 16 helicopters and 25 aircraft have been downed as well as 632 armored vehicles and 6 TOS units have been destroyed since the beginning of war. More than 1,110 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred people were wounded. As a result of the war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 39 civilians were killed and 122 wounded in Artsakh. 

Since the beginning of the war, there have been three attempts to establish a humanitarian ceasefire. All three agreements, which were reached on October 10 through the mediation of the Russian Federation, on October 17 through France and on October 25 through the mediation of the United States, were violated by Azerbaijan. -0--