Armenian foreign ministry denounces shelling of Artsakh hospitals by Azerbaijani troops as manifestation of state terrorism
04.11.2020,
10:35
The Armenian foreign ministry denounced the shelling of Artsakh hospitals by the Azerbaijani troops as another manifestation of state terrorism.
YEREVAN, November 4. /ARKA/. The Armenian foreign ministry denounced the shelling of Artsakh hospitals by the Azerbaijani troops as another manifestation of state terrorism.
“On November 3, the armed forces of Azerbaijan again bombed the civilian infrastructure of the cities of Stepanakert and Shushi with the use of “Smerch” cluster munitions; particularly the Stepanakert Mother and Child Healthcare Center was targeted. There are casualties among civilians,” the ministry says in its statement.
It says that the continuous targeting of Stepanakert’s medical facilities by the Azerbaijani armed forces once again demonstrates the goal of Azerbaijan’s military-political leadership to inflict maximum damage on the civilian population of Artsakh, especially women and children far away from the frontline.
It also says that this is another manifestation of state terrorism carried out by a country which through the efforts of Turkey has already turned itself into a hub of concentration of international terrorist fighters in the South Caucasus.
“We emphasize that amid the existential threats the people of Artsakh are facing, the authorities and the Defence Army of Artsakh have the inalienable right to defend their own people and to counterattack the enemy,” the ministry says in the statement posted on its spokesperson, Anna Naghdalyan’s Facebook page.
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 7,095. Also 251 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 25 aircraft have been downed as well as 685 armored vehicles and 6 TOS units have been destroyed since the beginning of war. More than 1,070 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred people were wounded. As a result of the war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 46 civilians were killed and 142 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---
“On November 3, the armed forces of Azerbaijan again bombed the civilian infrastructure of the cities of Stepanakert and Shushi with the use of “Smerch” cluster munitions; particularly the Stepanakert Mother and Child Healthcare Center was targeted. There are casualties among civilians,” the ministry says in its statement.
It says that the continuous targeting of Stepanakert’s medical facilities by the Azerbaijani armed forces once again demonstrates the goal of Azerbaijan’s military-political leadership to inflict maximum damage on the civilian population of Artsakh, especially women and children far away from the frontline.
It also says that this is another manifestation of state terrorism carried out by a country which through the efforts of Turkey has already turned itself into a hub of concentration of international terrorist fighters in the South Caucasus.
“We emphasize that amid the existential threats the people of Artsakh are facing, the authorities and the Defence Army of Artsakh have the inalienable right to defend their own people and to counterattack the enemy,” the ministry says in the statement posted on its spokesperson, Anna Naghdalyan’s Facebook page.
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 7,095. Also 251 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 25 aircraft have been downed as well as 685 armored vehicles and 6 TOS units have been destroyed since the beginning of war. More than 1,070 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred people were wounded. As a result of the war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 46 civilians were killed and 142 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---
