Ceasefire is impossible without introduction of verification mechanisms in Karabakh conflict zone – Armenian defense ministry
31.10.2020,
23:36
Artsrun Hovhannisyan, special spokesman for the Armenian defense ministry, said at a briefing on Saturday that the establishment of a ceasefire regime in the zone of the Karabakh conflict is impossible until verification mechanisms are introduced there.
YEREVAN, October 31. /ARKA/. Artsrun Hovhannisyan, special spokesman for the Armenian defense ministry, said at a briefing on Saturday that the establishment of a ceasefire regime in the zone of the Karabakh conflict is impossible until verification mechanisms are introduced there.
"Until full-extent verification mechanisms are introduced, according to which our Armed Forces prepare questions and proposals in a short time, there can be no full ceasefire, because it is very important that there are mechanisms by which it is possible to control the ceasefire and identify the violator and why no, to fix that the war was started by Azerbaijan," he said.
Hovhannisyan said that one gets the impression that the question of how the war began has already been ignored, although it is very important to record this.
"Without such mechanisms, the civilized world expected Azerbaijan to observe the ceasefire regime three or four times, but this failed because there are no verification mechanisms," he said.
Hovhannisyan pointed out that, with the exception of some countries that indicated that Azerbaijan launched an aggression against Artsakh and the Armenians, the rest did not indicate who the aggressor was.
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 6,947. 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, 44civilians were killed and 141 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-
"Until full-extent verification mechanisms are introduced, according to which our Armed Forces prepare questions and proposals in a short time, there can be no full ceasefire, because it is very important that there are mechanisms by which it is possible to control the ceasefire and identify the violator and why no, to fix that the war was started by Azerbaijan," he said.
Hovhannisyan said that one gets the impression that the question of how the war began has already been ignored, although it is very important to record this.
"Without such mechanisms, the civilized world expected Azerbaijan to observe the ceasefire regime three or four times, but this failed because there are no verification mechanisms," he said.
Hovhannisyan pointed out that, with the exception of some countries that indicated that Azerbaijan launched an aggression against Artsakh and the Armenians, the rest did not indicate who the aggressor was.
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 6,947. 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, 44civilians were killed and 141 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-
