Defense ministry: people of Artsakh determined to defend their homeland
13.10.2020,
16:23
The Defense Ministry of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh) issued a statement today in connection with the crimes committed by the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh and its policy of turning the region into a hotbed of international terrorism.
YEREVAN, October 13. /ARKA/. The Defense Ministry of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh) issued a statement today in connection with the crimes committed by the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh and its policy of turning the region into a hotbed of international terrorism.
“The large-scale war unleashed by the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan in the early morning of September 27 has continued to this day being accompanied by the widespread violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, etc).
At the same time, in order to conceal or justify their war crimes, as well as to prepare ground for new attacks on the civilian population, the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan resorts to propaganda of disinformation, accusing not only the military-political leadership of Artsakh, but also the authorities of Armenia of contrived actions.
The people of Artsakh are determined to defend the security of their homeland with all their might, as well as to bring the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan to justice for the war crimes committed and the policy of turning our region into a hotbed of international terrorism,” the Artsakh Defense Ministry said in a statement.
On September 27th the Azerbaijani military launched a large-scale offensive against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) using missiles, artillery and suicide drones against civilian populations in Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert as well as other civilian populations in and around Artsakh, as well as against certain areas of the Republic of Armenia’s town of Vardenis, causing death and injury to dozens of civilians.
According to official Armenian sources, 5,139 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in the heavy fighting since September 27 and thousands have been wounded. Armenian troops have destroyed 521 tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 173 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 18 aircraft.
According to the defense ministries of Armenia and Artsakh, about 530 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred have been wounded. As a result of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 30 civilians have been killed and over 100 wounded.
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12 pm October 10 after 10 hours of talks in Moscow sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The parties reaffirmed their commitment to the humanitarian ceasefire for the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of those killed through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement October 10 evening that violating its own commitment, Azerbaijan continued military operations in various sectors of the frontline, firing also at settlements of the Syunik region of Armenia. -0-
“The large-scale war unleashed by the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan in the early morning of September 27 has continued to this day being accompanied by the widespread violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, etc).
At the same time, in order to conceal or justify their war crimes, as well as to prepare ground for new attacks on the civilian population, the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan resorts to propaganda of disinformation, accusing not only the military-political leadership of Artsakh, but also the authorities of Armenia of contrived actions.
The people of Artsakh are determined to defend the security of their homeland with all their might, as well as to bring the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan to justice for the war crimes committed and the policy of turning our region into a hotbed of international terrorism,” the Artsakh Defense Ministry said in a statement.
On September 27th the Azerbaijani military launched a large-scale offensive against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) using missiles, artillery and suicide drones against civilian populations in Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert as well as other civilian populations in and around Artsakh, as well as against certain areas of the Republic of Armenia’s town of Vardenis, causing death and injury to dozens of civilians.
According to official Armenian sources, 5,139 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in the heavy fighting since September 27 and thousands have been wounded. Armenian troops have destroyed 521 tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 173 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 18 aircraft.
According to the defense ministries of Armenia and Artsakh, about 530 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred have been wounded. As a result of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 30 civilians have been killed and over 100 wounded.
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12 pm October 10 after 10 hours of talks in Moscow sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The parties reaffirmed their commitment to the humanitarian ceasefire for the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of those killed through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement October 10 evening that violating its own commitment, Azerbaijan continued military operations in various sectors of the frontline, firing also at settlements of the Syunik region of Armenia. -0-
