Time has come to stop bloodshed – joint nationa address of Armenian defense ministry and armed forces general staff
10.11.2020,
12:27
The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia issued a joint address to the nation. In their statement available on Novosto-Armenia agncy's website, they say that on September 27, a war was unleashed against Artsakh, unprecedented in strength, means, number and type of weapons involved. It was also unprecedented in terms of the fact that our army actually fought not only against the 10-million armed forces of Azerbaijan, but also against Turkey's direct military participation as well as its full and unconditional political, military and diplomatic support for Azerbaijan and against several thousand hired terrorists.
YEREVAN, November 10. /ARKA/. The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia issued a joint address to the nation. In their statement available on Novosto-Armenia agncy's website, they say that on September 27, a war was unleashed against Artsakh, unprecedented in strength, means, number and type of weapons involved. It was also unprecedented in terms of the fact that our army actually fought not only against the 10-million armed forces of Azerbaijan, but also against Turkey's direct military participation as well as its full and unconditional political, military and diplomatic support for Azerbaijan and against several thousand hired terrorists.
The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia also said in thei address that our army under these conditions did the possible and the impossible to confront the enemy. Each soldier, officer and general of the Armenian army did his best to defend the Motherland, without hesitating even a second to devote himself to this struggle and creating many heroic stories. This war took away our best sons from us, the memory of which will forever remain in the hearts of all of us - about the real heroes of our time.
«Each of you should be sure that no one should have the slightest doubt that our army has done everything possible and impossible. We have once again proved that we have soldiers, officers and generals, indestructible in spirit, who are ready, without a moment's hesitation, to sacrifice their lives for the protection of our holy Motherland,» the statement says.
«But the time has come to stop the bloodshed. The political leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan have come to an agreement, the content of which you are already familiar with. The war is not completely over, the fighting in Artsakh is still going on. Nevertheless, we support and are obliged to implement the decisions of the military-political leadership of our country, which were adopted on the basis of a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the situation. We must stop the bloodshed. We must find the bodies of all our heroes and bury them with military honors. We must try to ease the pain of our heroic mothers and heal the wounds of the victims. We must restore the potential of our army and further strengthen it, turning it into a modern and super-powerful fist. We have a lot to do. The war ends. The army has done its job and will continue without a trace.
We urge you to refrain from actions that can undermine the foundations of statehood and, having learned from all possible mistakes, build an incomparably strong and efficient army, which our heroic people deserve,” the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia said in their joint national address.
About the trilateral agreement
President of Azerbaijan Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation signed a statement yesterday declaring a complete ceasefire and all hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from 00:00 Moscow time on November 10, 2020.
The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia stop at their positions. The peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is deployed along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with the Republic of Armenia.
Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent areas under the control of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The exchange of prisoners of war, other detained persons and bodies of the dead is carried out.
All economic and transport links of the region are unblocked. Control over transport communications is carried out with the assistance of the authorities of the Russian Border Guard Service.
“We presume that the agreements reached will create the necessary conditions for a long-term and full-scale settlement of the crisis around Nagorno-Karabakh on a fair basis and in the interests of the Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples,” Putin said.
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 7,630. Also 264 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 25 aircraft have been downed as well as 784 armored vehicles, 4 Smerch and Uragan rocket launchers as well as 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, 50 civilians were killed and 148 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---
The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia also said in thei address that our army under these conditions did the possible and the impossible to confront the enemy. Each soldier, officer and general of the Armenian army did his best to defend the Motherland, without hesitating even a second to devote himself to this struggle and creating many heroic stories. This war took away our best sons from us, the memory of which will forever remain in the hearts of all of us - about the real heroes of our time.
«Each of you should be sure that no one should have the slightest doubt that our army has done everything possible and impossible. We have once again proved that we have soldiers, officers and generals, indestructible in spirit, who are ready, without a moment's hesitation, to sacrifice their lives for the protection of our holy Motherland,» the statement says.
«But the time has come to stop the bloodshed. The political leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan have come to an agreement, the content of which you are already familiar with. The war is not completely over, the fighting in Artsakh is still going on. Nevertheless, we support and are obliged to implement the decisions of the military-political leadership of our country, which were adopted on the basis of a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the situation. We must stop the bloodshed. We must find the bodies of all our heroes and bury them with military honors. We must try to ease the pain of our heroic mothers and heal the wounds of the victims. We must restore the potential of our army and further strengthen it, turning it into a modern and super-powerful fist. We have a lot to do. The war ends. The army has done its job and will continue without a trace.
We urge you to refrain from actions that can undermine the foundations of statehood and, having learned from all possible mistakes, build an incomparably strong and efficient army, which our heroic people deserve,” the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia said in their joint national address.
About the trilateral agreement
President of Azerbaijan Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation signed a statement yesterday declaring a complete ceasefire and all hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from 00:00 Moscow time on November 10, 2020.
The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia stop at their positions. The peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is deployed along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with the Republic of Armenia.
Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent areas under the control of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The exchange of prisoners of war, other detained persons and bodies of the dead is carried out.
All economic and transport links of the region are unblocked. Control over transport communications is carried out with the assistance of the authorities of the Russian Border Guard Service.
“We presume that the agreements reached will create the necessary conditions for a long-term and full-scale settlement of the crisis around Nagorno-Karabakh on a fair basis and in the interests of the Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples,” Putin said.
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 7,630. Also 264 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 25 aircraft have been downed as well as 784 armored vehicles, 4 Smerch and Uragan rocket launchers as well as 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, 50 civilians were killed and 148 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---
