Two Armenian servicemen get out of nine-day Azerbaijani besiegement- ministry
YEREVAN, September 22. /ARKA/. Two Armenian servicemen managed to get out of nine-day long Azerbaijani besiegement, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported today.
"Captain Artem Gevorgyan and junior sergeant Arman Pilosyan, who had been under siege for 9 days, managed to break out of the encirclement," the ministry said, without providing any other details.
At around midnight on September 13, the armed forces of Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack in the southern and southeastern directions of the Republic of Armenia, encroaching on the territorial integrity of Armenia.
The aggression was carried out with the use of artillery, mortars and UAVs, including not only in the Armenia-Azerbaijan bordering area, but also in the areas of Sotk, Vardenis, Goris, Kapan, Artanish and Ishkhanasar settlements and their civilian infrastructure of Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor and Syunik regions.
On September 14, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to cease fire on the border as of 8 p.m. Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council Armen Grigoryan said in an interview with the Public Television of Armenia that the ceasefire was brokered by Armenia's international partners. According to Prime Minister Pashinyan, 207 Armenian soldiers were killed and went missing in clashes with Azerbaijani troops. Azerbaijan said it lost 79 soldiers.-0-
