Harutyunyan added that the searching works of bodies and survivors of the 44-day war still continue. ”In addition, we have started making joint efforts for discovering the bodies of Armenian and Azerbaijani victims of the war of the 1990s”, he wrote.
The Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia has sent a detailed report to the UN Human Rights Council that the Azerbaijani authorities are delaying the return of the prisoners of war and grossly violating the international demands, Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan said on Facebook.
No bodies were found during search operations in Hadrut on February 15, the State Service of Emergency Situations said. But on the same day, the Azeri authorities transferred 1 body to Artsakh in the Madaghis region.
Third President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan gave an interview to ArmNews TV channel, referring to Negotiation process for the settlement of the conflict of the Nagorno-Karabakh, the diplomatic and military-political failures of the Republic of Armenia in the recent Artsakh war, the reasons and consequences of the capitulation, the way out of the current situation and future programs.
What happened in Armenia about three years ago was, by definitition, an anti-Karabakh movement, third President Serzh Sargsyan said in a televised interview last week, commenting on the government transition processes that led to his resignation as Prime Minister in 2018 after two consecutive terms as the President of Armenia.
The President spoke about the topics of agenda: Negotiation process for the settlement of the conflict of the Nagorno-Karabakh, the diplomatic and military-political failures of the Republic of Armenia in the recent Artsakh war, the reasons and consequences of the capitulation, the way out of the current situation and future programs.
The aggression against Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and Armenia, launched by Azerbaijan, Turkey and international terrorist forces since September 27, 2020 that lasted for 44 days, resulted in displacement of around 100.000 Armenians from Artsakh who found shelters in various regions of Armenia-proper. A significant share of these families have returned to Artsakh by now. However, both in Armenia and Artsakh there are hundreds of families with acute social and humanitarian needs. Official statistics lists more than 35.000 people lost their homes, and the families of slain and wounded heroes of war experience a long list of psychological and social issues.
An earthquake was registered in the territory of Armenia at 15:29, ARMENPRESS reports the website of the Mediterranean Seismological Center informs that the epicenter of the eartquake was 12 kms south from Yerevan at a depth of 2 km with a magnitude of 4.7.
During the war, all Armenians of Armenia and the Diaspora stood united as one and helped their homeland — Artsakh and Armenia — every day and every hour. Foreigners and international organizations also extended a helping hand.
Converse Bank is presented with the prestigious “Deal of the Year – Green Trade 2019” award by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under its Green Trade Facilitation Programme (Green TFP) for “encouraging best practices in industrial water efficiency in Armenia, with a water-savings impact equivalent to the annual water consumption of 220 Armenian households”.
