All three former presidents of Armenia – Levon Ter Petrosyan, Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan – held a meeting with participation of the former presidents of Artsakh.
In the case of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, in reality we are not dealing with the conflict over the right of the Armenians of Karabakh to self-determination and the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, but with the fact that Azerbaijan violated the principle of non-use of force in international relations. While bombarding the cities and villages of Karabakh, it violated international humanitarian law.
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to seek an immediate ceasefire in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, and push for a negotiated resolution to the conflict that has been ongoing since late September.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense said the situation overnight October 20-21 at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan conflict zone was “relatively stable-tense.”
The Azerbaijani armed forces continue bombarding towns and cities of Artsakh.
President Armen Sarkissian of Armenia has departed for Brussels where he is scheduled to have meetings with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, President of the European Council Charles Michel and a number of other high level officials.
The Air Defense troops of the Defense Army of Artsakh have shot down an attacking Azerbaijani military aircraft in the southern direction around 08:30, October 21, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The attacking Azerbaijani armed forces are retreating in the southern direction of Artsakh – at the Khudaferin Reservoir – by suffering big losses, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Ministry of Defense of Artsakh said 43 more of its troops have been killed in action in the defensive operations against the Azerbaijani attacks.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting with former presidents of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Arkady Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan.
