The Azerbaijani armed forces are bombarding a number of villages of Martuni region, including the village of Karmir Shuka, with the Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers, the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh said.
The “relatively stable-tense” situation remained unchanged at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan conflict zone overnight October 22-23, the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh said in a news release.
Congressman Frank Pallone, joined by a bipartisan group of 30 Members of the House of Representatives, will introduce a resolution supporting the Republic of Artsakh, recognizing its right to self-determination, and condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for aggression.
The working visit of Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to the United States of America has commenced.
Azerbaijan’s ongoing aggression against the Armenian people – with Turkey’s full backing – has already exacted a painful toll on civilians in the region and resulted in appalling human rights abuses.
Congressman Brad Sherman urges the United States to send the following message to Azerbaijan that if the offensive continues, the U.S. is ready to recognize the independence of Artsakh.
Russian President Vladimir Putin personally does everything possible to bring Yerevan and Baku to the peaceful settlement course over the situation in Nagorno Karabakh through political-diplomatic means, Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said live on Chanel One Russia, RIA Novosti reports.
“Our Ambassador at large Igor Popov has left for Washington. On October 23 he will meet with American representatives over Nagorno Karabakh. There will also be a meeting of the OSCE minsk Group Co-chairs’’, he said.
Viasat, Inc. has vowed that it is halting the supplies of its technologies to Turkey which is using them in manufacturing the Bayraktar combat drones that are used extensively by the Azeri armed forces and jihadist mercenaries from terror groups in the attacks on civilians in Artsakh.
The Deputy Chairman of the CIS and Eurasian Integration Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma Konstantin Zatulin hasn’t ruled out that a military landing operation could be one of the options of Russia’s response to the situation in Nagorno Karabakh.
