Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, talking to several Russian media outlets, has announced that he has not discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia’s possible engagement to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Armenia is considering the possibility of officially recognizing the independence of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told TASS.
The UN Security Council called upon Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately stop hostilities, said Nigerien envoy to the United Nations, Abdou Abarry, who is the council’s president for the month of September, reports TASS.
Artillery firefights are taking place along the entire perimeter of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on social media.
When in 2015 Armenia went into a commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, there were skeptics, who cynically commented that history shall be left to historians.
Turkish air force F-16s have been deployed against Armenia and shot down an Armenian military aircraft amid the Azeri attack on Artsakh, the Armenian military said.
The military operations along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact still continue, the defense ministry of Artsakh said in a statement.
Gunners of the Artsakh Defense Army have destroyed attacking Azerbaijani tanks with mortars, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on social media.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urges to immediately end the fighting in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to cease hostilities, Reuters reports.
