The largest parliamentary chamber in the largest state of Australia, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly has officially recognized the independence of the Republic of Artsakh, the Armenian National Committee of Australia reports.
During the visit the FM is scheduled to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a number of other top officials.
The Artsakh Defense Army said on October 21 that an additional 62 of its troops have been killed in action amid the Azerbaijani attacks.
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.
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.
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.
