The Azerbaijani military-political leadership continues committing and concealing war crimes in the large-scale war it unleashed against Artsakh from September 27, the Artsakh Defense Army said in a statement.
Russia’s defense ministry is showing active participation to the stabilization of the situation in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, the ministry said, reports TASS.
The Azerbaijani military continues grossly violating the humanitarian ceasefire and has launched a renewed massive attack from the morning of October 13 at the entire length of the frontline, Artsakh presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The Azerbaijani military continued targeting peaceful settlements of Artsakh and shelled the towns of Askeran, Martuni and Martakert overnight October 12-13, Artsakh presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan is meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Office in Moscow, ARMENPRESS correspondent reports from the Russian capital.
Artsakh’s Defense Ministry reported on October 13 that an additional 17 of its troops were killed in action in the defensive operations against the Azerbaijani attacks.
The Azerbaijani armed forces continue to ignore the humanitarian cessation of hostilities agreement and have launched rocket-artillery attacks from the southern, northern, north-eastern and eastern directions at Artsakh, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on the statement of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev according to which “Turkey must play a more active role in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, both within the frames of the Minsk Group and other formats”.
Russia expects that the October 10 Moscow agreement on cessation of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh will be steadily preserved, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan in Moscow amid Azerbaijan’s disregard to the truce and continued attacks on Artsakh.
President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan said on October 12 that he is actively meeting with militia members and that veterans of the First Nagorno Karabakh War are brought into active duty.
