Artsakh’s presidency reports that the situation is “stable-tense”.
The Defense Ministry of Artsakh reported on October 6 an additional 21 servicemen who were killed in action amid the Azeri attacks.
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry commented on the statement of the foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries.
Continuing unsuccessful attempts to achieve any of the set military goals and suffering serious losses in manpower and equipment, the armed forces of Azerbaijan, under the direct control and command of Turkey, continue with a rapidly growing intensity attack against the peaceful population and civilian infrastructure of the Republic of Artsakh, the Foreign Ministry of Artsakh said in a statement.
President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan has praised the troops for “brilliantly professionally” defending the country and said that the Artsakhi governmental bodies are working effectively in wartime.
The October 5 – October 6 night proceeded “relatively calm” at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Ministers stress unconditionally that recent attacks allegedly targeting civilian centers – both along the Line of Contact and on the territories of Azerbaijan and Armenia outside the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone – and the disproportionate nature of such attacks constitute an unacceptable threat to the stability of the region.
The use of Smerch multiple rocket launchers armed with banned cluster munitions is an especially heinous war crime
A group of Talysh activists of Azerbaijan have expressed concern over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict escalation and called on their fellow Talyshs – who constitute an ethnic minority in Azerbaijan – to avoid being enlisted into the Azeri military amid “systematic efforts” of the Azeri government to send them to the front for the attacks on Artsakh.
Within the framework of the fact-finding mission, launched by the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh, a thorough research and analysis of the cases of criminal encroachments, committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces against the civilian population of Artsakh, for the 27.09.2020-04.10.2020 time period, have been conducted. The results are presented below:
