Member of Parliament of Canada Michael Chong has expressed his concerns over the ongoing developments on Armenia’s borders.
French President Emanuel Macron made a post in Armenian on his Facebook page after a telephone conversation with caretaker Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas discussed the situation in Armenia’s Syunik province during the telephone conversations with Armenia’s caretaker defense minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan and caretaker foreign minister Ara Aivazian, the CSTO reports.
The Executive Body of the Republican Party of Armenia expresses its concern about the created situation around Syunik Province, particularly the fact that Azerbaijani troops have trespassed the state border in the sector of “Sev Litch” (Black Lake) and the fact that they have advanced at a depth of 3.5 kilometers.
US Congressman Adam Schiff is deeply concerned by recent reports that Azerbaijani troops have reportedly crossed into Armenian territory.
Azerbaijani servicemen were spotted close to the Syunik region early on Wednesday in what was believed to be “border verification activities” at a section lying in the vicinity of Armenia’s southern region.
Freedom house has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to fully cooperate with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and provide all requested information about the Armenian prisoners of war.
“The incidents related to the illegal entry of Armenian servicemen into the territory of Azerbaijan at the end of November last year, the death and wounding of Azerbaijani servicemen in December are a war crime committed against Azerbaijan. As a result of the operations carried out by the Azerbaijani special services, some of the Armenian servicemen who carried out provocative and subversive operations were killed and some were arrested. Investigations into them are ongoing.”
The incumbent authorities of Armenia continue with their already overt practice of obstructing the professional activities of journalists, and this is targeted against freedom of speech and press freedom.
Just when you think the war is over, it actually is not. Multi-generational families are haunted by the dead. There are too many displaced persons, multitudes of refugee children uprooted from schools and homes, and continued mistreatment of POWs. The major economic dislocations and massive war debts are part of the ongoing and mounting negative tally. The competing legal terms national self-determination vs territorial integrity are brandished about in fervent ideological battles that further entrench the hardened positions of two combatant sides.
