The Azerbaijani forces are again striking Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert City with missiles, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Azerbaijani forces have launched a new massive attack on Artsakh, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the continuing escalation of violence in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, reminding all sides of their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, the statement issued by his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reads.
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry commented on the statement of the foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries.
Artsakh The Last Frontier
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.
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Aznavour Foundation Nicolas Aznavour, son of the late French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, has addressed a letter to President of France Emmanuel Macron, the Aznavour Foundation reports.
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.