Author: Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS

French MP condemns the sabotage attack carried out by Azerbaijan in Artsakh

Emil Lazarian

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 14:33, 8 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 8, ARMENPRESS. French MP Anne-Laurence Petel referred in her Twitter microblog to the sabotage carried out by Azerbaijan in Artsakh, as a result of which three officers of the Artsakh police were killed and another one was injured.

"I condemn the impermissible ambush that took the lives of 3 policemen in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan should respect the decision of the International Court of Justice and ensure free movement in the Lachin Corridor. An international investigative team should be sent to the scene," ARMENPRESS reports, Petel wrote.

On March 5, a sabotage group of the Azerbaijani armed forces in Artsakh opened fire on a police car, as a result of which three Artsakh police officers were killed and another one was injured.




The saboteurs fired hundreds of shots at the Artsakh police car. Human Rights Defender’s emergency report

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 15:32, 8 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 8, ARMENPRESS. The human rights defender of the Republic of Artsakh published a report on the terrorist operation carried out by the sabotage group of the Azerbaijani armed forces on March 5, 2023. ARMENPRESS reports, the report summarizes the facts collected by the office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Artsakh regarding the terrorist act, which were obtained as a result of the fact-finding activities, from competent authorities and open sources.

"According to the collected facts, the pre-planned terrorist act took place on March 5 at around 10:00 AM.

The police car left Stepanakert at around 09:30, before that it was parked in front of the administrative building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. There were 4 police officers in the car: Lt. Colonel Armen Babayan, Major Davit Danielyan, Lieutenant Ararat Gasparyan and Lieutenant Davit Hovsepyan.

The collected facts clearly show that the car was moving from Stepanakert, so the claims of the Azerbaijani side that the Armenian side was transporting weapons and ammunition from the Republic of Armenia to Artsakh are groundless and false. In the car of Artsakh policemen leaving Stepanakert, there were only official documents and their personal weapons.

After approximately 30-40 minutes of driving, the policemen noted that stones were lined up on the road, which obstructed the traffic. The car stopped.

5 members of the Azerbaijani sabotage group came out from behind the stones, dressed in military clothes, masked, armed with assault rifles and aiming the barrels of the assault rifles at the car.

The driver of the car tried to turn the car back, but at that moment the 5 members of the Azerbaijani sabotage group, from the front, as well as 10 other members of the sabotage group, who were lying in wait on the right and left side of the road, started shooting at the car. The firing continued for about 10 minutes.

The external examination of the car clearly shows that hundreds of bullets were fired at the car by the Azerbaijani sabotage group.

After the fire stopped, 3 members of the Azerbaijani sabotage group approached the car, allegedly inspected the car, fired control shots at the driver of the car and the passenger sitting next to the driver. However, according to the testimony of the policeman who survived, the Azerbaijanis did not open the door of the rear compartment of the car, presumably not noticing that there were also passengers in the rear compartment.

Then, the members of the Azerbaijani sabotage group started to leave the scene of the crime to their armed bases located on the hill opposite the road.

As a result of the retaliatory fire opened by the Armenian side during the retreat of the Azerbaijanis, there were casualties and injuries among the members of the Azerbaijani sabotage group.

About 30-40 minutes after the terrorist attack, representatives of the Russian peacekeeping troops arrived. After their intervention, the fire was stopped.

After the intervention of the Russian side, the Azerbaijani side continued to retreat, taking with it the dead and wounded members of the Azerbaijani sabotage group.

Russian peacekeepers delivered first aid on the spot to A. Gasparyan and D. Hovsepyan and took to the hospital," the report states.

As a result of the Azerbaijani attack, lieutenant colonel Armen Babayan, major Davit Danielyan were killed on the spot, and lieutenant Ararat Gasparyan died while being taken to the hospital. Lieutenant Davit Hovsepyan received a gunshot wound in the chest and is in the Republican Medical Center. He underwent a surgery, is in the intensive care unit under the supervision of doctors, his life is not in danger.

ARS Norian Youth Connect inspires attendees at Columbia University

Emil Lazarian
March 8, 2023 Dalita Getzoyan Nonprofit News 0

ARS Norian Youth Connect, Columbia University, March 4, 2023

NEW YORK, NY — Students, scholars, young professionals and presenters gathered on Saturday at Columbia University for the 2023 ARS Norian Youth Connect Program. This is the first time in three years that the program has been run in-person.

The program began with introductions by Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern US board member Barbara-Seda Aghamianz and Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, who has been organizing and leading this program for over a decade. Aghamianz shared a brief history of the ARS, as well as information about its many relief programs to support Armenia, Artsakh, Syria, Lebanon and other communities. She noted that the Youth Connect program began in 1971 and used to be a four-week summertime intensive Armenian educational program. The current model successfully facilitates connection for today’s students and young professionals. She also announced the ARS’ virtual Western Armenian classes for beginners starting on March 14, 2023. They will be held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 

The first scholar to present was Whitney Adana Kite. Kite is a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University in the Art History and Archaeology Department specializing in medieval Armenian art and architecture. She holds an M.A. in art history from Tufts University and a B.A. in biological anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation, “The Lay of the Land: Armenian Monasteries in their Local Landscapes,” explores three medieval monasteries (Horomos, Geghard and Tatev) in the context of their topography. Last summer, Kite was a Lily Residential Scholar at the Library of Congress in the African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED).

Whitney Adana Kite

Kite’s presentation for Youth Connect was titled “The Mystery of the Menologium.” A Menologium is a calendar that also documents the lives of saints. Kite recounted her process for identifying six folios that were found at the Library of Congress with no context or information. As an art historian, Kite is trained to look at details in art and manuscripts, such as pigment colors, stylization of letters and form that may provide clues to identify the work of art. After photographing the folios from many angles to document these details accurately, she then looked through hundreds of images that have already been cataloged online and in books to find those with a similar style to the ones she is trying to identify. Through this process, she was able to find the manuscript that these folios were from and tracked down further information about it in Dublin that included sales records and who the scribe would have been. Kite’s findings are important because they can be “in dialogue” with other images of the time and can also contribute to understanding immigration patterns, trade circumstances and even the impact of politics on art at the time. 

Dr. Nareg Seferian

Next, Dr. Nareg Seferian presented “Where is the US? Where is Armenia? A Glimpse into Geographical Imagination.” This was Dr. Seferian’s first presentation since completing his Ph.D. at the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. Between 2013 and 2016, Seferian served on the faculty of the American University of Armenia after receiving his higher education at Yerevan State University, St. John’s College, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. His doctoral research, supervised by Professor Gerard Toal, investigated the province of Syunik in Armenia in the aftermath of the Second Karabakh War. 

Dr. Seferian’s presentation addressed the definition and impact of “geographical imagination,” which is how we perceive or think about a place from our experiences and education. Components include territory and borders, location and relationships and visual discourse (such as maps). Dr. Seferian utilized a hands-on approach to engage attendees by displaying different outlines and images of maps and asking what thoughts and feelings were evoked when looking at each image. As he showed maps of the United States and then Armenia, discourse on the topic evolved into a conversation on identity and geography (with a discussion about terms such as Caucasus, West Asia, Eurasia, Trans Caucasus, South Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Near East and Middle East). The overarching theme was how topographical representation combined with certain labels and education can influence how groups perceive themselves, as well as how others perceive them. These details can impact how disputes and resolutions are handled.

Tatevik Khatchatryan

After lunch, Tatevik Khatchatryan provided an overview of the internships and educational programs offered by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). 

Dr. Vatche Isahagian

Then, Dr. Vatche Isahagian, senior research scientist and manager at IBM, began his presentation about artificial intelligence (AI). At least 25 percent of the program at Youth Connect each year has had a focus in the sciences in order to provide well-rounded programming. Dr. Isahagian is a senior member of both the IEEE and the ACM. His research spans a broad set of disciplines across distributed systems, machine learning and business processes. This presentation defined the facets of artificial intelligence, which include thinking and acting both humanly and rationally. Dr. Isahagian shared the history of AI and the numerous ways in which human beings utilize it, from machines that operate automatically to conversations with ChatGPT. Upon examining the benefits of AI, such as education, and the negative aspects of AI, such as a lack of filtering information, attendees began discussing the implications of AI for Armenian issues. Concerns were raised about how to prevent the spread of misinformation through chat bots that are unable to critically examine information they collect.

Dr. Henry Theriault

The final discussion on activism, education and justice was facilitated by Dr. Henry Theriault, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Worcester State University, and Dr. Lalai Manjikian, Humanities Professor at Vanier College in Montreal. Dr. Theriault’s research focuses on genocide denial, genocide prevention, post-genocide victim-perpetrator relations, reparations and mass violence against women and girls. He served two terms as president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and is founding co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal Genocide Studies International. Dr. Manjikian holds a Ph.D. in communication studies from McGill University (2013). Her primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of immigration and refugee studies, media representations of migration, the ethics of migration and migrant narratives. Dr. Manjikian also serves as a board member for the Foundation for Genocide Education.

Dr. Lalai Manjikian

During this session, attendees discussed how to effectively engage in activism for current Armenian issues, specifically through the lens of healing trauma in order to not only survive but thrive. Attendees and facilitators tackled questions of how to create global cohesion for Armenians, how to best listen and learn from each other, how to remain focused on the work long-term, even if results are not immediately seen, and where individual and collective efforts are best utilized. The overarching theme is that Armenians should be working toward a sense of security for ourselves and the region as a whole to live in peace. 

At the end of the day, attendees were able to provide feedback about the program and continue to learn from each other and build connections over dinner. These young adults leave the program with new information and inspiration to return to their home communities and contribute to the work being done to help Armenians around the globe.

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Dalita Getzoyan's involvement in the Armenian community began at a young age, beginning with attending Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church in Providence, RI, and singing in its choir. She also was a member of the Providence AYF "Varantian" junior and senior chapters. She has served both on local committees and the Central Executive for the AYF Eastern Region. Dalita now lives in NYC where she works as a Music Therapist for Hospice of New York. She holds a bachelor's degree in Flute Performance from the University of Rhode Island and a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling and Music Therapy from Lesley University. She also is currently pursuing a career as an actor in the city.


ICRC: Armenia: Bringing hope to life through education

Emil Lazarian
International Committee of the Red Cross
Feb 22 2023
There is an air of collective excitement and relief as the school bell rings in Mets Masrik village of Armenia. While for the children the bell announces another day of meeting friends, learning new things and enjoying games, for the adults, it is the reassuring sound of a normal day.

People living in the conflict affected village located close to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are slowly rebuilding their disrupted lives.
"Thank God school has resumed, and our children are able to continue pursuing education. Step by step, we are trying to get our lives back on track, both psychologically and physically," says Anna Gasparyan, deputy principal of the only secondary school in Mets Masrik.

She shares that the compound impact of hostilities and COVID-19 pandemic had paralysed the education system in their community. They did not have sufficient classrooms to accommodate the growing number of students or other basic facilities like water supply and toilets. The children also did not have safe places to play or enjoy any leisure activities.

But things are different today. As part of providing humanitarian support to the affected people, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helped to renovate a classroom and toilets and provide access to proper sanitary facilities in the school. The ICRC also built a safer room in the kindergarten for the community to take refuge during shelling and supported the Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS) to set up a Smiley Club for children.

Gasparyan explains that the school, which was built in 1983, had been functioning without ever undergoing extensive renovation. "The facility had multiple problems that hindered creating the right environment for learning and growth. The toilets were disastrous and there was no water available in the school. Can you imagine a modern school for 400 students without a toilet or water? Finally, in 2021 we turned to the ICRC for support. They responded immediately, renovating the toilets and providing access to water inside the school," she says.

Following the escalation of hostilities many families that fled from their homes found refuge in Mets Masrik. As a result, the school had to accommodate new children. "The library and all available small rooms were turned into classrooms. We were also considering converting the director's room into a classroom," says Gasparyan.
Stepping in, the ICRC helped to renovate a classroom to accommodate the displaced children settled in the community. "Our students now have an extra classroom that is bright and cosy. These efforts give us hope to live, a sense of security and the assurance of being cared for. We associate the ICRC with a feeling of security and peace," adds Gasparyan.

Another bright spot for the community is the Smiley Club which was set up in September 2021 and is run by ARCS volunteers. Children can join the Smiley Club after school to get help with their homework, improve their language and numeracy skills, find psychosocial support or play. Gasparyan, who is also a volunteer with the National Society, shares that the club was started as children in the villages along the border had no options for activities after school. "Earlier, the children had to either go home or find some entertainment outside, but that was not safe. The club provides them a safe space to play, study and pursue hobbies, helping them to develop holistically. It also fosters the smooth integration of displaced children. People always talk about the Smiley Club with enthusiasm and a smile," says Gasparyan.

Anik Ghazaryan, director of the kindergarten in Mets Masrik, shares that the ICRC also helped to renovate and furnish a safer room to take shelter in during shelling or shooting. "Built inside the kindergarten, the room can accommodate 200 people. We thought we would never need it, but during the escalation of September 2022, almost 100 people took refuge in the room," says Ghazaryan, adding that parents bring their children to the kindergarten with the assurance that it is the safest place in the village. "We are thankful to the ICRC for ensuring a secure environment for our children and the community," she says.

Between June 2021 and December 2022, around 8,000 children of conflict-affected communities of Armenia have benefited from the concerted efforts of various programmes of the ICRC and have now improved physical learning conditions, access to water, better sanitation facilities and access to essential schooling materials.

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children of conflict-affected communities of Armenia have now improved physical learning conditions, access to water, better sanitation facilities and access to essential schooling materials.

There is an air of collective excitement and relief as the school bell rings in Mets Masrik village of Armenia. While for the children the bell announces another day of meeting friends, learning new things and enjoying games, for the adults, it is the reassuring sound of a normal day.

https://www.icrc.org/en/document/armenia-bringing-hope-life-through-education 

Why the world must encourage peace in the Caucasus now

Emil Lazarian
March 8 2023
March 8, 2023

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 Ayoob Kara

After five people were killed when a conflict broke out following the seizure of weapons in the Karabakh region, it has become blatantly clear that Azerbaijan and Armenia are in a situation that must end immediately.  Azerbaijan did not occupy Karabakh.   They reclaimed their lands, which rightfully belong to them according to four UN Security Council resolutions.   Therefore, the world should come to terms with Azerbaijan’s presence in the region and from this position help both sides to make peace.   

Everything has changed and the world should be objective when negotiating peace between both sides.   Facts on the ground and not votes at the ballot boxes in Western countries should determine which policies a country pursues in order to encourage peace in the Caucuses.   As it stands, the main benefiters for lack of peace in the region are Iran and Russia. 

For Iran, Armenia is their life-support, which helps them to bypass sanctions.   The day that Armenia makes peace with Azerbaijan will be the day when Armenia will stop being a land-locked blockaded country and thus a prospering society at peace with its neighbors.  As such, it no longer would have a need to rely upon the mullahs in Tehran and will stop serving as their proxy.  For this reason, the Iranians are seeking to do everything that they can in order to sabotage peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.   

For Russia, keeping the conflict going is the main thing maintaining their global status in the face of the Ukraine fiasco, which has brought the Kremlin under international sanctions and turned Russian President Vladimir Putin into an international pariah.   Thus, the Russians, who do not have much else going for them at this point, very much want to keep their status as peacekeepers in Karabakh, which is why the Russians permitted the smuggling of weapons along the Lachin Corridor to begin with.  This way, when there is no peace, there will always be a need for peacekeepers and Moscow will maintain their status.        

I am doing my best to encourage peace in the Caucuses.  I do not want to give any chance for Iran, Russia or any other state to influence what is happening on the ground and to do games to make conflict, which harms both Azerbaijanis and Armenians.   This is something that people in both states must understand.   This is why in recent times, I have become very outspoken about this issue, trying to do my best to obtain peace in Karabakh, as peace here undermines both the mullahs in Tehran and the Kremlin.    However, peace is the best gift that you can give both to the Azerbaijani and Armenian people.

In the past, I was very reluctant to appear as siding with either Armenians or Azerbaijanis, for I considered myself to be a friend of both peoples and I wanted to position myself as being an impartial negotiator.   But then, when I visited the Karabakh region six months after the conclusion of the Second Karabakh War, after witnessing the vast destruction that was caused following the conclusion of the First and Second Karabakh Wars, I realized then and there that the Armenian leadership transformed that area of the world into the Hiroshima of the Caucuses and that a true friend of the Armenian people cannot sugar coat what happened there.  

Westerners must understand that the best thing for Armenians in Karabakh is for them to be integrated as equal Azerbaijani citizens and for there to be peace between both states.      This way, people will no longer die in landmine explosions, the greenery and animals will be restored to the region, and the cities, towns and villages will be rebuilt, and the region will become a tourist destination once again.   But for this to happen, we must condemn the weapons smuggling happening under the watchful eyes of Russian peacekeepers and be understanding of Azerbaijan seeking to put an end to that, as weapons smuggling is a major impediment to a successful peace being signed between both sides.   

And for this reason, as a former Israeli minister, I strongly condemn the weapons smuggling going on along the Lachin Corridor and deeply regret the loss of life which occurred in recent days.  I pray that pretty soon, peace will come to the Caucuses and Karabakh will be overrun with flowers, trees, farms and beautiful villages, not weapons.   

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/03/08/why-the-world-must-encourage-peace-in-the-caucasus-now/

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev hopes for Baku’s positive reaction to peace treaty proposals

Emil Lazarian
 TASS 
Russia – March 8 2023
Baku received comments from Erevan and in response, sent them their own, Azerbaijan’s President says

BAKU, March 8. /TASS/. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev hopes for Armenia’s positive response to Baku’s proposals for a bilateral peace treaty.

"We hope that Armenia will respond positively to our comments regarding peace treaty-related proposals," Aliyev said in a statement for the press on Wednesday following talks with his Latvian counterpart, Egils Levits.

Aliyev recalled that some time ago Baku submitted to Yerevan a proposal for a peace treaty, which, he said was based on the norms and principles of international law.

"We have received comments from Armenia and in response, we sent them our own. The process is underway," he said.

Congressional Armenian Caucus seeks $150 million in U.S. aid for Artsakh, Armenia

Emil Lazarian
Panorama
Armenia – March 8 2023

With Azerbaijan’s blockade against Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) entering its third month, amid Aliyev’s escalating attacks on Armenian civilians, the ANCA is rallying community and coalition support for a Congressional Armenian Caucus request to stop U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan and send at least $150 million in assistance to Artsakh and Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The request comes in the form of a letter to Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations Chairman Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL) and Ranking Member Barbara Lee (D-CA), who have already begun crafting the U.S. House version of the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) foreign aid bill.

“Well over a hundred thousand Armenians and allied Americans have already asked their U.S. Representatives to stop U.S. military aid to oil-rich Azerbaijan and send American humanitarian assistance to at-risk Artsakh – a powerful groundswell of grassroots activism from all fifty U.S. states and across the American political spectrum,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “With Azerbaijan’s blockade now well into its third month and Aliyev steadily escalating his deadly aggression, we all need to step up – meeting with legislators, leveraging coalitions, and relentlessly writing, calling, and tweeting to demand concrete action from the elected officials who come asking for our votes every election.”

In a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to Members of Congress, Congressional Armenian Caucus founding co-chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) noted, “Meaningful increases in assistance to Armenia for important priorities – including supporting populations displaced as a result of Azerbaijan’s aggression and impacted by the blockade of the Lachin Corridor – are essential to ensuring the stabilization of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and paving a pathway towards lasting peace and security in the region.”

The letter includes the following budgetary requests:

— $100 million for security, economic, governance, and rule of law assistance to Armenia

— $50 million for Artsakh to provide a comprehensive assistance strategy and support the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh in their rebuilding and resettlement efforts – along with an additional $2 million for humanitarian demining and UXO clearance.

— The suspension of all U.S. military and security aid to Azerbaijan and a State Department assessment of potential sanctions against Azeri officials found to have supported human rights abuses and war crimes.

— Language supporting the Administration’s efforts to secure the release of Armenian POWs illegally held by Azerbaijan.

The ANCA has launched an action platform – anca.org/aid – through which pro-Armenian advocates can write, tweet, and call their U.S. Representative to cosign the Congressional letter.

Russian-Armenian journalist Aram Gabrelyanov denied entry to Armenia

Emil Lazarian
Panorama
Armenia – March 8 2023

Russian-Armenian reporter Aram Gabrelyanov has been banned from entering Armenia, Sputnik Armenia reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources and Viktor Soghomonyan, a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Gabrelyanov, the founder of the News Media holding, was expected to deliver a lecture as part of a training for journalists organized by Soghomonyan.

"Upon his arrival in Yerevan, he was asked to wait, then he was told there were problems with his passport. As a result, it turned out that he was on the list of undesirable persons," the source said.

Aram Gabrelyanov, who is a vocal critic of the Armenian government, had to take the first flight back to Moscow.

He has not yet commended on the incident.

The WHO urges to prepare for a possible new pandemic

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 20:40, 1 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 1, ARMENPRESS. The world community should prepare for a new pandemic that may occur due to bird flu transmitted from person to person, ARMENPRESS reports, World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist Richard Peabody announced in an interview with El Pais newspaper.

"There is concern that bird flu will acquire the ability to spread from person to person, and sustainably, and may cause a new pandemic. We must be ready for it. The scientific community is studying the genetic sequence of these viruses in order to track them, as well as to develop vaccines that will be available in case of need," he said.

According to an epidemiologist, the new outbreak of bird flu, which has killed millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide, began two to three years ago due to a special strain of the A(H5N1) virus.

"We want to say that you should be vigilant. It is important that people do not pick up dead or dying birds or other animals, and that that poultry factory workers are well protected," Peabody noted.

According to WHO data, 873 cases of human infection with bird flu were recorded in the world in 2003-2023, which resulted in 458 deaths.

Armenpress: Azerbaijan fired at citizens carrying out agricultural work in the Martuni region of Artsakh. no casualties

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 20:54, 1 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 1, ARMENPRESS. On February 28 and March 1, Azerbaijan opened fire in the direction of citizens carrying out agricultural work in the Martuni region of the Republic of Artsakh, ARMENPRESS reports the Police of Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs informed on its Facebook page.

On February 28, around 4:55 p.m., Azerbaijani servicemen fired from their combat positions from different caliber firearms in the direction of 53-year-old A. Avanesyan from Murishen village, Martunu region, while carrying out agricultural work with a tractor in the area called "Under the Asphalten" of the administrative area of Berdashen village, as a result of which the agricultural work was stopped.

Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime today as well.

On March 1 at around 14:00, Azerbaijan opened fire from their military positions in the direction of 59-year-old S. Vardanyan from Berdashen community, which caused the agricultural work to stop.

Martuni regional police department prepared materials and presented to the Russian peacekeeping troops.