Category: 2020

 21:26,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. The leading parties of the European Parliament urge to invest effective international mechanisms for the monitoring of the ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh, ARMENPRESS reports, citing Ria Novosti, reads the joint statement of the European Parliament parties.

”We resolutely condemn the violation of the previously reached agreements. We urge to immediately and unconditionally cease the military operations. We also urge to invest effective international mechanisms for the preservation of the ceasefire”, reads the statement.

 22:21,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh’s forces have improved the military positions in Berdzor-Aras River direction, ARMENPRESS reports representative of the MoD Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in a press conference, noting that during the day the clashes continued along the front line but not very intensively.

‘’First, in Berdzor-Aras River direction our troops were able to improve positions. Besides, like we had mentioned before, the military operations against subversive groups in the villages of Martuni and Askeran regions of Artsakh continue, mainly nearby small settlements in forest areas. Today those operations took place in the territories of Avetaranots and Sghnakh villages, in the nearby hills and forests”, he said. 

Hovhannisyan added that the bombing of various settlements of Artsakh continued during the day.

 22:54,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. The Foreign Ministry of Armenia reaffirms the position that the existence of the population of Artsakh is not possible under the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan, ARMENPRESS reports Anna Naghdalyan, spokesperson of the Foreign Minister of Armenia, said in a press conference.

‘’The announcements of the Azerbaijani president and the actions of the Azerbaijani armed forces that we witness show that the goal of Azerbaijan is to evict Armenians from Artsakh, exterminate the indigenous people of Artsakh and Azerbaijan wants Artsakh without its indigenous people. The existence of the population of Artsakh is not possible under the Azerbaijani jurisdiction’’, she said, adding that since the 1^st day of the war Azerbaijan committed war crimes against the people of Artsakh, including the use of cluster munition against civilians.

 23:44,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. Following the address of the President of Artsakh to the nation, many people are hurrying to Artsakh with small and large detachments, Vahram Poghosyan, spokesperson of the President of Artsakh, wrote on his Facebook page.

”The address of the President of Artsakh to the nation from Shushi city has had a great resonance. We receive numerous calls from our compatriots of different regions of Armenia and Yerevan.

The threat facing the Armenian citadel-city has not only sincerely worried them, but many of them are already hurrying to Artsakh with small and large detachments to save Shushi from the clutches of the enemy. It’s only the personal contribution of each of us that can save Shushi and make the desired breakthrough in the military operations.

We are waiting for you”, Poghosyan wrote.

 23:17,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. Vahram Poghosyan, the spokesperson of the President of Artsakh, denies the Azerbaijani announcements that the Armenian side has used cluster munition in Barda direction, targeting civilians.

‘’We have not used such a weapon in Barda direction. The Defense Army uses other weapons, targeting only military objects in the direction of major cities. The Defense Army has published the list of the military objects’’, Poghosyan said.

 01:26,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The explosions heard in Stepanakert are the ammunition discovered and destroyed by the Defense Army of Artsakh in the zone of activities of the Azerbaijani diversionist groups, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Facebook page of the Defense Army.

”The explosions heard in Stepanakert and nearby areas are the ammunition discovered and destroyed by targetted strikes of the Defense Army of Artsakh in the zone of activities of the Azerbaijani diversionist groups”, reads the statement.

The Defene Army adds that the neutralization of the subversive groups continues.

 00:12,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. Armenia and Artsakh have never been viewed as countries stockpiling cluster munitions. Chairman of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of Armenia Vladimir Vardanyan told ARMENPRESS that he is surprised at the article of the Amnesty International, that says that the Armenian side has used cluster munitions against Azerbaijan’s Barda city.

”Neither Armenia nor Artsakh have signed the convention banning the cluster munitions, but the use of this weapon is banned by the international law, because it’s a weapon of indiscriminate nature that does not give an opportunity to distinguish between the participants of the military operations and civilians. Use of cluster munitions is banned particularly in densely populated areas, where civilian population is present. Relevant documents that monitored the use of cluster munition in different countries show that Armenia has never been viewed as a country that stockpiled cluster munitions. In our region Turkey is the country that has a leading role in the production of luster munitions, from where Azerbaijan gets its weapons”, Vardanyan said.

The MP noted that the article of Amnesty International is based on some photos from Barda, which give no grounded information.

”Most likely, this is an opportunity for the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan to speculate over this and continue using cluster munitions against the population of Artsakh, for which Azerbaijan has been criticized by the international community many times’’, Vladimir Vardanyan said.

He added that he will try to establish contact with the leadership of the organization to understand what are the evidences for such an article.

”I am confident there are no proofs, there are only some photos provided by the Azerbaijani side to the irresponsible employee of Amnesty International. How could these cluster munitions appear in the arsenal of the army of Artsakh, if neither Armenia, nor Artsakh have ever been viewed as countries that stockpile cluster munitions?”, the MP said.