12:29, 1 July 2023
YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. The Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Gegham Stepanyan has said that he has collected the necessary facts and documents once again debunking Azerbaijan’s allegations that two of the four Defense Army servicemen who were killed in the latest Azeri attack were members of the Armed Forces of Armenia.
The four Nagorno Karabakh troops were killed in an unprovoked Azeri artillery and drone strike on June 28.
“In response to media inquires, I am hereby informing that the bodies of the two servicemen who were killed in action during the June 28 Azerbaijani attack – Yervand Tadevosyan and Samvel Torosyan – were transported today by the International Committee of the Red Cross to Armenia, to be buried in Yerablur as requested by their families. Azerbaijan, preparing ground for new attacks, continues false allegations that the fallen troops were members of the Armed Forces of Armenia. The Artsakh Human Rights Defender’s Office has already collected the required facts and documents which will be published soon to once again prove that Azerbaijan’s claims are fake and made up,” Stepanyan said in a statement.
Armenia does not maintain any military presence in Nagorno Karabakh but Azerbaijan is falsely accusing it of having troops there.