Author: Emil Karabekian

Armenia`s premier could hold referendum on relations with Azerbaijan, expert says

Emil Karabekian
ARMINFO
Armenia –
David Stepanyan

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's team could well organize a referendum on ways and prospects of settling the conflict with Azerbaijan. In any case, such a possibility could be considered now, Sergey Markedonov, Leading  Researcher of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center, Moscow State  Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), said in an interview  with ArmInfo. 

"In considering this possibility, we should not forget that, after  coming to power as a result of the 'velvet revolution' Pashinyan,  immediately after being elected Armenia's premier, stated that any  solution to the Karabakh problem implied nationwide approval.  However, in less than two years, he actually broke his promise by  signing the statement ending the 44-day war on November 9, 2020 -  primarily due to the fact that the trilateral statement obviously  outlined the future peace settlement. Nevertheless, that document did  not receive universal approval in Armenia. Rather, it is being  severely criticized," Mr Markedonov said.

Under the circumstances, a referendum on the prospects of settling  the conflict with Azerbaijan is, in general, in interests of the  ruling party and Pashinyan-led team. By holding a referendum,  Pashinyan will place the responsibility on the people of Armenia,  which will allow him to state, when necessary, that, after doing his  best, he cannot act against popular will. 

According to Mr Markedonov, the people could well disapprove the  prospect of Armenia and Azerbaijan recognizing each other's  territorial integrity. With such referendum results, accusing the  Armenian leadership of being incapable of reaching agreements will be  a rather difficult task to accomplish. The result could be a chance  of new negotiations, with the parties' positions clarified.    

"All this appears quite interesting and, of course, is capable of  offering new prospects in the normalization of the Yerevan-Baku  relations. But let us come back to the current situation round  Nagorno-Karabakh, especially to its geopolitical background, which is  much more apparent now than it was a month ago. We should note that  the result of the Ukraine developments will have its impact on the  settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict – not less  significant than the domestic political discourses," Mr Markedonov  said. 

During a question hour in Armenia's Parliament on Wednesday, Aghvan  Vardanyan, a member of the Armenia faction, asked Armenia's FM Ararat  Mirzoyan about a possible referendum on the ways and prospects of  settling the conflict with Azerbaijan. The minister said that such a  possibility has not yet been discussed and needs considering. 

Minister of Defense presents to US Ambassador situation at Armenia-Azerbaijan border and Nagorno Karabakh

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 16:35,

YEREVAN, MARCH 23, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan held a meeting on March 23 with United States Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy.

The US Embassy’s Defense Attaché Colonel Gregory Pipes also attended the meeting, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

During the meeting the Minister of Defense presented to the US Ambassador the current situation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani borderline and in Nagorno Karabakh, and addressed humanitarian issues emphasizing the need to solve them urgently.

The sides also discussed current issues and prospects of the Armenia-United States cooperation in the defense sector.

Views were exchanged around the international security situation and military-political developments.

Azerbaijan resorts to human rights violations in the absence of clear international reaction – Amb. Hovhannisyan

Emil Karabekian
Public Radio of Armenia
, 19:05

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Azerbaijan has intensified the violations of human rights of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, Andranik Hovhannisyan, Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the Un Office in Geneva, said at the Human Rights Council debate on “Human rights situation that require Council’s attention.”

“For more than ten days the gas pipeline that supplies hydrocarbon energy to Nagorno-Karabakh was cut from the territories that are under control of armed forces of Azerbaijan. The latter obstructed the access to the area for conducting necessary mending activities, leaving more than 120 thousand people to freeze in the still winter conditions of the mountainous terrain,” the Ambassador said.

“The Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh registered that the temperature in the hospitals was 15 degrees Celsius at best, which affected also the treatment of 51 newborns and their mothers at the maternity wards. 65% of the schools in Nagorno-Karabakh stopped operating. The attendance of the kindergartens dropped down to 22%,” he added.

He noted that the disruption of gas was not an isolated incident. Besides that, Azerbaijan constantly exerts to the threat and use of force, as well as obstructs the people from obtaining their means of subsistence, if we are to name but a few of its actions.

“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Azerbaijan should get a clear signal that at all times and circumstances the protection of these inalienable rights prescribed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should not be compromised,” the Permanent Representative stated.

“Azerbaijan has turned the disruption of gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh into a weapon of collective punishment of the people. For ten days residential buildings, hospitals and schools were left without heating. The gas supply was restored briefly during the weekend only to be cut again on Monday. Yesterday, the civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh – children, elderly, disabled people – again were obliged to spend a night without heating in the freezing winter conditions of minus four degrees Celsius. It is a humanitarian disaster,” Andranik Hovhannisyan stated.

“Azerbaijan resorts to these violations of human rights in the absence of clear and loud international reaction. We emphasize the necessity of sending a strong signal that the human rights should be respected at all times and in all circumstances. This is a collective commitment, which requires an unwavering support,” he said.

“Azerbaijan installed loudspeakers in the vicinity of the Armenian villages close to the Line-of-Contact. It has been intimidating and terrorizing the rural indigenous population by threats spread through those loudspeakers, forcing the civilian population to leave their ancestral homes,” the Ambassador added.

“Azerbaijan has also kept under fire those villages. Some villages have already evacuated women, children and elderly, which came to add to another 40 000 Armenians who were displaced by the recent war,” he added.

“We also highlight that Azerbaijan exploits the HRC floor to disseminate ungrounded allegations. In this context Armenia would like to remind that International Court of Justice by its order of 7 December 2021 practically rejected a number of allegations that had been put forth by Azerbaijan. The Court having considered the terms of the provisional measures requested by Azerbaijan ruled out, in particular, the false narrative that Azerbaijan has been actively promoting and pushing forward on the demining-related operations. Moreover, Armenia, as a humanitarian gesture, has handed to Azerbaijan all the maps of the minefields under its disposal,” Amb. Hovhannisyan noted.

In the same manner, he said, Azerbaijan tends to ignore the plight of more than 1 000 missing persons from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The truth is that over the years Azerbaijan rejected any cooperation in this regard, he stressed.

Armenian PM sends condolence letter to Chinese counterpart over aircraft crash

Emil Karabekian

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YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter of condolences to Premier of China Li Keqiang on the occasion of the crash of an aircraft in Guangxi province, the Armenian PM’s Office said.

“On behalf of the government of Armenia and myself personally I express condolences to you, the government of the People’s Republic of China and the good people of China on the occasion of the crash of the China Eastern Airlines aircraft in Guangxi province.

I wish patience to the families and relatives of the victims for surviving this heavy loss”, the Armenian PM said in his letter.

Music: This pianist [Kariné Poghosyan] has been streaming weekly concerts for TWO YEARS straight

Emil Karabekian
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By Ellie Palmer

As the world began shutting down in March 2020, pianists around the globe had to make the agonising decision to cancel all performance dates until further notice. Covid wreaked havoc right across the music industry, forcing venues to close and drying up many performers' main sources of income. But one thing that kept many piano lovers sane was the emergence of regular online live performances from our favourite pianists.

Within days, the likes of Igor Levit, Boris Giltburg and Dominic Ferris were giving weekly performances on their social channels. The concept caught like wild fire.

The likes of Angela Hewitt, The Lang Lang International Music Foundation, the Kanneh-Mason family and Eleonor Bindman among countless others started to join in. Soon enough, we were spoilt for choice when it came to piano entertainment.

Two years on and the majority have stopped the regular live streams as venues have reopened again, but one pianist who has continued is Kariné Poghosyan. The Armenian-American concert pianist has been streaming weekly for the entire two years.

This Friday, she will stream her 100th performance since the pandemic began. It's quite a feat.

"On the Wednesday of the first week of lockdown in New York [in 2020], I timidly posted a question on my Facebook page," she explains. "Since all my concerts had been cancelled and we all had nowhere to go, I asked if anyone would be interested in a Facebook Live 'Mini Concert' on Friday night. I felt so shy about it that I was genuinely planning on coming back in a few hours and just deleting the post. To my surprise, by that time there had already been a couple of dozen excited replies. Then after that first one on March 20, 2020, viewers kept asking for more and more, and it turned into a weekly series!"

Kariné says that the most beautiful thing about the two-year journey has been the connections she has been able to make and witness over her livestreams. "Relatives stuck on different continents would re-connect during the livestream, strangers would meet and become friends," she explains.

"I even had a viewer, whose good friend had heard me perform the Mussorgsky 'Pictures' in Italy and who was now ill. [They] asked me if I could play the Mussorgsky as a special note of encouragement to him. I did play it and then asked the viewers to put their prayers and good wishes in the comments, and within seconds, there was an outpouring of love for this man on the other side of the world from me – it was just extraordinary. If there was ever a question about just how incredibly essential music is to maintaining our common humanity, my series I hope will help answer that."

"The most beautiful thing has been the real-time connection with listeners from all over the world, all coming together at the same time each week to bond over great music."

Will she carry on past 100?

"I have loved this medium so much that I will definitely do more livestreams, though not on such a regular basis. However, as things are opening up and in-person concerts return, I will look for every opportunity to incorporate live-streaming, so as to share the experience with those who cannot be there physically."

Kariné has recently been signed by Navona Records, where she will record her next album of works by Grieg, Coleridge Taylor, and Liszt. She has also started an exciting undertaking on her Patreon page. Patreon subscribers will be able to access a monthly virtual recital series titled “Musical Time Travels!” It will include 12 full solo programmes from various historical periods in 12 months, with a global audience of patrons tuning in on Zoom.

Select upcoming in-person performances include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna and the Soraya Performing Arts center in Northridge, California, as well as concerti performances with Wallingford Symphony and Evanston Symphony Orchestras. You can keep up to date with Kariné here.

Armenia to lift customs duties for exports below 1 million drams

Emil Karabekian

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 12:08, 16 March, 2022

YEREVAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS. The parliamentary committee on economic affairs approved the bill authored by the government aimed at eliminating possible obstacles for small exporters by not charging customs tariffs for the exports of products worth below 1 million drams.

The bill is dubbed the Volterman bill within the government because the changes were proposed by Volterman, the manufacturer of the smart wallets, explained Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan.

Kerobyan said many companies face the problem when they sell their products online. “Basically, doing business around the world and retailing from Armenia is problematic. Therefore we proposed this change and the government expressed support that no customs tariffs should be paid in the event of exporting products with the cost of up to 1 million drams,” he added.

The bill includes other similar changes, for example the exemption of state duties for the transit of products priced no more than 200 euros through Armenian borders (excluding exports) under a single transportation document sent by a single forwarder to a single recipient.

Turkey sends Syrian mercenaries of Nagorno Karabakh war to fight Russian forces in Ukraine – RIA

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YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. Turkey has sent the Syrian militants who stayed in Nagorno Karabakh after fighting for Azerbaijan against Armenian forces in the 2020 war into Ukraine to fight against Russia, RIA Novosti reported citing a source from the Syrian opposition.

“Turkey sent more than 2000 militants from Syria to Nagorno Karabakh to participate in the combat operations against Armenia in 2020, and the majority of these militants stayed there after the military operations ended. Turkey again sent some of these militants from Syria and other countries from Karabakh into Ukraine to participate in the conflict from the Ukrainian side,” the source told RIA Novosti.

According to the source, the militants were signed up into the foreign legion of the Ukrainian military.

Turkey recruited and sent foreign mercenaries – over 2500 – to fight for Azerbaijan against Armenia in the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war. Despite Ankara denying this, the Armenian authorities have presented numerous evidence proving the participation of the Syrian mercenaries from the Azeri side in the Artsakh war. 

The Russian foreign intelligence service had also gathered information on Sultan Murad mercenaries’ participation in the Karabakh war.

The President of France Emmanuel Macron also said that his intelligence agencies have information that Turkey is sending mercenaries to Azerbaijan to fight against Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh.

Earlier in 2021, the Armenian authorities said that the investigation has revealed that Azerbaijan pre-planned the war back in June 2020 and recruited more than 2000 Syrian mercenaries and deployed them via Turkey. Azeri authorities transferred payments namely to the Suleyman Shah and Sultan Murad terror groups.

Audio recordings of the Sultan Murad fighters in Nagorno Karabakh were intercepted during the war.

Two Syrian mercenaries captured by the Armenian forces were subsequently sentenced to life in prison. 

According to various reports, around 1000 Syrian mercenaries who survived the war did not leave Nagorno Karabakh.




#ArmeniaForTheKids campaign raises more than $21,000 for the Family and Community NGO

Emil Karabekian

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RELEASE: MARCH 1, 2022

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#ArmeniaForTheKids
campaign raises more than $21,000 for the Family and Community NGO

METSAMOR, ARMENIA
(Tufenkian Foundation)—The Tufenkian Foundation’s #ArmeniaForTheKids online fundraising campaign concluded earlier today, surpassing its $18,000 goal. The
funds raised will benefit the children of the Family and Community NGO (FAC).

“Thanks to the generous
contributions of our long-time supporters, as well as many first-time contributors, we
have raised a total of $21,044 to benefit the children on FAC’s five centers,”
explained Tufenkian Foundation public relations director Rupen Janbazian. More
than 125 individual donors contributed to the campaign.

Over the past 21
years, FAC has been working to develop the potential of vulnerable children and
their families. It now serves over 450 children and their families annually at
five centers in the Armavir, Tavush, and Shirak regions, including children and
families displaced and affected by the 2020 Artsakh War. “This crowdfunding
will give the opportunity for every child at FAC to experience cultural events and
sites, exhibits, museums, and excursions across Armenia,” Janbazian added.

FAC, of which the
Tufenkian Foundation is a founding supporter, addresses the most vulnerable
strata of Armenian society, implementing programs for social and psychological
support; empowerment of families; capacity building for youth and children;
identification and development of resources; and community development. The
organization’s successful model is based on national values and grounded in
international best practices.

“The idea is to
give the children a chance to experience activities they otherwise wouldn’t
have the opportunity to enjoy,” said FAC founder and executive director Knarik
Gharanfilyan. The campaign, which was launched on Dec. 15, 2021, had set a goal
of $18,000. “By hitting and surpassing our target, every child at our five
centers across the country will have the opportunity to see and engage with
parts of Armenia outside of their own communities,” she added.

Some of the funds
were collected in an online birthday fundraiser organized by Lori Najarian, a
Tufenkian supporter who repatriated to Armenia from Toronto, Canada, six years
ago. “I’m thrilled that I had the opportunity to support the Family and
Community NGO on my birthday. Upon visiting its Metsamor center, it was
impossible not to be moved and inspired by the work of their staff and by the
smiles on the faces of the children,” Najarian said.

Lori’s fundraiserraised a total of $2,575, more than 125% of her goal. “By promoting and
instilling humanitarian and national values, the organization is actively
engaged in community building, fostering inclusion, and developing
conscientious citizenship—things we desperately need more of across Armenia
and, of course, throughout the world,” Najarian added.

The children of
FAC participate in puppet theater, painting, song, dance, pottery, and carpet
weaving. They also visit museums and cultural sites, attend concerts, and take
part in recreational activities and summer camps. With the right nurturing, the
children of FAC thrive, excel, and become self-sufficient, positive
contributors to Armenia’s economic and social development.

 * * *

Established in
1999, the Tufenkian Foundation addresses the most pressing social, economic,
cultural, and environmental challenges facing Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh).
Since its inception, the Tufenkian Foundation has supported various community
initiatives as well as civic activism and public advocacy campaigns to help
improve life in Armenia, while providing housing, education, social, health,
and livelihood support for the Armenians of Artsakh. 

 

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Attached Photographs:

 

1.     
The
children of FAC Metsamor performing a song (Photo: Thekla Ehling)

2.     
The
children of FAC participate in puppet theater, painting, song, dance, pottery,
and carpet weaving. (Photo: Thekla Ehling)

3.     
Lori
Najarian’s (top row, second from L) birthday fundraiser raised more than $2,500
for the children of FAC. (Photo: Tufenkian Foundation)

4.     
Founder
and executive director Knarik Gharanfilyan addressing the children of FAC (Photo:
Thekla Ehling)

1-03–2022

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Թուֆենկյանի #ArmeniaForTheKids նվիրահավաքը հանգանակեց ավելի
քան 21.000 ԱՄՆ դոլար

 

ՄԵԾԱՄՈՐ, ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆ (Թուֆենկյան հիմնադրամ) – Թուֆենկյան հիմնադրամի
#ArmeniaForThe Kids նվիրահավաքը այսօր հասել իր ավարտին՝ գերազանցելով իր 18.000 ԱՄՆ
դոլարի թիրախը։ Հանգանակված գումարը կնպաստի «Ընտանիք և համայնք» ՀԿ-ի երեխաներին:

 

«Շնորհիվ մեր աջակիցների առատաձեռն նվերների, հավաքել ենք 21.044 ԱՄՆ դոլար՝ «Ընտանիք
և համայնք»-ի հինգ կենտրոնների երեխաների համար», – բացատրեց Թուֆենկյան հիմնադրամի
հանրային կապերի տնօրեն Ռուբէն Ճանպազեանը: Ավելի քան 125 անհատներ իրենց ներդրումն
են ունեցել արշավին:

 

Վերջին 20 տարիների ընթացքում «Ընտանիք և համայնք» ՀԿ-ն աշխատում է զարգացնել խոցելի
երեխաների և նրանց ընտանիքների ներուժը: Նրանք աշխատում են 450 երեխայի և նրանց ընտանիքների
հետ Արմավիրի, Տավուշի և Շիրակի մարզերում գտնվող հինգ կենտրոններում: Այս երեխաներից
և ընտանիքներից կան նաև 2020 թվականի Արցախյան պատերազմից տեղահանվածներ և տուժածներ:

 

«Նվիրահավաքի շնորհիվ, հնարավորություն ենք տալիս երեխաներին այցելելու տեսարժան
վայրեր, ցուցահանդեսներ, թանգարաններ և մասնակցելու մշակութային միջոցառումներին և
էքսկուրսիաներին: Այլապես այս երեխաները հնարավորություն չէին ունենա վայելելու այդ
ամենը:»,- հավելեց Ճանպազեանը:

 

«Ընտանիք և համայնք» ՀԿ-ն, որի հիմնադիր կազմակերպություններից է Թուֆենկյան հիմնադրամը,
աշխատում է հայ հասարակության ամենախոցելի խավերի հետ՝ իրականացնելով սոցիալական և
հոգեբանական աջակցության ծրագրեր, ընտանիքների հզորացման, երիտասարդների և երեխաների
կարողությունների ու ռեսուրսների զարգացման համար։ Կազմակերպության հաջող մոդելը հիմնված
է ազգային արժեքների ու միջազգային լավագույն փորձի վրա:

 

Գումարի մի մասը հավաքվել է Թուֆենկյան հիմնադրամի աջակից՝ հայրենադարձ Լոռի Նաճարեանի
միջոցով, ով վեց տարի առաջ Տորոնտոյից տեղափոխվել էր Հայաստան: Նրա ծննդյան օրվա առիթով
կազմակերպած արշավի շնորհիվ, նա հավաքել է ավելի քան 2.500 ԱՄՆ դոլար: «Ուրախ եմ ու
հպարտ, որ հնարավորություն ունեցա աջակցելու «Ընտանիք և համայնք» ՀԿ-ին: Այցելելով
Մեծամորի կենտրոն՝ անհնար էր չոգևորվել նրանց անձնակազմի աշխատանքով և երեխաների ժպիտներով»,-
ասաց Նաճարեանը։

 

«Մարդասիրական և ազգային արժեքները խթանելով և սերմանելով՝ կազմակերպությունն ակտիվորեն
ներգրավվում է համայնքների կառուցման, ներգրավման խթանման և բարեխիղճ քաղաքացիության
զարգացման գործում, ինչը մեզ անհրաժեշտ է Հայաստանում և, իհարկե, ողջ աշխարհում»,
– ավելացրեց Նաճարեանը:

 

«Ընտանիք և համայնք»-ի երեխաները մասնակցում են տիկնիկային թատրոնի, նկարչության,
երգի, պարի, խեցեգործության, գորգագործության խմբակներին։ Նրանք նաև այցելում են թանգարաններ
և մշակութային վայրեր, գնում են համերգների, մասնակցում են հանգստի և ամառային ճամբարների։
Ճիշտ դաստիարակության դեպքում այս երեխաները բարգավաճում են և դառնում են ինքնաբավ,
Հայաստանի տնտեսական և սոցիալական զարգացման գործում օգտակար քաղաքացիներ:

 

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Թուֆենկյան բարեգործական հիմնադրամը, որը հիմնադրվել է 1999
թ., զբաղվում է սոցիալական, տնտեսական, մշակութային և բնապահպանական ամենահրատապ խնդիրներով,
որոնց բախվում են Հայաստանը և Արցախը: Հիմնադրման օրվանից Թուֆենկյան հիմնադրամը աջակցել
է համայնքային տարբեր նախաձեռնություններին, որոնք կօգնեն բարելավել կյանքը Հայաստանում
և Արցախում `ապահովելով արցախցիներին բնակարանով, կրթությամբ, սոցիալական աջակցությամբ,
առողջապահական խնամքով և կենսամիջոցներով:

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Russia’s mention of Eastern Armenia in Turkmenchay Treaty angers Baku

Emil Karabekian
Feb 23 2022
February 23, 2022 – 14:19 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has expressed dissatisfaction with Russia over what it described as "distorted" information about the Treaty of Turkmenchay of 1828, Sputnik Armenia reports.

The Russian Foreign Ministry posted information dedicated to the 194th anniversary of the signing of the treaty, and the Azerbaijani side was embarrassed by the mention of Eastern Armenia in the description of the content of the document.

"The Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates (Eastern Armenia) went to the Russian Empire. The Iranian government pledged not to impede the resettlement of Armenians in the Armenian region…", the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Baku now expects Russia to "correct the distorted information."

Artsakh NSS responds to Azeri intentions on arresting President Harutyunyan

Emil Karabekian

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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. The National Security Service (NSS) of Artsakh issued a statement.

“Given the concerns in our society over the Azerbaijani prosecution’s statement on holding to account the President of the Republic of Artsakh, the National Security Service of Artsakh is assuring that it is capable of ensuring the security of both government officials, in person of the President, as well as any citizen of the Republic of Artsakh and persons who’ve visited Artsakh, by taking additional measures,” the Artsakh NSS said.

The Azeri general prosecution earlier said that they intend to arrest President Harutyunyan “as soon as possible" for what they described as the “missile attack on Gyanja” during the war.

During the 2020 war, on October 4, the Artsakh president Arayik Harutyunyan ordered missile strikes on military facilities in Ganja in response to the Azeri indiscriminate use of prohibited cluster munitions during the bombardment of civilian areas, including the heavy bombardment of Stepanakert City. On October 4, the Defense Army delivered several missile strikes with the purpose of neutralizing military facilities deployed in the city of Ganja. Then, President Harutyunyan ordered the military to stop firing to avoid possible civilian casualties.

The Azeri intentions to arrest the Artsakh president were as “void of any international legal base” by the Armenian Minister of Justice Karen Andreasyan.

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