Azerbaijan, together with Turkey, and with massive involvement of foreign terrorist fighters from the Middle East, continues large-scale military hostilities against the Republic of Artsakh. Cities of Stepanakert and Martakert are attacked with

The Republic of Armenia, as the guarantor of the security of the people of Artsakh, will take all the necessary means and steps to prevent those mass atrocities.

The international community is well-aware that this imposed or instigated war has been well-planned jointly with Turkey.

The attacks are mostly carried out with coordination of the Turkish military specialists and with the military equipment and armaments provided by Turkey to Azerbaijan within the framework of their military-political cooperation.   

We welcome the fact that the Minsk Group Co-Chairs at the level of their leaders reacted to the use of force in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone by way of strong condemnation.

The military-political leadership of Azerbaijan and Turkey bears entire responsibility for further escalation of the conflict.

We strongly condemn Turkey’s provocative actions and demand the immediate withdrawal of the Turkish armed forces, including the air force from the conflict zone.

We will continue to engage firmly with all our partners to de-escalate and to exclude the external actors from this region and to stop them from these destabilizing actions they have been taking.  

BBC: Minister, I ask you to respond to the Azeri accusation that it was Armenia’s actions that sparked this conflict. 

On September 29, the session of the CSTO Permanent Council was held. Before the discussion of the issues on agenda, Victor Biyagov, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the CSTO, delivered remarks.