Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh strongly condemns the new wave of aggressive actions by Azerbaijan towards Artsakh in recent days and qualifies them as Armenophobiа, as well as another brutal attempt to violate peace and stability in the region and discredit the peacekeeping mission.

The Foreign Ministry of Artsakh calls on the international community to give targeted assessment to Azerbaijan’s actions and take adequate steps to restrain the destructive policy of the official Baku.

The people of Artsakh are steadfast and determined to live freely and sovereignly in their land and overcome all difficulties with honor.

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“As we have already informed, on 3 August, starting at 09:00, the Azerbaijani units, grossly violating the ceasefire regime, targeted the military positions and the permanent location of one of the military units, using mortars and grenade launchers in addition to rifle weapons of different calibers. and attack UAVs, as a result of which the contract servicemen Gurgen Valeri Gabrielyan and Artur Yurii Khachatryan were mortally wounded.

The Ministry of Defense of the Artsakh Republic shares the heavy sorrow of the loss and expresses its support to the family members, relatives and comrades of the fallen servicemen.

14 servicemen received injuries of various degrees.

Measures are being taken to stabilize the situation with the command of the Russian troops carrying out a peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Artsakh.

As of 18:00, the operational tactical situation is relatively stable.

The Ministry of Defense of the Artsakh Republic will provideinformation regarding further developments.”