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Eduardo Eurnekian donates $3.5 million to Hayastan All Armenian Fund for assisting Artsakh

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17:12, 27 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. Argentine-Armenian entrepreneur Eduardo Eurnekian donates 3.5 million USD to the Hayastan All Armenian Fund aimed at assisting Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), the Zvartnots International Airports CJSC told Armenpress.

“By jointing “We Are Our Borders” national fundraiser, Eduardo Eurnekian has donated 1 million 200 thousand USD to the Hayastan All Armenian Fund. The rest of the money will be transferred soon”, the statement says.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

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May you rot in hell, Judas!

Two indicted and detained on charges of high treason and espionage in Armenia

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15:20, 27 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. Two suspects are currently charged and detained within the framework of an ongoing criminal investigation on state treason and espionage, the Deputy Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Armen Abazyan said at a news conference.

“In the first case, a former high ranking military official was recruited by the adversary [Azerbaijan] and had gathered various information from various military bases and transmitted the information to the adversary. In the other case, foreign nationals had obtained information on military mobilization in Armenia, equipment, transportation movements, including other information. Criminal cases on relevant articles were opened at the National Security Service on both cases,” he said, adding that the investigation continues.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 

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Iran vows to "severely counter" terrorists near its border

October 27, 2020 - 19:35 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Major General Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, the commander of Iran’s Army, said on Monday that Iran has strengthened its air defense systems in the northwestern region of the country. Mousavi said his army will severely counter the presence of terrorists on its border, Tehran Times reports.

As reported earlier, thousands of terrorist mercenaries are fighting alongside Azerbaijani troops against Karabakh. Armenia was the first to report on Turkey's deployment of thousands of Syrian fighters to Azerbaijan. International media publications followed suit, as did reactions from France, Russia, Iran and Syria.

“Air defense units have been strengthened in the northwestern region of the country and will be further strengthened if needed,” said the top general, adding, “The tranquility of the people is of special importance to us.”

Mousavi, who also serves as the commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, underlined the importance of preserving the security of the people, especially those who live in border areas.

General Mousavi added, “Respecting the territorial integrity of countries and preserving the official international borders are among our well-known principles and we will not tolerate any changes in these borders. We have opposed these changes and will continue to do so.”

Mousavi said Takfiri and Daesh terrorists are "ostracized elements" all over the world, and their presence everywhere causes hatred and insecurity: "Our forces, as they proved many times, will severely counter the presence of these elements."

Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and Syrian and Libyan mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages.

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Azerbaijan loses great technological advantage – MoD Armenia presents war map

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22:26, 27 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani army, reinforced by Turkish and terrorist forces, have lost their great quantitative and technological advantage in the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh, ARMENPRESS reports representative of the MoD Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan said during a press conference.

''The nature of the war has somehow changed. Our Armed Forces carry out difficult battles in mountains, forests and gorges. A number of subversive groups have been neutralized today, some others fled abandoning some military equipment, but this war is somehow complicated in its nature. The adversary has lost its huge quantitative and technological advantage. The war does not continue with the same intensity'', Hovhannisyan said.

He noted that starting from the morning, the Azerbaijani armed forces again continued offensive operations in different directions, at the same time artillery was used against the civilians of a number of settlements.

''Military operations continued in the northern direction with relatively low intensity, at the same time the fight against subversive groups continues in the directions of these villages (mentioned on the map – edit.). In the southern direction the advance of Azerbaijani armed forces looks like this (mentioned on the map – edit.). They also tried to develop an offensive in the direction of Berdzor as well as tried to approach the Armenian border in the southern direction, but the attempts were repelled, they recorded no success'', Hovhannisyan said.

According to him, the Azerbaijani subversive groups have light weapons when approaching villages. ''Crushed by our units, they retreat, flee in forests and mountains, try to develop attacks in other directions and 24-hour operations continue in a not very intensive manner. After some success in the plains the Azerbaijani armed forces reinforced by terrorist groups try to develop the success in complicated areas of mountains and forests, which is not so easy. This is a more difficult and complicated battle in terms of tactics'', Hovhannisyan said.

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Artsakh will remain standing because our spirit is unbreakable, our will is unshakable – Pashinyan

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21:14, 27 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. Prime MInister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan addressed the nation. ARMENPRESS reports PM Pashinyan said in his address,

''Dear people,

Proud citizens of the Republic of Armenia,

Proud citizens of the Republic of Artsakh, proud Armenians of the Diaspora,

Brothers and sisters,

It's already a month that the Turkish-Azerbaijani-terrorist forces are waging war against Artsakh and Armenians.

Thousands of bombs, rockets and drones fell like a rain on Artsakh's army and the civilian population.

The adversary attacked with tanks, warplanes, helicopters, Azerbaijanis, terrorists, mercenaries, special units of Turkey and Pakistan.

A month ago they had plans of destroying and bringing Artsakh to the knees quickly.

But today Artsakh is standing, even though wounded, and this is first of all due to our heroic army, our heroic people, our heroic individuals.

This cruel but heroic process gives us confidence. Artsakh will stand because our spirit is unbreakable, our will is unshakable.

The war has entered a phase when every second of its continuation makes the adversary skid, who treacherously violates the ceasefire every time, destroying his illusions.

The Azerbaijani military-political leadership has nourished its own public with news of victory so much that they have been waiting for the news of the fall of Artsakh every day, every minute and second, for their final and irreversible victory.

But the Azerbaijani public will never receive that news and the endless expectation for this news will ruin the Azerbaijani plan of conquering Artsakh.

The people of Artsakh, the Armenian people, all the Armenians will fight relentlessly, for each tree, each stone, each centimeter and each millimeter and the counter-blow inflicted at the proper moment will have devastating effect for the adversary.

And it is the task of the Artsakh Defense Army to make this very moment mature, and we must support the Artsakh Republic and the Defense Army in everything, stand with the Republic of Artsakh and the Defense Army.

For solving the mentioned issues we need exceptional national consolidation and discipline. Martial law must operate unconditionally and without discussion, especially in combat conditions. Those who do not comply with military commands, those who hesitate to carry out the commands must be severely punished, held accountable and also be subjected to public dispraise.

Nothing should become an excuse for them, because the fate of the homeland and the people is at stake and we cannot allow the loss of Artsakh or the eviction of Armenians.

Dear people,

I know that my yesterday's speech caused many contradictory assessments. Frankly speaking, it may seem strange but I am happy for that. That speech had two goals – show the international community the constructiveness of the Armenian sides, and also the determination of the Armenian people in the context of relentless struggle for the rights of Artsakh.

Both tasks have been fully solved, in a little strange manner, but quite effectively. I want to thank all of you for your determination.

Our task now is to shift the energy resulted by my yesterday's speech into a concrete move. Everyone for Artsakh, everything for Artsakh. This is the logic that should work these days.

These days, the whole system of public administration is working to eliminate organizational gaps, to make the actions of each unit more effective.

Our capacities are not endless, but Artsakh's Defense Army has enough weapons and potential for solving its tasks. Yes, we have many enemies in the world, but we also have friends, who stand with us during hard times. Grateful Armenian people will never forget that, will never forget.

And particularly under this light we must reinforce our will, unite our determination, promote our determination and devotion, substantiate our decision of protecting our people, right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination with practical works.

This war must become for each of us an absolute and irreplaceable priority and we will win.

The understanding of Karabakh conflict has significantly changed in the world. The main international actors now accept and openly declare that Azerbaijan and Turkey are the aggressive side. The fight of terrorists and mercenaries from the Azerbaijani side is already a proven fact in the world.

This was possible including due to the correct diplomatic efforts and our public constructive highlights. They show that like in the past, Azerbaijan is not ready for compromise and this fact legitimizes the right of the Armenian people to fight to the end, win and enjoy the victory.

Let us agree that we will not be afraid of anything. We will not allow any internal or external force to sow doubt in our free and happy future. We will not be discouraged even from our mistakes, drawbacks, failures.

All these will not shift our above-mentioned strategy, because

We lost, we lost many times,

And saw the sneer of the lie,

But our will is stronger than stone,

Our spirit does not know how to surrender.

Armenian people, we are winners. Go and take your victory, shape your victory. Never doubt that the government you have elected has not deviated from its work and responsibility of showing you the way to this victory for any minute or second.

Long live Freedom!

Long live the Republic of Armenia,

Long live the Republic of Artsakh,

Long live the Armenian army!

And long live our children who will live in a free and happy Armenia,

free and happy in Artsakh. Thank you":

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I stopped watching CNN long time ago, just like CBC here in Canada for their biased reporting. I wouldn't watch these two stations if my life depended on it! Where is the money!!!!!!! News for hire!!!!!

 

 

I guess this is alive in Australia as well, surprise, surprise! Here is more proof of bias.

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Channel Seven Issues Correction After Inaccurately Linking Sydney Mosque Vandalism to Armenians

 

 

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SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) welcomed corrective action and clarification from Australian free-to-air network Channel Seven, who broadcast a news report following the vandalism of an mosque in the Sydney suburb of Auburn, in which they incorrectly referenced Turkey's "conflict with Armenia" as being a possible motivation for the offence.

 

ANC-AU immediately wrote to the network on 27th October 2020 conveying "our strongest objection and utter dismay in relation to the irresponsible manner in which your 'news report' has – very clearly contrary to fact – imputed that a member (or members) of the Armenian-Australian community was somehow responsible or in any way connected with the above vandalism". The letter cited evidence presented to Seven News before their report, which proved "that the culprit who had been arrested was not a member of the Armenian-Australian community, rather an Australian Muslim from Iraq who may have had some mental health issues". The letter accused the network of "ethnic baiting".

 

The following day, Channel Seven was inundated with phone calls from disgruntled Armenian-Australians demanding corrective action and public clarification, and following discussions between the network's News Director and ANC-AU, they took down all online versions of the inaccurate coverage of the vandalism and issued a public clarification.

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This was repeated in the network's 4pm and 6pm news bulletins correctly characterising the fact that the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh) were being subjected to attacks by Azerbaijan and Turkey, while the journalist responsible for the report issued a public apology on his Twitter account.

 

 

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ANC-AU welcomed the corrective actions and clarification from Channel Seven.

 

"We thank all those in our community who engaged in grassroots action, and the management at Seven News for entertaining our concerns and accepting our facts," said ANC-AU Executive Director, Haig Kayserian.

 

"As our statement yesterday stated: as egregious as the current attempted ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh by Azerbaijan and Turkey, there can be no justification for such vandalism or any attack or violation of the law, whoever the culprit. The Armenian-Australian community has no issue with our fellow Australians of Turkish or Azerbaijani background. Our dispute is with the governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey for their military aggression and attempted ethnic cleansing."

 

Edited October 28, 2020 by Yervant1

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Dear Friends,

 

On October 27, 2020, Senator Leo Housakos (Quebec) introduced a motion in the Senate of Canada, calling on the government to recognize the independence of the Republic of Artsakh.

 

The motion includes calls to:

• Immediately condemn the joint Azerbaijani-Turkish tyrannical regimes and their aggression against the Republic of Artsakh.
• Call upon the Government of Canada to uphold a permanent ban on military exports to Turkey.
• Recognize the Republic of Artsakh’s inalienable right to self-determination.
• Recognize the independence of the Republic of Artsakh, in light of the increased escalation and continued targeting of innocent Armenian civilians.

Full details of the motion are included in the ANCC Press Release here: https://anccanada.org/senator-leo-housakos-introduces-a-senate-motion-calling-on-the-government-of-canada-to-recognize-artsakh/

 

We need to ensure that Senator Housakos knows how much the Armenian communities in Canada appreciate his introduction of the motion, speaking the truth, and calling out Azerbaijan’s and Turkey’s blatant violation of international humanitarian law and human rights.

 

YOUR CALL TO ACTION:

1. Send a Thank You letter using the form below. You may use the draft letter or you may customize your own. Please make sure to complete the form with details at the top.

2. Like, comment, and retweet the ANCC tweet: https://twitter.com/ancc_cnac/status/1321167012089995267

3. Like, comment, and retweet Senator Leo Housakos’s tweet and thank him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SenatorHousakos/status/1321185301872709635

4. Share and promote the ANCC Press Release across your social media platforms. Sample text: “BREAKING: Senator Leo Housakos just introduced a motion in the Senate of Canada calling for the recognition of the Republic of Artsakh and for a permanent ban on arms sales to Turkey. #ArtsakhStrong #RecognizeArtsakh"

Thank you joghovourt! #Հաղթելուենք

 

 

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ITV, UK

Oct 27 2020

'They want to end us': Syrian-Armenian refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh facing destruction again

By ITV News Multimedia Producer Narbeh Minassian

Syrian-Armenian refugees whose homes were destroyed in a brutal civil war face destruction once again, this time in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Over the past month, Azerbaijan has bombarded towns in the ethnically Armenian region, which lies within Azeri borders.

More than half of the enclave’s 150,000 residents have been displaced and 37 civilians have died, according to officials, as war over the disputed territory continues despite three ceasefire attempts.

And with widespread reports of mercenaries from Syria recruited by Turkey to fight for Azerbaijan, the threats are all too familiar for Karabakh’s Syrian-Armenians.

“Our situation here is very serious,” said father-of-three Hovik Esmerian, who sent his children to safety in Armenia days after fighting broke out.

“Some of my friends have been hurt and others have lost their houses. They are hitting hospitals, homes, places where we gather… we are alive but we are not safe.

“And we have seen what those fighters did in Syria, they don’t care if they kill children or women and now they want to repeat that here.”

Hovik is among 22,000 Syrians who have fled to Armenia since the war there began in 2011, but he is one of only a handful to have then travelled slightly further east to Stepanakert, Karabakh’s capital.

Much of Syria’s Armenian community was formed in Aleppo by the survivors of the 1915 genocide, when up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turks.

Turkey still denies the Armenian genocide and today backs and arms Azerbaijan with state-of-the-art drones – while also vowing they “will not hesitate” to send troops if requested.

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Hovik is in no doubt over the significance of Turkey’s involvement.

“They want to finish the genocide, they want to end us… we have seen the videos of them killing captured people,” he said, referring to footage shared on social media - verified by forensic experts - showing Azeri soldiers execute two prisoners of war.

“This is not just a war on the front line, they are shooting on civilians and towns to kill us. Erdogan (Turkey's president) wants to revive the Ottoman Empire.”

Among the shells fired at residential areas, both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have confirmed widely-banned cluster bombs have been used.

The latter revealed on Friday they have documented four incidents of Azerbaijan using cluster bombs, which can be deadly long after the initial explosion.

In one street, no more than 200 metres from the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, locals used sand from a nearby playground to cover unexploded payloads.

Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defence was asked by ITV News to comment on the reports.

Despite the almost-daily risk to life, Hovik insists spirits are “extremely high” in the beleaguered city.

The 50-year-old, who opened Samra café soon after arriving, told ITV News his days mostly consist of preparing free food for the army with his wife Zabel.

“We know we will win,” he said. “We have no choice, it’s either our freedom or our death.”

He has sworn not to leave the city and says the people “are not afraid”.

Such is his conviction that he is ready to serve on the front lines and has already registered his name, should the need arise.

He says he is not scared to face "savage" Syrian mercenaries, whose presence has been corroborated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

“I feel a duty here as an Armenian to support our soldiers,” he added.

The current conflict – almost certainly instigated by an Azeri offensive on September 27 – comes 26 years after around 30,000 died during a war in the 90s, which broke out amid the collapse of the Soviet Union and ended with Armenians taking control of Karabakh as well as occupying seven surrounding regions in Azerbaijan.

The mountainous enclave, recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan, has Armenian cultural heritage dating back centuries and had a majority Armenian population even before the first war.

But the territory and the areas around were also home to many Azeris, hundreds of thousands of whom were displaced.

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This has fuelled animosity among Azeris who feel a sense of injustice and frustration that a peaceful settlement between the nations has not been reached in the years since the last war.

While the Armenians in the breakaway region want either independence or union with Armenia, Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev demands a full withdrawal of Armenian troops.

One of those who hopes for a future of peaceful co-existence is Hrach Kevork, who only moved to Stepanakert six months ago, having left Aleppo in 2013 for Lebanon and then Armenia in 2015.

“When we Armenians went to Syria, we were accepted by the Arabs and we lived there peacefully for years, nobody bothered us,” he said.

“It would be great to live together in peace, of course. We don’t want mothers and fathers to keep mourning their children.”

Hrach, 47, took his wife, Armik, 32, and five children to the town of Goris in southern Armenia when fighting broke out for their safety.

He had dreamed of buying a house in Karabakh, after both of his homes in Syria were destroyed in the war.

He has promised to look after the children of soldiers fighting on the front line while caring for his own, who are 11, 10, eight and twins aged seven.

But he still makes the roughly four-hour round trip to Stepanakert every day, volunteering to bring food, supplies and offering help in any way he can.

And while he longs for peace, he says Armenians now have no choice but to fight.

“We need to win so that our nation survives, so that we don’t relive 1915, we only kill because we have to defend our people and our freedom,” he said.

"We are not afraid of death here. Death is death, it will happen to us all eventually.”

Farmer Garo Magarian, who grew up in Syria, also believes the war is not just about land for Armenians.

Garo was ordered to evacuate his village in southern Karabakh, where the fighting is particularly intense, and is now staying in southern Armenia while his wife and children are in the capital, Yerevan.

He said he didn’t even have time to collect their clothes for his two boys, aged six and two, and left everything they have in his home by the fields.

“We had no time to take anything, we had to leave at once and had to leave everything there,” he said.

“It’s clear to me, they want to kill us. Why else would they be firing on civilians?”

Genocide Watch, an alliance of 75 organisations, has described a ‘genocide emergency’ in the region, citing Azerbaijan’s “denial of past genocide against Armenians, its official use of hate speech, and the current targeting of civilians in Artsakh (the Armenian name for Karabakh)”.

The Armenians’ fear of ethnic cleansing is partly based on Aliyev himself, who has been president for 17 years.

In 2012, Aliyev infamously pardoned Ramil Safarov - an Azeri military officer who beheaded an Armenian lieutenant in his sleep during a NATO-sponsored course - after he was transferred from a Hungarian prison to his home country.

Safarov, greeted with a hero's welcome, was promoted to the rank of major, awarded eight years of salary arrears, and offered an apartment.

With the war showing no sign of stopping and Karabakh’s cold winter on the horizon, another battle threatens to compound catastrophe.

The Covid-19 pandemic has not bypassed the south Caucasus and Armenia has been particularly badly affected.

Nearly 80,000 have tested positive and the death toll has topped 1,100 - in a country with a population of less than 3 million.

The fighting has diverted the region’s scarce resources away from containing the virus, which spread unchecked amid artillery fire and drone attacks that have forced people to spend many hours in overcrowded bunkers.

Health care workers have been hit especially hard and have no choice but to continue to operate on the wounded.

“They may lie down in a corner to bring the fever down and then get up and continue to perform operations,” said Karabakh’s health minister Ararat Ohanjanyan, who tested positive and continues to work despite a fever and pneumonia.

Patients in the most serious condition have been sent to Armenia, while others have been admitted to hospitals or are treated at home.

Ohanjanyan said authorities still don’t have a good handle on how many people are infected after shelling put an end to contact tracing.

With Azerbaijani forces reportedly inching towards Lachin District, the key road connecting Armenia to Karabakh could be severed - a scenario that could leave tens of thousands trapped within the enclave in the winter of a pandemic.

The precise death toll is unclear but is well into the thousands, with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week putting the total figure across the conflict at “near 5,000”.

Official figures around military casualties given by both sides are considered unreliable and Azerbaijan has not announced how many of its soldiers have died – but civilian deaths stand at 37 and 61, according to Karabakh and Azeri authorities respectively.

As more and more die, the international response has generally been limited to either ineffective action or statements of concern.

Canada suspended weapon sales to Turkey while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped Armenia will defend itself.

Russia and France both mediated a ceasefire that lasted just a matter of minutes, while the United States-brokered agreement has also been ignored.

The UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he discussed "the need to de-escalate current tensions in... the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh", while NATO, of which Turkey is a member, is "deeply concerned".

Meanwhile Turkey remains outspoken and forthright about its support for Azerbaijan and has not responded to calls for de-escalation.

For Armenians from Syria and Karabakh, it all adds up to a painful reminder of the past.

“During the genocide, who helped us? We have always been alone,” said Garo.

“We were alone then and we are alone now.”

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Greek City Times

Oct 27 2020

Armenian representative in Greece: Greeks are ready to fight in Artsakh but we will not accept them
by GUEST BLOGGER

According to the member of the Armenian National Committee of Greece, Hovik Kasapian, about 70 people from Greece have been registered and intend to go to Artsakh and fight, or contribute in other ways to the war effort against Azerbaijan’s invasion attempt.

Describing the interest of Greeks to help the Armenian people fighting in Artsakh, Kasapian said in his interview with Ethnos that many people call to ask how they can help by offering money and medical supplies.

There are also those who intend to go to Artsakh to help in other ways, even to fight on the side of the Armenians.

Armenian National Committee of Greece, Hovik Kasapian.

At the same time, the number of Armenians in Greece who have been registered and are ready to go to Artsakh to help in any way they can in the war against the Azeris and the jihadists brought there by Turkey has reached about 70 people. The list, which even includes women, has been sent to the Armenian embassy in Greece and they will decide whether such a mission will take place.

“I hope the Armenian army completes its mission and the war ends now that we are talking. All those in the list have clearly expressed their intention to go to the area and help in any way they can, motivated by their love for the homeland. It’s not just frontline battles. There are also auxiliary forces, water supply assistance, watchtowers and other unarmed services. Armenia does not ask and do not wait for fighters from Greece because no matter how ambitious and courageous someone is, he can be reckless if he is not educated. The Armenian embassy will decide whether such a mission will take place, but I believe that such a thing will not be requested,” said Kasapian.

Regarding the presence of Greeks in the relevant list, he said that there are some Greek names in it.

“I was personally called by a Pontian living in Greece who came from Armenia, who asked to go and fight in Artsakh. However, we do not want to put Greek foreign policy in adventures. The presence of Greeks in a war so far from its borders involves great risks and can be blamed on Greece. This is not a football match,” said Kasapian.

According to him, the mobilization of the Armenians diaspora – including the Armenians in Greece – is huge since the start of the crisis in Artsakh. It is noteworthy that so far about 121 million euros have been raised in just three weeks in the Himnadram global bank account, which has existed since 1993, and the fundraising continues. About 300,000 euros of this money came from Armenians in Greece, while also among those who contributed are Greeks.

Armenian community in Greece protesting against Azerbaijan’s invasion of Artsakh.

Also, Armenians from Greece offer to give and send to Artsakh medical equipment.

At the same time, as Kasapian states, the moral support offered by the Armenian diaspora in Greece to the struggling people of Artsakh is enormous.

“We are organizing rallies, we are marching, while the help of ESIEA [Association of Editors of Athens Daily Newspapers] was also important, as it hosted the President of Armenia in an online press conference. We also meet with local leaders and give our fight through social media” Kasapian said.

According to Kasapian, at the moment, despite the firepower of Azerbaijan, the Armenian army maintains its positions. Artsakh’s casualties, including soldiers and civilians, so far amount to about 800.

Armenian community in Thessaloniki protesting against Azerbaijan’s invasion of Artsakh.

“There are more casualties among Azeris. There are ISIS jihadists among them and this can be seen from the fact that the Azeris do not take their corpses from the battlefield. The Artsakh conflict is in a rural area with very low buildings,” he said.

“Some houses have been destroyed and monuments and churches have been damaged. The civilians have left the warzone and have been transferred to the areas near the border with Armenia, but also within Armenian territory. Positions in Armenia have also been hit by Turkish-made drones. So far, about 200 such drones have been shot down,” Kasapian concluded.

Romanos Kontogiannidis is a correspondent for Ethnos.

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/10/27/greece-armenian-artsakh-kasapian/

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San Francisco Chronicle

Oct 27 2020

Armenians of Artsakh need our support in their fight for survival and democracy

By Mary A. Papazian | on October 27, 2020

In the bleak embrace

Of that cold autumnal silence, it is dying.

It is vain to dream any more

Of a distant spring, of cool currents of air

Under strong and soaring wings,

Or of passing through cool brooks

With naked feet, of dipping its long neck

Amongst the green reeds;

It is vain to dream any more!

The wings of the Armenian crane

Are tired of traveling.

— From “The Aged Crane,” by Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet,

deported on April 24, 1915; died Aug. 26, 1915

“Groong,” or the “Crane,” the long-necked bird, associated with migration, return and faithfulness, is the subject of many Armenian folk songs, the most haunting of which is “Groong” by Gomidas, an Armenian monk and ethnomusicologist who chronicled Armenian indigenous folk music across Anatolia in the early 20th century. Gomidas was among those deported on April 24, 1915, the start of the Armenian genocide.

My paternal grandparents were survivors of the 1915 Armenian genocide.

In the Armenian experience, past and present intertwine; one is never distant or separate from the other.

Early Sunday morning on Sept. 27, Azerbaijan, supported by Turkey and hundreds of mercenaries from Syria, attacked a small enclave of 150,000 Christian Armenians, sending drones to rain cluster bombs down on the civilian population of Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, or Artsakh as it is known to Armenians. A brief cease-fire brokered by Russia on Oct. 10 after hours of negotiations failed before it began, as the fighting quickly started again. A similar humanitarian cease-fire brokered by the U.S., France and Russia on Oct. 18 similarly was breached by Azerbaijan just two hours after it began.

Many in the U.S. and other western democracies initially failed to see the significance of this aggression, and the escalation of fighting that followed, drowned out as they were by so many calamities facing us. But the world can be quiet no longer. Strong protests — from Brussels and Paris to New York to dozens of cities around the world, including a recent peaceful march by over 100,000 people in Los Angeles — have raised awareness, although not apparently enough to stop the violence.

In my home state of California, we recently recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day, an occasion to celebrate and honor the history and culture of the native people who lived on this land prior to the arrival of the settlers who destroyed much of their history. At the same time, at San Jose State University and sister institutions across the country, we are leaning into the upcoming national election that many have argued is core to our future as a democracy. Time and again, we remind our students to find their voice and advocate for the values about which they care deeply.

As I reflect on the fate of our local native populations and the future of our democracy, my mind and heart turn to this small Christian enclave half a world away that embodies those very things we value here at home.

Many media accounts report that Artsakh is recognized internationally as existing within Azerbaijan. Yet they often fail to mention that it was forcefully separated from Armenia and placed by Josef Stalin as an autonomous region within the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan as part of his divide-and-conquer strategy. In 1991, the indigenous ethnic Armenians of Artsakh held a referendum for self-determination according to international law, in which they voted for independence from the then-crumbling Soviet Union.

The Armenians are the true indigenous people of Artsakh, having inhabited the land from the second century B.C. In the centuries that followed, Armenian language and culture flourished, as evidenced by the many churches and monasteries that still remain — places such as the fourth-century Aramas Monastery where a century later the creator of the Armenian alphabet Mesrob Mashtotz established a school, to the grand 19th-century Cathedral of the Holy Sepulcher, known in Armenian as the St. Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, that rises above the hills of Shushi. Over the centuries, governing control of the region shifted from the Armenians to the Persians, to Tamerlane, to the Russians, and finally in the last century to the Soviets, but the Armenians always remained the significant majority of the population and continued to create, love and dream on this land.

The tiny Republic of Artsakh is perhaps the purest of democracies, with a representative government and all the institutions of a democratic state. The Republic of Armenia, too, is a democracy in a region surrounded by autocrats — Russia, Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan — and since its Velvet Revolution in 2018 that led the Economist magazine to name it Country of the Year, it has become more and more free and democratic, building its economy, especially in the high-tech sector.

I traveled to Artsakh several years ago with my daughter and visited some of its most ancient churches, as well as the beautiful city of Stepanakert with its tree-lined boulevards, growing numbers of restaurants and cafes, and bustling with life. The people were hopeful for the future, although always mindful of the threat just beyond the border, a legacy of the violent war in 1992-1994 in which the Armenians of Artsakh fought for and won their freedom.

That spirit of survival and hope shows itself in the haunting performance of Gomidas’s “Groong” by the Belgian Armenian cellist Sevak Avanesyan in the ruins of Shushi’s Holy Sepulcher Cathedral, which was bombed by the Azeris last week. It shows itself in the innocent faces of the children, clustered in bomb shelters beneath their homes in the capital Stepanakert, listening intently to their teachers and trying to continue their schooling, in the music played by the soldiers on the front line who have left their families and young children to protect their homes and their future.

It is why a small country of 150,000 backed by another small country of 3 million is holding its own against all odds in its fight against the 90 million Azeris, Turks and hundreds of Syrian mercenaries the Azeris have brought to the front lines, hoping for a cease-fire that will hold, ready to negotiate a lasting peace.

The Armenians of Artsakh are in an existential fight for survival. Theirs is also a fight for hope and the future and the very democratic values for which we all stand. They need our engagement and support. They need our advocacy to ensure that a new Armenian genocide, a century later, is averted.

Mary A. Papazian serves as president of San Jose State University, the oldest public university in California. She is the first Armenian American female president of a university.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/amp/Armenians-of-Artsakh-need-our-support-in-their-15676876.php?fbclid=IwAR0Q-El7pX0Fjgz8hb_aVDdT8VPieiO4Vnh_2ABh3qmX56GcQrhNA8l3v9s

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Financial Times, UK

Oct 26 2020

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is heading to the point of no return

Russia and Turkey may be dragged in if Azerbaijan cuts off this enclave in the Caucasus region

CAREY CAVANAUGH

The writer, who led the 2001 OSCE peace talks, is chair of International Alert and professor of diplomacy at the University of Kentucky

Intense fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the breakaway Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan, is fast approaching its most dangerous phase. Military advances by Azerbaijan are impeding the re-establishment of a ceasefire.

Unless Russia, the US and France — which together co-chair the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Minsk group — intensify their diplomatic efforts at the next round of talks on October 29, fighting is likely to escalate dramatically. Outside nations, specifically Turkey and Russia, may well then enter the fray. The result would be a potentially staggering level of death, destruction and suffering.

These are already the worst hostilities in this conflict since Russia brokered the original ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1994. While that truce was frequently violated by small arms and artillery fire, only in the April 2016 four-day war was there substantial loss of life. It was then that Azerbaijan discovered it could regain by force territory it had lost in the 1990s.

Three new factors have since come into play: Azerbaijan acquired highly sophisticated military equipment from Israel and Turkey; Turkey has injected itself more directly into the dispute; and the three nations charged with handling mediation efforts have been distracted by more pressing domestic and international concerns.

Even when Russian president Vladimir Putin summoned the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to Moscow to engage in intense negotiations with his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on October 9, the subsequent “humanitarian truce” did not last a day. Then, when French president Emmanuel Macron tried telephone diplomacy and joined Russia to seal a truce that would take effect on October 18, that lasted only hours. Finally, on October 23, when US secretary of state Mike Pompeo met both foreign ministers in Washington, it took two days for a ceasefire agreement to emerge. That ceasefire began on the morning of October 26 and was broken within minutes.

One main reason why the international chorus calling for peace has been ineffective is Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has encouraged Azerbaijan to keep fighting. Another is that the high-tech weaponry (including drones and loitering munitions) that Israel and Turkey have supplied to Azerbaijan is proving very effective: over the past month, Azerbaijan has recovered significant swaths of territory. Together, this external support and relative military success have generated broad public support in Azerbaijan for the war effort. This has clearly strengthened President Ilham Aliyev’s inclination to continue fighting.

The fog of war makes it hard to know exactly what is happening on the ground. But as hostilities enter their second month, the human cost is already high. Mr Putin has said that the total death toll is approaching 5,000, compared with Soviet losses of 13,000 in 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan. Upwards of half of the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh has reportedly been displaced.

One thing that is known, however, is that Azerbaijan has regained much of its territory along the Iranian border and now appears to be making a vigorous push north towards the Lachin corridor, the arterial supply line linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. If this corridor is severed — and conflicting reports place advancing Azerbaijan forces just 20-30 miles away — the conflict will stand on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. Nagorno-Karabakh’s population would be trapped, civilians would panic and Armenia would escalate the conflict further. This could lead Moscow to act in accordance with its mutual defence pact with Armenia, which in turn could elicit the entry of the Turkish military.

The risk of an expanded war is growing greater by the day. The conflict may soon reach an irreversible point where it will not stop without a dramatic expansion of fighting and increased loss of life. At the next round of Minsk Group negotiations in Geneva at the end of this month, international diplomacy must become more assertive. Russia is perhaps best placed to lead the effort, especially as the US is in the last stages of a presidential election. Even so, any diplomatic action will have to be co-ordinated among the group’s three co-chairs for maximum effectiveness. Time is of the essence.

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Public Radio of Armenia

Oct 27 2020

Armenian community calls on McDonald’s to denounce support of Azerbaijani aggression

The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region has said it is shocked and appalled by the recent statements made by McDonald’s that support Azerbaijan’s genocidal aggression against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on Instagram and Facebook.

The promotion of military action in Artsakh, which has resulted in a humanitarian crisis that has claimed thousands of lives of civilians, including women and children, certainly goes against the values of integrity and community championed by their organization, ANCA-WR said.

I’ve been a loyal @McDonalds customer for years, but that ends now.

McDonald’s Azerbaijan has endorsed Aliyev’s genocidal aggression against #Armenia & #Artsakh.

We are going to #BoycottHate until McDonald’s takes action.https://t.co/V4DAuAwIC2 pic.twitter.com/QmmtuITy2h

— Alex Galitsky (@algalitsky) October 27, 2020

Azerbaijani forces have been documented conducting war crimes, including the shelling of civilian areas and massacring of prisoners. Leading international human rights watchdogs including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have corroborated accounts of Azerbaijan using illegal cluster munitions against civilian populations.

“McDonald’s in 2018 adopted a human rights policy in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Under the UN guideline, companies have a responsibility to ensure they do not contribute to the violation of fundamental human rights. By indicating its support for Azerbaijan’s genocidal campaign against Artsakh, McDonald’s has breached this responsibility. It is a surprise that McDonald’s would choose to associate their brand with such human rights atrocities,” ANCA-WR reminds.

Furthermore, as one of the world’s most recognizable American brands, it is unacceptable that McDonald’s would openly promote the dictatorial Azerbaijani government’s campaign of ethnic cleansing – undermining the fundamental values of human rights and democracy the United States has sought to enshrine throughout the world.

In response to these actions, ANCA-WR is calling upon the Armenian diaspora to #BoycottHate until action is taken by McDonald’s on this matter.

https://en.armradio.am/2020/10/28/armenian-community-calls-on-mcdonalds-to-denounce-support-of-azerbaijani-aggression/

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Zee News, India

Oct 27 2020

Turkey and Pakistan exporting jihadists to fight Armenia: Experts

Armenia and Azerbaijan are involved in a tussle for the control of region Nagorno Karabakh which is extrapolated and inflamed by the actions of Turkey and Pakistan.

Manish Shukla

The Turkish government is supporting jihadist groups along with Pakistan to fight proxy wars in Syria, Libya and now Azerbaijan. Armenia and Azerbaijan are involved in a tussle for the control of region Nagorno Karabakh which is extrapolated and inflamed by the actions of Turkey and Pakistan.

"Long lost are the days of Ataturk’s Turkey which used to attack jihadi groups and kept them at bay. The secular credentials of Turkey have been compromised," said Abdullah Bozkurt, Sweden based Investigative Journalist, Turkey expert and Director, Nordic Monitoring and Research Network.

 

He spoke on "Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict and the role of Turkey and Pakistan in provoking religious warfare in the Caucasus" hosted by the Usanas Foundation. Ararat Kostanian, formerly at Armenian foreign ministry said that there is a grand plan of Erdogan to subdue Armenia. This has happened as big powers like the European Union shied away in criticizing Turkey’s policies. By supporting Azerbaijan, Turkey wants to claim the Islamic leadership.

Pakistan also has been hostile to Armenia and does not recognize it as a state. As a result, it is exporting jihadists to fight Armenia like mercenaries. Pakistan has mastered these techniques of cross border terrorism and promoted global jihad through decades and under no circumstances is going to stop.

 

Egyptian journalist and Counter-Terrorism Analyst Hany Ghoraba pointed out the hidden agenda of Erdogan which he successfully closeted in from European powers and the Middle East. He has become the ‘sick man’ of Europe and lost friends all over. With his taking up the Uighur issue in china or desire to mediate in Kashmir conflict, there is a desperate attempt to proclaim the leadership of Islam. Domestically he tries to own the fundamentalist baton by turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque again giving free hand to right-wing revivalists in the country. Thus, creating an ecosystem which would consolidate his old dream of being Caliph.

Former Indian Envoy to Libya, Malta and Jordan Anil Trigunayat suggested that India take a cautious approach. India has excellent relations with Armenia and good trade if not political relations with Azerbaijan. Armenia has great cultural links with India in forms of Armenian Christians living in India.

On the other hand, Azerbaijan has always supported Pakistan in UN and other international institutions. But India believes in the dialogue process and a dialogue process already exists between these two nations which India sees as part of the solution. Closing remarks were given by CEO of Usanas Foundation Abhinav Pandya who criticized Pakistan for promoting global jihad and crossborder terrorism despite being constantly unable to control its own polity.

https://zeenews.india.com/world/turkey-and-pakistan-exporting-jihadists-to-fight-armenia-experts-2320573.html

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Public Radio of Armenia

Oct 27 2020

Armenia exposes Azerbaijan’s cheap provocation, emphasizes the need for verification mechanisms

Today the Ministry of Defense of Armenia emphasized that the statement issued by Azerbaijan on the missile attack from the territory of Armenia in the direction of the Barda region of Azerbaijan is a blatant lie. Neither the armed forces of Armenia nor the defense army of Artsakh launched any missile in the mentioned direction, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

“It has been a month since Azerbaijan unleashed a large-scale war against the people of Artsakh. Throughout this period Azerbaijan falsely accused the Armenian sides of violating ceasefire to avoid responsibility for failing to comply with the ceasefire agreements reached through the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs,” the Ministry said.

Today was no exception: the Azerbaijani side shelled with cluster munitions Nngi village of Martuni region in Artsakh, where many civilians, temporarily displaced from a number of other communities, took refuge. The attack resulted in destruction and casualties among the civilian population.

At the same time, the Azerbaijani side has disseminated fake news about the missile attack in the direction of Barda region.

“This is yet another cheap provocation by the Azerbaijani side which attests to the fact that there is no alternative to the introduction of the international verification mechanisms. Notably, Azerbaijan persistently rejects the introduction of such mechanisms,” the Foreign Ministry stated.

https://en.armradio.am/2020/10/27/armenia-exposes-azerbaijans-cheap-provocation-emphasizes-the-need-for-verification-mechanisms/

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Armenpress.am

Number of military crimes committed by Azerbaijan will lead it to total defeat – Armenian MP

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13:08, 27 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The number of military crimes committed by Azerbaijan will lead that country to a total defeat, Chairman of the Armenian parliamentary standing committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan said.

“The world history has shown that no country has achieved success by committing military crimes. The number of Azerbaijan’s military crimes will lead it to the point that they will face a total defeat, and one day sooner or later a Nuremberg court will be formed to make these persons accountable”, he added.

The lawmaker said any military crime carried out by the Azerbaijani side should be recorded, and the Azerbaijani leadership should be reminded that they will be held accountable for all these crimes.

On October 26, a new agreement by the US mediation on humanitarian ceasefire in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone was achieved, which was supposed to come into effect at 08:00. However, 45 minutes after the ceasefire entered into force, Azerbaijan launched artillery strikes at the Artsakh positions in the north-eastern direction. Another violation was recorded at 09:10, as the Azerbaijani side fired artillery shells, targeting the Artsakh positions in the south-eastern direction. Till now Azerbaijan continues ignoring the new truce deal.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 

 

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Armenpress.am

Glendale City Council to discuss recognition of Artsakh’s independence

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23:50, 27 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The City Council of U.S. Glendale city will discuss the resolution on recognizing the independence of Artsakh today, member of Glendale City Council Eliza Papazian told ARMENPRESS.

‘’Our City Council will discuss that issue this evening, the session will kick off at 18:00 (05:00 in Armenia)’’, Papazian said.

To the question if the resolution will be adopted, Papazian gave a positive answer.

The resolution is authored by Glendale Mayor Vrej Agajanian.

The resolution notes that the Republic of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno Karabakh, is historically an Armenian land, which has always had an Armenian majority of the population.

The resolution also calls on the US President and the Congress to recognize the independence of Artsakh.

 

 

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CIVILNET.AM

27 October, 2020 23:40

By Michael Krikorian

The good Scotch flowed smoothly in a spacious Glendale backyard on Saturday night a month ago. It was September 26 and Dr. Alexander Gevorgyan, a surgeon who specializes in facial reconstruction, was enjoying his friends’ tales of hunting in the mountains near Bishop, California as they indulged on a Macallan 18 year-old scotch whiskey and the even more rarefied Macallan 25.

Then someone’s phone rang. It was Sunday morning in Karabakh and war had erupted. Azerbaijani forces were bombing the eastern towns of the mountainous region populated almost solely by Armenians.

By Monday, Gevorgyan was organizing efforts with his co-workers to send relief supplies to Armenia and on to the frontline. Blankets, bandages and coats were among the essential items they gathered to send. But, considered the most urgent supplies to send were tourniquets, that dreaded battlefield dressing vital to stopping extreme blood loss.

For the next several days, Gevorgyan, who was born in Gyumri in 1979 and moved to Yerevan following the devastating earthquake in nearby Spitak in 1988, anguished over what he could do to help. But, deep down he knew he had to go help the wounded. He told his wife, Anet.

Anet was silent for several seconds. Then she swallowed and said, “You know you have kids.”

“I know,” he said. “I have a country, too.”

The couple hugged and he rationalized his case. “You and the children will be safe in Los Angeles. But there are a lot of children fighting and they will need my skills. There are 18, 19-year-old boys fighting. They are our kids, too.”

Anet knew she couldn’t stop him. The only thing she could do was make him promise to come home safely.

Gevorgyan, who has lived in Glendale since arriving in America in 2010, landed in Yerevan Oct. 9 and arrived by car to Karabakh the next night.

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Tuesday afternoon, a man wearing a black outfit that matches his beard and hair is walking up a narrow dirt path away from the hospital towards a narrow, partially paved street. A dirty van turned into a makeshift ambulance races by the man walking. It is taking two soldiers whose bloody wounds have been staunched at this site to a more sophisticated hospital in Stepanakert or maybe even Yerevan. As the van drives off, two explosions are heard in the distance. Soldiers and workers implore a journalist not to give the location of the hospital. They don’t think the enemy would bomb here if they were aware of the hospital location. They know it.

The man in black is Dr. Gevorgyan and, as he is about to sit down on a concrete block, a soldier hurries over and respectfully puts down a red blanket.

The doctor stares at a reporter for couple of seconds. “I heard there was a journalist here who wanted to interview me, but I didn’t want to leave the hospital to talk to anyone. I am not a star. But the commander told me the journalist came from Los Angeles, so here I am.”

He looks around the dusty corner where three soldiers stand guard.

“This is where I arrived that first night. It was absolutely pitch black and there were probably a million stars in the sky above, but I only looked up for drones,” he says. “You can hear them. Then came vans with the wounded, speeding up and making this turn, down this hill to the hospital. It was chaos. In my training and at work of course I have seen bleeding patients after car accidents, but the quantity of bloody people I saw that night is something you only see in a war zone.”

Morphine and its relatives are used liberally.

In the nearly three weeks he has been here, Dr. Gevorgyan says relatively few of the soldiers who’ve been brought to the hospital have died. However, he says heartbreakingly, some of the soldiers “do arrive with wounds that are not compatible with life.” He stops talking and looks at the blue sky above. In the distance several more explosions are heard. “Sometimes doctors can’t do god’s work. We are only doctors.”

The teams of doctors and nurses perform their duties with resolute efficiency, he says. “Everyone knows what they need to do and they just do it. Stopping bleeding and extreme pain is the first steps. Number one thing is to stabilize them. I don’t even know their names. We don’t have time to chit chat.”

He gives utmost credit to the special group of people whose job is to go to the actual battlefields – be it a city street or a field – and pick up the wounded. They often have a red cross painted on their car, but lately that doesn’t protect them from being attacked.

The thought that a car with a red cross painted on it is targeted, the thought that he has to tell a journalist not to say their location because the hospital will be bombed, starts to enrage Dr. Gevorgyan.

He stands up. “Tell the story. I have to get back to work.” And Dr. Alexander Gevorgyan walks back down a dusty dirt lane toward a hospital somewhere in Karabakh.

Michael Krikorian is a writer from Los Angeles. He was previously a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and for the Fresno Bee. He writes under the pseudonym "Jimmy Dolan" for the Mozza Tribune. His website is www.KrikorianWrites.com and his first novel is called "Southside".

https://www.civilnet.am/news/2020/10/27/A-Glendale-Doctor-on-the-Karabakh-Front/404452

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Aliyev says ready for talks with Pashinyan without preconditions

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17:15, 28 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev says he is ready to hold negotiations without preconditions with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Moscow, Interfax reported.

Aliyev said he would accept an invitation to hold the talks in Moscow, but at the same time he said he hasn’t yet received one.

The Azeri president added that he is ready to have negotiations with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan without preconditions in Moscow, Russia.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

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Photos: Stepanakert maternity hospital damaged in Azerbaijan's attack

October 28, 2020 - 15:58 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Health Minister Arsen Torosyan has published pictures from the maternity hospital of Stepanakert, which came under Azerbaijan's rocket attack on Wednesday, October 28.

"Terrorist state Azerbaijan targets medical center in Stepanakert, Artsakh with heavy rockets causing severe destructions. Intl health community must condemn this act of terrorism," Torosyan captioned the photos from the capital of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

Azerbaijan is using Smerch multiple rocket launchers to fire on the city.

Earlier on Wednesday, Azerbaijan launched missile attacks on Stepanakert and Shushi, killing and injuring civilians.

Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and Syrian and Libyan mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages.

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Stop Terrorism and Save the People of Artsakh!

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Motion in the @SenateCA by @Senator Housakos calling on the Government of #Canada to condemn the joint Azerbaijani - Turkish aggression and recognize the independence of the Republic of #Artsakh!

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Armenia, Artsakh, unlike our two neighbors, do not host, but fight terrorists – MFA responds Turkey

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21:24, 28 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Responding the claims of the defense ministry of Turkey, the Foreign Ministry of Armenia noted that Armenia and Artsakh, unlike its two neighbors (Azerbaijan and Turkey – edit.) do not host, but fight against terrorists, ARMENPRESS reports spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia Anna Naghdalyan wrote on her Facebook page.

''Unable to conceal the undeniable fact of deploying international jihadist terrorists from Syria and Libya to the South Caucasus region, Turkey once again resorts to the policy of blatantly misleading the international community with fake and provocative allegations.

The false allegations of Turkish Ministry of Defense that foreign mercenaries are supporting Armenia and Artsakh reflect the dishonorable nature of the military-political leadership of Turkey.

The Armenian side stands for the immediate withdrawal of international terrorist organizations from the South Caucasus and resolutely rejects Turkey’s actions aimed at further destabilization of the region.

We strongly condemn the joint efforts of Turkey and Azerbaijan - terrorist supporting countries, to turn their countries into a hub of international terrorism and to spread that plague throughout the region. In order to confront this threat, close cooperation among all parties interested in regional security is required.

Armenia and Artsakh, unlike our two neighbours, do not host, but fight terrorists,'' reads the statement.

The Azerbaijani armed forces are diligently establishing bases for terrorist groups, the activities of which can further escalate and destabilize the situation not only near the borders of Armenia and Artsakh, but pose a serious threat to the entire region.

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Artsakh vows adequate retaliation if Azerbaijan violates humanitarian ceasefire

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19:44, 28 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Ministry of Artsakh urges the Azerbaijani armed forces to remain faithful to the agreements on humanitarian ceasefire, otherwise, proper retaliation will be imminent, ARMENPRESS reports reads the statement issued by the Defense Army of Artsakh.

‘’During the day the adversary continued keeping under fire the peaceful settlements of Artsakh. Particularly, Shushi and Stepanakert cities were bombed by Smerch multiple rocket launchers, strongly damaging the maternity hospital of the capital, and the civilian infrastructures of the two countries. One civilian has been killed, some others are injured. As a result of the adequate actions of the Defense Army, the firing positions located in the rear of the adversary's army have been silenced. The Defense Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh urges the adversary to remain faithful to the agreements on humanitarian ceasefire, otherwise, proper retaliation will be imminent'', reads the statement.

 

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Most of Syrian mercenaries refuse to depart for Azerbaijan – SOHR

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16:34, 28 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the Turkish government has recruited 300 more Syrian mercenaries for sending them to Azerbaijan to fight against Nagorno Karabakh, however, the SOHR says that some difficulties have already emerged in their recruitment process.

“The mercenaries are facing difficulties in Azerbaijan, despite the great temptation to go there. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights continues following the transportation of mercenaries by the Turkish government to Azerbaijan where in recent days 300 more mercenaries have arrived.

Turkey has difficulties in terms of deploying them in the war in Nagorno Karabakh: most of the militants refuse to fight as they understand that they will find themselves in a difficult condition there”, the SOHR said in a statement.

It states that at least 2350 mercenaries have been deployed in Azerbaijan for taking part in the battles in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, of which 320 have returned, refusing from everything, including their salary.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

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Fake sultan never spoke the truth, why would he start now!

Armenia denies Aliyev's announcements about casualties of the Armenian side

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19:18, 28 October, 2020

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. The ''assumptions'' of the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev about the casualties of the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides have nothing to do with the reality, ARMENPRESS reports the information verification center examined the false claims of Aliyev in his interview with Interfax.

''In an interview with the Russian Interfax Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev announced that according to their assumptions the Armenian side has suffered over 5 thousand casualties since the start of the war, October 27. Speaking about the losses of the Azerbaijani army, he emphasized that the casualties of the Armenian army is much higher.

We announce that the ''assumptions'' of the Azerbaijani president have nothing to do with the reality. In contrast to the Azerbaijani government, which does not disclose its military losses saying that it's a ''military secret'', the Armenian side informs about its losses nearly on daily basis. At the moment the number of our servicemen killed in action is 1065'', the information verification center said.

The claim that the losses of the Azerbaijani army is less than that of the Armenian side, also does not correspond to the reality.

''The Armenian Defense Ministry also publishes the manpower and equipment losses of the Azerbaijani side. According to the last publication, the Azerbaijani side has suffered 6749 manpower losses'', the information verification center informed.