Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 So far it's been all talk and no action, what else is new? The usual lip service. Armenpress.am ‘US will not stand idly by’ - Congressman Adam Schiff calls for recognizing Artsakh SaveShare 00:08, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. US Congressman Adam Schiff called on the United States to recognize the independence of the Republic of Artsakh.“For more than four weeks, Azerbaijan and Turkey have been waging war on Artsakh, bombarding civilians, churches and committing possible war crimes. More than 800 soldiers have been killed repelling Azerbaijan’s attacks, and dozens of civilians are dead. More than half of the civilian population of Artsakh has been displaced. I am formally calling for US recognition of the Independent Republic of Artsakh”, the Congressman said on social media. “We cannot allow history to repeat itself. If Azerbaijan and Turkey have determined to wage war, the United States, the Minsk Group and the international community should make clear that they will not succeed in their aims. Aliyev and Erdogan must be made to understand that if they continue with this war, there will be consequences. The United States will not stand idly by”.Editing by Aneta Harutyunyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032594.html?fbclid=IwAR3cyGyu4i5Okz6IGV8kT5LK-sFvJ6Qk-197XXTWl8P1uyG_8nfCrHfz76k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Nearly 90,000 people displaced, lost homes and property in Nagorno Karabakh SaveShare 02:02, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. Nearly 90,000 citizens of Artsakh have been displaced, lost their homes and property as a result of the Azerbaijani war against Artsakh, Armenian FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said during a discussion at Atlantic Council in Washington, DC after meeting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “Since September 27 the settlements of Nagorno Karabakh are regularly being attacked, bombarded, bombed with missiles and air strikes and drones. Nearly 90 thousand people are displaced, they lost their homes and property. Infrastructures are damaged. People are living under fire. This is happening every day, regularly, this is what’s happening in Nagorno Karabakh, this is what’s happening with the people of Nagorno Karabakh,” Mnatsakanyan said. The Armenian FM noted that the Azeri attacks have claimed numerous civilian lives, and that hospitals and schools are being bombed in Artsakh.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032601.html?fbclid=IwAR2kE5TvgLnhj95ykVgnzGWAhcFl7WFsTSmi-u9MwgvTQdBI5xcrYtMrErA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Ongoing Azeri attacking operations are successfully thwarted, says Artsakh Defense Army SaveShare 09:50, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The situation at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan conflict zone remained “relatively stable-tense” overnight October 23-24, with artillery battles and firefights taking place in individual sections, the Defense Army of Artsakh said.“In the evening, by once again grossly violating international humanitarian law norms, the [Azerbaijani] forces bombarded peaceful settlements, including the capital city of Stepanakert. Currently localized battles are taking place in all directions of the frontline. The Defense Army units are successfully thwarting the [Azerbaijani] attacking operations and are maintaining control over the tactical situation,” the Artsakh Defense Army said. Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032608.html?fbclid=IwAR3Whi6hXNBD3z7n71NOzszR5iq1Zd9DDjv5JZZFnxCsYaRXIKEtyz3ksb4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Stop pressing and start forcing if you can, I call your bluff! Armenpress.am Trump’s national security advisor presses for rejection of outside actors in NK conflict SaveShare 08:44, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. US President’s national security advisor Robert C. O’Brien urged to reject outside actors further destabilizing the situation in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone during the meeting with Azerbaijani foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the National Security Council said on Twitter.“In my meeting with Azerbaijani FM Jeyhun Bayramov, I pressed for an immediate ceasefire then a return to Minsk Group-facilitated negotiations with Armenia, and rejection of outside actors further destabilizing the situation. There is no military solution”, O’Brien said. He also presented details from the meeting with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, stating that the US will continue its strongest diplomatic efforts at all levels until the conflict is resolved. “We discussed the need for an immediate ceasefire and a return to Minsk Group-facilitated negotiations with Azerbaijan”, NSA O’Brien said.Editing by Aneta Harutyunyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032602.html?fbclid=IwAR21-EXGmGNk6GqATgEIRaDT33W5ZInBAVK9WIqEe9NQtYC6hy3PRyAC9zY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am There are missing civilians in Artsakh, Ombudsman says SaveShare 11:54, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. There are missing civilians in the settlements of Artsakh: the risk that they have been killed from the Azerbaijani attacks is high, Ombudsman of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan said during a press conference.“As of today we have reported at least 37 civilian victims and at least 118 civilian wounded. One of the injuries was reported at night, from the Azerbaijani missile strike on Avetaranots village”, he said. As for the material damages, the Ombudsman said according to the preliminary analysis nearly 10,500 private property – apartments, homes, stores, etc, have been damaged or completely demolished. More than 1500 infrastructure has been damaged or demolished, as well as public facilities and production units. Over 1100 mobile property, in particular, vehicles, have been damaged.Artak Beglaryan said these numbers are approximate and need to be clarified.“There is certain preliminary data on the killings of civilians in the settlements where Azerbaijani sabotage groups infiltrated, however, due to the continuation of the military operations, it’s still impossible to present a final data on that. Nevertheless, talking into account the case of Hadrut – the murder of two civilians, the video of which has been spread in the Azerbaijani social media, there is a great risk that other cases may also have taken place because according to our data there are missing civilians from that settlements”, the Ombudsman said.He stated that given Azerbaijan’s handwriting which is obvious based on multiple evidence and which is applied by its armed forces, the danger that these civilians have been killed, or even tortured, is quite high.Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032615.html?fbclid=IwAR3cyGyu4i5Okz6IGV8kT5LK-sFvJ6Qk-197XXTWl8P1uyG_8nfCrHfz76k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Canadian-Armenians hold protest, urge to recognize Artsakh’s independence SaveShare 10:45, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. Armenians in Canada are holding protests in different parts of the country against the ongoing Turkey-backed Azerbaijani aggression on Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and Armenia.Member of the United Armenian Council of Ontario Edgar Manukyan said on Facebook that Armenians have gathered from Ottawa up to Calgary, voicing their protest over delivery of weapons to Turkey. “Don’t stay silent”, “Do not support Turkey in producing fatal weapons and supplying them to Azerbaijan”, “We will win”, “Artsakh is ours”, “Peace to Artsakh”, the demonstrators said holding respective posters.They also demand to recognize the independence of Artsakh.The main protest was held outside the parliament of Ottawa.Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032610.html?fbclid=IwAR10he3B-7wLydOXihFS7pbyZgEElU_3LWpOpoubZjolXh4dBcsY_MaXLO4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Heavy damages in Stepanakert City after latest Azerbaijani bombardment of residential areas SaveShare 13:41, 24 October, 2020STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The latest Azerbaijani bombardment of Stepanakert City in Artsakh overnight October 23-24 has caused heavy damages, with many homes, vehicles, businesses and other civilian facilities damaged or destroyed.“The Azerbaijani armed forces used Smerch missiles on peaceful population,” the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh said. ARMENPESS correspondent reported from the capital of Artsakh that the bomb squads of the State Service of Emergency Situations are disposing the unexploded ordnances from the fired munitions. The latest sound of explosion heard in Stepanakert on October 24 was from the disposal.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032625.html?fbclid=IwAR3bHWE66Sb0tCCpK3Q8_jVG2Uo7cDaKWZvr4YrAtGtskkhJumsdf3ba_2s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Azerbaijan’s pre-planned aggression is accompanied with numerous war crimes – Armenian FM SaveShare 13:55, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. On October 23, in the framework of the working visit to the United States, Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsaknayan held an online meeting with Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Lilit Makunts, the Head of the Armenia-US Friendship Group of the Parliament of Armenia also participated in the meeting, the MFA told Armenpress.During the conversation, Minister Mnatsakanyan expounded on the large-scale war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh since September 27, and the following humanitarian situation. Minister Mnatsakanyan stressed that Azerbaijan’s pre-planned aggression is accompanied with numerous war crimes, including the indiscriminate targeting of civilian population and infrastructure, religious and worship sites by using weapons prohibited by international conventions. All this is an existential threat to the security of the peaceful population of Artsakh, which can be counteracted by the international community through full realization of the right of Artsakh people to self-determination, namely the recognition of the independence of Artsakh.According to the Minister, the direct involvement of Turkey in military hostilities by Azerbaijan, which is expressed in Turkey’s political and military support to Azerbaijan and the deployment of foreign terrorist fighters in the conflict zone, is a threat to regional security and peace.The sides underlined the need for immediate implementation of the agreements on cessation of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone and the continuation of the peace process within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship.The Foreign Minister of Armenia expressed gratitude to the US House of Representatives for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, especially emphasizing the personal contribution of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032627.html?fbclid=IwAR0a4GovsNvywMa55_DwoXT2aK2wakbEv8M0fEl0bF7RFifhd6ZSzmxWCxM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Columbia University -http://humanrightscolumbia.org/sites/default/files/ishr_logo-white-250x380.pngOct 21 2020 THE MEDIA WAR BY AZERBAIJAN AND TURKEY AGAINST ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKHWednesday, October 21, 2020by Lisa Gulesserian (Harvard University) and David L. Phillips (Columbia University)Azerbaijan and Turkey attacked Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27. They also launched a media war to blame Armenians for the escalation of deadly conflict. Their disinformation and disingenuous diplomacy must be addressed so that the truth can be known and peace can prevail.A slaughter is underway of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in southwestern Azerbaijan populated almost entirely by Armenians. Armenians living in this enclave, just six times the size of New York City, have been relentlessly targeted for the last three weeks with artillery and cluster bombs. A humanitarian ceasefire agreed to by both sides over the weekend unraveled within minutes when Azerbaijan renewed hostilities. While committing atrocities against civilians, Turkey and Azerbaijan are simultaneously engaged in a war of words to whitewash their responsibility. These countries have repeatedly denied facts verified by credible sources. As early as September 30, the Guardian and CNN published reports about Syrian mercenaries fighting for Turkey in Nagorno-Karabakh. In a press release on October 2, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister denied the presence of Syrian mercenaries and shifted blame, accusing Armenia of using terror proxies: “There are numerous facts of the use of terrorist groups and mercenaries in military operations by Armenia,” he said. The next day, October 3, Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, denied to Al Jazeera that Syrian mercenaries were being deployed in the region. He disparaged Emmanuel Macron’s claim that France had evidence of Syrian mercenaries deployed by Turkey. Despite official denials by Azerbaijan, many news outlets have confirmed that Syrian mercenaries are on the battlefield fighting for Azerbaijan and Turkey. Sources as diverse as the Wall Street Journal (“Turkish-Backed Syrian Fighters Join Armenian-Azeri Conflict”), Foreign Policy (“Syrians Make Up Turkey’s Proxy Army in Nagorno-Karabakh”), and National Interest (“Nagorno-Karabakh: Why Turkey Is Sending Syrian Mercenaries To War In Azerbaijan”) confirm that Syrian mercenaries have been contracted to kill Armenians, who are Christian, in Nagorno-Karabakh. Denial is routine for Turkey. Turkish officials still deny that a genocide against Armenians and other Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire occurred between 1915-1923. The genocide—now recognized by over 32 countries, including the United States Congress—has not been recognized by Turkey. Officials there call the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians “regular wartime occurrences,” indicating that massive losses were incurred on both “sides.” In Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey and its ally Azerbaijan use a well-worn tactic of denying facts so that they can continue their crimes while the international community struggles to understand what is really going on. While increasing their combat operations, Turkey and Azerbaijan have also intensified their official whitewashing of events through disinformation. Disinformation is an industry. According to the United States Department of Justice, the Republic of Azerbaijan has signed 45 contracts with US-based public relations firms. Fees to each firm range between $15,000 and $50,000 a month. Without taking into account new contracts this year, for which data is unavailable, Azerbaijan paid over $1.25 million to public relations consultants over the past five years to bolster Azerbaijan’s image in the media and to lobby members of the US Congress. In July 2020, BGR Group, working on behalf of Azerbaijan, sent US elected officials an op-ed by Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Elin Suleymanov, which fabricated details about a violent altercation between Azerbaijani and Armenian demonstrators in Los Angeles. His article was published immediately after an Armenian school in San Francisco was vandalized with anti-Armenian, pro-Azerbaijani graffiti.Not only does Azerbaijan spend a fortune on US-based public relations firms, it also pays residents of Azerbaijan to engage in an online disinformation campaign. On October 8, Facebook deleted 589 Facebook accounts, 7,906 Pages, and 447 accounts on Instagram that were engaged in “inauthentic behavior” (in other words: spreading lies). According to an internal memo written by Facebook’s Sophie Zhang, the company waited a year to open investigations on the ruling political party of Azerbaijan that “utilized thousands of inauthentic assets...to harass the opposition” and defend the country’s governing New Azerbaijani Party by working with the Party’s Youth Union. According to Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of security: “This network appeared to engage individuals in Azerbaijan to manage pages with the sole purpose of leaving supportive and critical commentary on pages of international and local media, public figures including opposition, and the ruling party of Azerbaijan, to create a perception of widespread criticism of some views and widespread support of others.” Pro-Azerbaijani comments on social media were tagged with #stopArmenianterrorism, #StopArmenianAggression, #ArmeniaKillsCivilians, #DontBelieveArmenia, #ArmeniaKillsChildren, #PrayforGanja, #StopArmenianLies, or #TerroristArmenia. Research reveals a state-funded cyber army supporting Azerbaijan’s false claims. Online propagandists also harass defenders of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The American rapper Cardi B and Elton John were attacked for supporting the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Cardi B admitted that “a lot of people from Azerbaijan” wrote to her and used the hashtag #CardiBSupportsTerrorism on social media. US academics and journalists are also bullied. The Federation of Turkish American Associations has been sending prominent intellectuals and journalists threatening letters. They accuse them of being “literal murderer” and threaten to expose them as Islamophobes and “racial supremacist.”Azerbaijan and Turkey scorn journalistic freedom. On October 3, Azerbaijan issued a press release about foreign journalists in Nagorno-Karabakh: “We again call on journalists to avoid visiting the temporarily occupied territories of Azerbaijan, thus not giving an opportunity to Armenia to exploit them.” This statement about removing journalists from the war zone under the pretext of protection is convenient for Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has a well documented disdain for the truth. It is ranked 168th out of 180 countries by Reporters sans frontières (Reporters without Borders) in their annual World Press Freedom Index. In an effort to be even-handed, international media presents the views of both “sides” when covering Nagorno-Karabakh. Giving both sides equal voice makes the media an accomplice to ethnic cleansing perpetrated by Turkey and Azerbaijan. Disinformation also hinders diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed.Lisa Gulesserian is Preceptor on Armenian Language & Culture at Harvard University and David L. Phillips is Director of the Program on Peacebuilding and Human Rights at Columbia University.http://humanrightscolumbia.org/news/media-war-azerbaijan-and-turkey-against-armenia-and-nagorno-karabakh?fbclid=IwAR1OqIBnId3-11K9Swp2D5a5D2JgU5Mb5iHM2f4vpSO7Hezl5VBV6WuUPGg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Guatemala’s Sayaxché recognizes right to self-determination of people of Artsakh SaveShare 16:37, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The City Hall of Sayaxché, Guatemala has officially recognized the right to self-determination of the Armenians of Artsakh and is supporting the creation of a free and sovereign state.Earlier on October 21, Guatemala lawmaker Carlos Lopez had released a statement, noting that he recognized the right to self determination of the Armenians of Artsakh. Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032645.html?fbclid=IwAR1oNE6KkBTzbmKw2jyRLxSCXi8EJBxZvQnTCpJE0X2eltQOz5_4BGusBGc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Armenia defense minister visits wounded soldiers SaveShare 16:30, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. Defense Minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan visited today soldiers wounded during the operation of neutralizing the Azerbaijani special operations team and destroying huge amount of equipment in the southern direction, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.On October 23, thanks to the successful operations of the Armenian forces in the southern direction of Artsakh, an entire special operations team of the adversary was neutralized, 9 military equipment were destroyed and many others were seized. Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032644.html?fbclid=IwAR03C8ngMIKuc2BsuDwu_7ucrnSnm5sd3Tdv5MXDWWn52DIGjW5W5_sshP4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Azeri military death toll reaches 6614 SaveShare 16:51, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani military’s death toll has climbed to 6614 since the attacks on Artsakh began, the Armenian authorities said.According to updated information about the losses, the Azeri military has lost a total of 217 UAVs, 16 helicopters, 24 warplanes, 600 armored equipment and 4 TOS rocket launchers. In the last day alone the Azeri military lost 11 UAVs, 12 armored equipment and 75 troops. Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032650.html?fbclid=IwAR3yAhS6veM-C4SvQj7gNExtL0l3sNCPci6IcoPqwdVP3cDlZ1UJxS7gJ80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 I wonder if anybody listening? Just like during the Armenian Genocide time, they quietly let it happen! Armenpress.am Primate of Artsakh Diocese calls on leaders of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries to stop the war SaveShare 16:44, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. Primate of Artsakh Diocese, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan has applied to the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries, requesting to stop the ongoing war unleashed by Azerbaijan with the support of Turkey against Artsakh.“It’s almost a month a brutal war is taking place in Artsakh, and Turkey with its entire force has been involved in the war and is supporting Azerbaijan. It has sent nearly 4000 international terrorists and now as well has sent 1200 special servicemen which are forest specialists. I apply to the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries – Mr. Macron, Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin, so that they raise their voice and stop this new genocide. 100 years later Turkey is trying to commit the second genocide here, like Azerbaijan tried to commit a genocide against Armenians in Sumgait and Baku in 1989-1990. Mr. Erdogan has a big dream to create a neo-Ottoman empire, and Armenia and Artsakh are on that crossroad”, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan said. He said Turkey wants to clean Armenians from their territory.“I also apply to all leaders of the world, religious leaders, political scientists, people of good will to raise their decisive voice and stop this bloodshed. A nation is being killed, civilians, elderly people, children and women are being killed. I hope that this time as well Moscow, like it managed to stop the war in the 90s and in 2016, will stop this war in the territory of Artsakh”, he said. Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032648.html?fbclid=IwAR3f1O2_t0okzMqW-sVnjEgiLtCuz_HAZyQNN8Pwj6ubIg2ohKpS-U3ft-Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 How long the West will appease erDOGan? It didn't work with hitler, it won't work with turkey! Armenpress.am Erdogan seeks to restore Ottoman Empire, warns French Army General Pierre de Villiers SaveShare 17:25, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. French Army General Pierre de Villiers, a former Chief of the Defense Staff, has said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s bellicose rhetoric is becoming growingly concerning especially in light of Turkey becoming no longer a secular country.“Erdogan’s Turkey, with his statements, is now guided by the strategy of restoring the Ottoman Empire. And Turkey embodies this manifest with relevant military gestures. For example, the destruction of Kurds in Syria, actions in Nagorno Karabakh,” Pierre de Villiers told BFM TV. The general emphasized that someday the international community, and France in particular, must put an end to this.“We cannot agree that a country like Turkey, whose negotiations over the accession to the EU aren’t officially completed to this day, continues such rhetoric and such actions by being a NATO member,” he said.According to Pierre de Villiers the terms “friends” and “enemies” are blurred in the international arena in the current realities, and on this background, France needs an especially clear stance from all those who declare their support in fighting terrorism and radical Islamism.“Turkey is among those who supported Islamists. Turkey has financed several such movements, and this is very well known. I think Turkey is no longer a secular state, it is an obviously Islamist country. And it isn’t far from Islamists. This is especially concerning to me,” he said.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032652.html?fbclid=IwAR2SQ0VLSNCdqYBB4q-XFYfCt2KjbHLPB-StkeFPfZnraoRqxObPi-FmIZ0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Armenpress.am Azerbaijan openly and demonstratively sabotages efforts of international mediators – MFA Artsakh SaveShare 18:00, 24 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The Foreign Ministry of Artsakh issued a statement, emphasizing that Azerbaijan and Turkey take deliberate actions aimed at thwarting the peace initiatives of ending the military operations, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Artsakh. ‘’During October 23, the Azerbaijani-Turkish armed forces fired rockets and artillery shells at a number of settlements of the Republic of Artsakh. On the same day, in the evening hours, Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert was subjected to an intense missile attack. As a result, damage was caused to civilian infrastructure, and there were casualties among the civilian population. It is noteworthy that the missile attack on Stepanakert was launched immediately after the separate meetings held in Washington, D.C. between US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Foreign Ministers of the Republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan with the aim of achieving a truce in the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict zone. The timing and the target of the strike leave no doubt that Azerbaijan is openly and ostentatiously undermining the efforts of international mediators to end the aggression against the Republic of Artsakh. Earlier, the Azerbaijani authorities disrupted the implementation of the agreements on a humanitarian truce reached on October 10 at the initiative of the President of Russia, and on October 17 at the initiative of the President of France. These consistent and purposeful actions of Azerbaijan, which enjoys the full military and political support of Turkey, indicate that the war is a conscious choice of the Azerbaijani authorities. This very fact does not allow the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries and the international community as a whole to make progress in their attempts to stop the hostilities and resume the peace settlement process. The vicious circle created by Azerbaijan, the repeated declarations of empty verbal promises to cease fire and the simultaneous continuation of armed aggression, can be broken through international recognition of the independence of the Republic of Artsakh and the application of sanctions against Azerbaijan, including the individual ones - against the top leadership of this country’’, reads the statement. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032655.html?fbclid=IwAR02jSH7Fq0DtVm1v4vIXIpBkdkFqtc1Snd3KqUHlxG-qghO7LjWl1csdyU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Civic Committee for Recognition of the Independence of Artsakh to be formed in PolandSaveShare 17:46, 25 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. A Civic Committee for the Recognition of the Independence of Artsakh will soon be launched in Poland, Tomasz Lech Buczek – the author of “The Cry of the Armenian Mother, Genocide in Sumgait, 1988” book said in an open letter addressed to President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan.Tomasz Lech Buczek has also launched a petition on bringing Azerbaijan to the international tribunal for crimes against humanity. “I heard about the respected president’s call to take actions, aimed at recognizing that beautiful piece of land, Artsakh’s independence, which for 2000 years has been liberated with the blood and tears of the Armenian people,” he said.He said the committee will comprise from “peace-loving” citizens of Poland.Among the goals of the committee he noted the protection of the rights and dignity of the Armenian people, actions aimed at stopping the conflict in Artsakh, information actions regarding Artsakh, actions aimed at the recognition of Artsakh as an independent country and the provision of aid to the victims and refugees in Artsakh.“Let’s recognize Artsakh. You are not alone”, he said.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Defense Ministry publishes photos of another downed Azerbaijani UAVSaveShare 18:41, 25 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Ministry of Armenia has published the photos of another downed Azerbaijani UAV, ARMENPRESS reports MoD spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan wrote on her Facebook page.Since September 27 the Armenian side has downed at least 218 Azerbaijani UAVs, which were mainly of Turkish and Israeli production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 79 prominent scholars raise threat of new genocide against ArmeniansOctober 25, 2020 - 20:30 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - 79 prominent scholars and intellectuals have warned the world to take action against against xenophobia, aggression, and war, and prevent new genocide against Armenians, which Azerbaijan and Turkey are about to perpetrate.The statement released amid a large-scale aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh was signed by such important voices in history and genocide studies as Holocaust and genocide scholar and historian Yair Auron, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, psychologist and genocide scholar Israel W. Charny, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars Henry C. Theriault, political scientist and political philosopher Nancy L. Rosenblum, historian Matthias Bjørnlund, psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton, writer, human rights and social activist Jack Nusan Porter, Founding President of Genocide Watch Greg Stanton, Holocaust and genocide scholar Elisa von Joeden-Forgey."We, as members of the academic community, demand that the international community takes direct and serious action so that the Azerbaijani aggression immediately ceases, and that anti-Armenian state propaganda and hatred in Azerbaijan and Turkey ends. We appeal to the international community to raise their voices against xenophobia, aggression, and war, and for the prevention of new genocide," the statement said.Azerbaijan intentionally attacking civilians and civilian infrastructures, shelling settlements with cluster munitions and other weapons prohibited by international humanitarian laws, striking the iconic Shushi Holy Savior (Ghazanchetsots) Cathedral, as well as the involvement of Turkish armed forces and air forces, and the deployment of mercenaries identifying as jihadists from Syria and Libya in Azerbaijan are violations of international law.Turkey officially and continuously denies the Armenian Genocide, but various officials, including the president, have repeatedly hinted that Turkey is ready to once more "give a lesson" to Armenians, and that the “deportation” of Armenians in 1915 was the most appropriate decision at the time.The position of the Azerbaijani leadership and society is even more aggressive than that of Turkey. For years, anti-Armenian discourse and propaganda have been part of official state policy, the academics said."In fact, history, from the Armenian Genocide to the last three decades of conflict, as well as current political statements, economic policies, sentiments of the societies and military actions by the Azerbaijani and Turkish leadership should warn us that genocide of the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, and perhaps even Armenia, is a very real possibility. All of this proves that Armenians can face slaughter if any Armenian territory is occupied, consequently recognizing of the independence of the Republic of Artsakh is the way to save Armenians of Artsakh from extermination now or in the near future." 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 CounterCurrents.org The Case for Affirming the Independence of the Armenian Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabagh in World — by David Boyajian — October 19, 2020 In recent years, many territories’ declarations of independence have been justifiably affirmed through international agreements. The Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabagh’s declaration of independence from Azerbaijan three decades ago is as legitimate as any of those. Artsakh is the republic’s ancient Armenian name.Artsakh and Christian Armenia have been under attack by Azerbaijan, Turkey, jihadist terrorists, and ISIS since September 27. Turkey is using its army, American-built F-16 jets, drones, and other weapons against Armenians. Azerbaijan’s arsenal comes mostly from Israel, including illegal cluster bombs being targeted against civilians. Israel is currently resupplying Azerbaijan.Artsakh, like Armenia, is thousands of years old. In contrast, no country named Azerbaijan existed before 1918. It was cobbled together out of a diverse population of what were called Muslims or Tartars, as well as Armenians, Persians, Russians, and others. No such identity as ‘Azeri’ had ever existed.We’ll show that Artsakh justifiably and legitimately voted for self-determination as it separated from Azerbaijan, its previous temporary but brutish overlord.The Stalinist GiveawayTurkey and Azerbaijan speak Turkic dialects. Therefore, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin fantasized (incorrectly, as it turned out) that Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and his incipient Turkish Republic could be lured into the USSR’s web. So in the early 1920s, Stalin transferred Artsakh — then 96% Armenian — and the Armenian territory of Nakhichevan to Azerbaijan. Stalin’s blunder is the root cause of the present impasse over Artsakh.Shortly before the transfer, Azerbaijan massacred Armenians in Artsakh, Baku (Azerbaijan), and elsewhere. These crimes were part of the Armenian Genocide that Turkey was already committing from 1915 on.Stalin also transferred Armenian land to Azerbaijan such that Artsakh became geographically cut off from Armenia. Many majority Armenian areas were also excluded from Artsakh. The latter became a nominally “autonomous” region within Soviet Azerbaijan but, in reality, under the latter’s heavy jackboot.Artsakh voted for self-determination in accordance with Soviet law in 1988 and international law in 1991. Self-determination and territorial integrity have equal standing under international law. In response, Azerbaijan massacred Armenians in its own cities of Baku, Kirovabad/Ganja, and Sumgait. A war ensued which the outnumbered and outgunned Armenians won in 1994.Artsakh’s long nightmare through seven decades of Azerbaijani rule was due not to Communism but rather to raw Azeri ethno-racial fanaticism.Artsakh’s Long NightmareUnder Azeri rule, Artsakh’s Armenians dropped from 95% to 76% of the population — the product of deportations, exile, murder, theft, oppression, and Azerbaijan’s calculatingly importing Azeris to replace the Armenian majority.The KGB’s Heydar Aliyev — father of current Azeri dictator Ilham Aliyev — admitted to exiling Artsakh’s Armenians and bringing in Azeris. Reported Russia’s REGNUM news agency: “I tried to increase the number of Azeris and to reduce the number of Armenians.”Armenian historical figures’ titles were crudely Islamized to “*****” or “Bey.” Fifth century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi became Muhammed al-Khojayi.References to Armenian history in textbooks were excised. Even the written word Artsakh was banned.Baku stole from Armenian schools. The material was sent to Azerbaijan. Many schools, orphanages, and libraries were shuttered.Food processing factories were closed and the equipment transferred to Azerbaijan.Hundreds of thousands of tons of meat, dairy products, and wool were sent to Azerbaijan instead of being provided to local Armenians.Armenian leaders who protested were often imprisoned or sent to Siberia on orders from Baku.Farms and cattle were confiscated.Armenians were frequently banished. Their apartments were given to Azeri immigrants.Museums were looted of precious artifacts, particularly those that proved Artsakh to be ancient Armenian land.Murderous Azeri gangs were protected by Baku.Inscriptions in the Armenian alphabet on ancient monuments were depicted as Azeri.Armenian cemeteries were destroyed.Complaints by Armenians to Baku went unanswered.Petitions by Armenians were sent to Soviet Premiers Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev in 1965 and 1977, to no avail.Fast forward to the late 1980s and early 1990s as Artsakh broke Baku’s chokehold and voted for self-determination.Massacres, Jihadis, and MoreAzerbaijan’s response was, as noted above, massacres.Azerbaijan then invaded Artsakh. But Armenians defended their honor and native land and were victorious.During the war, Azerbaijan deployed thousands of foreign jihadis and terrorists such as Afghan Mujahedin, Chechen militants, and Turkey’s Grey Wolves fascists to fight Armenians. Azerbaijan and Turkey are doing exactly the same thing these past weeks.These things tell us everything we need to know about Azerbaijan’s and Turkey’s malign political culture and intentions.Azerbaijan is now executing captured Armenian POWs and filming it.Azerbaijan is a dictatorship. Artsakh and Armenia are reformist democracies.The current U.S. State Department report on Azerbaijan lists these problems and more: “unlawful or arbitrary killing; torture; arbitrary detention; life-threatening prison conditions; political prisoners; heavy restrictions on free _expression_, the press, and the internet, including violence against journalists; interference with the rights of peaceful assembly; severe restrictions on political participation; systemic government corruption; police detention and torture of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.”The official U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom cites Azerbaijan for “engaging in or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom.”Europe’s Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) gave its first “Organized Crime and Corruption Person of the Year” award to President Aliyev.At a NATO English language course in Hungary in 2004, Azeri Lieutenant Ramil Safarov axed Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan to death. Safarov was convicted and imprisoned. But later, Hungary illegally transferred him to Azerbaijan, where was greeted as a national hero, awarded a medal, promoted, and given an apartment.Imagine you lived in Artsakh. Would you ever submit to even nominal Azeri rule? Of course not.Had Artsakh’s Armenians not voted and fought for self-determination, they would eventually have suffered the same fate as Nakhichevan’s Armenians: By 1989, Azerbaijan had forced every Armenian to leave.Using pickaxes and dump trucks, Azeri soldiers even obliterated a 9th Century Armenian Christian cemetery in Nakhichevan along with thousands of intricately carved headstones. View the live video on Youtube’s “New Tears of the Araxes.”International RecognitionThe unjust decision and grave error made by Stalin must be corrected.As Azerbaijan, Turkey, and jihadist terrorists continue their attempts to depopulate and occupy Artsakh, international recognition of the latter would help immeasurably.The French parliament is now discussing doing so.Artsakh deserves to be formally recognized right now as the independent and democratic republic it is. Artsakh awaits the awakening of the world’s conscience before it’s too late.Much of the author’s work can be found at http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/David_Boyajian. He also chairs the Armenian Americans for Human Rights. https://countercurrents.org/2020/10/the-case-for-affirming-the-independence-of-the-armenian-republic-of-artsakh-nagorno-karabagh/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Armenpress.am Azerbaijan bombards several villages and towns in Artsakh in overnight attack SaveShare 09:31, 25 October, 2020STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani armed forces have bombarded residential areas of the towns of Karmir Shuka, Taghavard, Gishi and Spitakashen of the Martuni region and the Avetaranots village of the Askeran region in Artsakh overnight October 24-25, the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh said.The Azeri bombardment targeted not only residential areas of the peaceful settlements, but also nearby territories where forests and agricultural lands are located. “There is not a single military facility anywhere near these settlements,” the service said, adding that there are no casualties among the civilians from this bombing.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032677.html?fbclid=IwAR1WZXWV0tWY_u5W7Vtm-Cc6gW_hA8xbK4VAjNHjNXN5UywbnkmAJYs1Kws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Armenpress.am US must pressure Azerbaijan through implementation of sanctions to abide by ceasefire – Pallone SaveShare 10:13, 25 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The US must take critical steps like implementing sanctions to pressure Azerbaijan to abide by the ceasefire, Congressman Frank Pallone said on Twitter.“Had a conversation with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan who gave me a detailed assessment of the conflict in Artsakh. The US must take critical steps like implementing sanctions to pressure Azerbaijan to abide by the ceasefire and stop using foreign terrorist fighters”, the Congressman said. On September 27 Azerbaijan, with the support of Turkey, launched a massive attack against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), by using all its ammunition, targeting also the civilian infrastructures both in Artsakh and Armenia. There are confirmed reports that there are mercenaries in the Azerbaijani army brought from Syria by Turkey for fighting against the Armenian side.Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032678.html?fbclid=IwAR2euIMblB2xDinhHYQS10l_BCR6NyyN90kg5eHbva8c-ewjv0XBnRBj0Ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Armenpress.am Armenian communities of Australia and New Zealand raise 1,200,860 dollars for Artsakh SaveShare 13:29, 25 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian communities of Australia and New Zealand have raised 1,200,860 dollars in a telethon-fundraiser for Artsakh amid the Azerbaijani aggression.Artsakh’s Permanent Representative to Australia Kaylar Mikayelyan thanked the Armenian communities for their contribution, highlighting the importance of the aid. The Australian-Armenian community had earlier raised another 1,4 million dollars. The funds will be provided to the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s We Are Our Borders Artsakh aid.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032685.html?fbclid=IwAR0awDYvKaY4R3g1ttWPGbTgQ8KVWRcOEfYfoT1rtHZQA8OqxIda_Hq14L8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Armenpress.am Iran holds military exercises in north-west SaveShare 13:39, 25 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The Iranian Armed Forces Land Troops held military exercises in the north-western part of the country, ISNA news agency reported.The drills were held by the 164th Assault Brigade. “The exercises were held at nighttime and daytime. The goal of the exercises was declared to be the improvement of skills for rapid response to threats and increasing the level of combat readiness,” ISNA reported.Earlier Iranian open sources have released videos showing the troops and military equipment of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deployed in the counties of Khoda Afarin and Jolfa in northern Iran.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032687.html?fbclid=IwAR0Uu6kjpUlUzI3S1e01uk2oWqm1dxTpNF2VPMhkSRq3mI-6_FrOOKeAJzw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Armenpress.am Azeri war crimes drive most of Artsakh population into bomb shelters with serious deprivations SaveShare 15:25, 25 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The most part of the Artsakh population are forced to live in bomb shelters and suffer serious deprivations due to the ongoing war crimes committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces against the peaceful settlements of Artsakh, the Human Rights Defender of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan said after visiting the bomb shelters on October 23 and 24 in Shushi and Stepanakert.Beglaryan said that his office and other authorized agencies are working daily to support the residents who are currently in a difficult humanitarian condition. Beglaryan’s office is also cooperating with the Human Rights Defender of Armenia to provide support and assess the needs of the citizens of Artsakh who have moved to Armenia. The Human Rights Defender of Artsakh said that all authorized bodies, together with partners in Armenia and abroad, are doing their best to raise awareness about the situation in Artsakh to international organizations and human rights institutions and to mitigate the consequences of the humanitarian disaster.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032694.html?fbclid=IwAR2UG7b7_fkO591NtweuPPTYJFBQxakNeXCvp8ZfiHBxBy2kPiU3u8x-ktQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Armenpress.am ‘Azerbaijani president’s statement causes surprise’ – Pashinyan spokesperson SaveShare 14:32, 25 October, 2020YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. Armenia reiterates its readiness for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict based on mutual concessions, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan told Interfax.“The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia has numerously stated the readiness and necessity of a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict based on mutual concession and within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship,” Gevorgyan said. Gevorgyan reminded that PM Pashinyan had earlier said that Azerbaijan itself is abandoning the reached agreements by displaying maximalist approach.“The Armenian Prime Minister has said that when Armenia is declaring that a given mutual concession is acceptable for it, which seemingly was also acceptable for Azerbaijan before that, this compromise is quickly becoming unacceptable for them. The Prime Minister has said that the moment Armenia announces readiness for mutual concession, Azerbaijan demands more. Therefore, the Azerbaijani president’s statement saying that Armenia must announce its commitment to the basic principles of settlement developed by the United States, Russia and France, is causing surprise because Armenia has always been and remains committed to these principles,” Gevorgyan said.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1032690.html?fbclid=IwAR2RQPP86ySLkcVbs3T-nIjXyZ-oJzrpvo7Hi1Tr6jNQwM6PjKfyT1vwxKQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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