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The Armenians accuse the Azerbaijani forces of setting artillery fire on the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh. The results caused damage to the şuşa temple both inside and out. Part of the roof broke and chunks of limestone fell to the ground.
A local witness told the AFP news agency that there are no soldiers here, that the city is not even strategically important, so he does not understand why the cathedral was attacked, that it is one of the most important places for Christians. Armenians.
Artsrun Hovhanisian, a spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, accused the Azeris of the attack. By the way, also on Thursday they replaced the head of the Armenian security forces, but they did not justify the measure. And Azerbaijan accused the Armenians of shooting at the city of Ganja, where a civilian was also killed.
Nagorno-Karabakh is officially part of Azerbaijan, but it is controlled by Armenians. Between 1988 and 1994, about 30,000 people died in the war for the territory. At that time, Karabakh became almost independent, which, although recognized only by a few Russian-friendly separatist territories in the world, is in fact the Armenian government and no Azeris among the 145,000 inhabitants of the province.
The war that raged a week and a half so far has claimed more than 300 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes. To resolve the conflict, an attempt will be made to bring to the negotiating table the participation of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow with the participation of the Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). (BBC)
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