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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (Photo: Government of Armenia Press Office / Brochure via REUTERS)
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivered a speech to the nation on October 3 regarding the ongoing exacerbation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Named Pashinyan «unprecedented actions ”by Azerbaijan and accused Turkey of direct support from an ally – according to the prime minister, around 150 high-ranking Turkish military personnel are now in Azerbaijan and are leading hostilities against Nagorno-Karabakh.
Pashinyan expressed the opinion that the actions of Azerbaijan and Turkey are caused not only by a territorial dispute, but also by national reasons.
«Their target is the Armenians. Their goal is to continue the Armenian genocide, ”said the Armenian prime minister.
At the same time, Pashinyan noted that despite the heavy casualties on the Karabakh side, “the enemy has not solved a single tactical problem.”
It should be recalled that large-scale hostilities between the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops on the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh resumed on the night of September 27. Azerbaijan and Armenia introduced martial law and announced the mobilization of the reserve.
Both countries blame each other for the escalation of the conflict and report casualties among civilians and military personnel. According to Baku and Yerevan, the enemy is using heavy weapons and mercenaries.
The international community called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately cease hostilities and to sit at the negotiating table.
Ankara declared its full support for Baku in its desire to regain control over the disputed territory. Turkey also announced its willingness to provide military assistance to Azerbaijan, but did not officially confirm the participation of its military personnel in the hostilities.
On October 2, Armenia announced that it was ready to negotiate an armistice, Azerbaijan and Turkey rejected the proposal.
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia continues over Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1988, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, inhabited mainly by Armenians, announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1994, a ceasefire agreement was signed with the mediation of Moscow, which ended active hostilities in the region, but left Karabakh and the surrounding regions of Azerbaijan under Armenian control.
During the six years of war, more than 30 thousand people have died.
The peace agreement came to a standstill after talks between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2009.
