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In Armenia, they said that more than 2,000 people died in the war for Nagorno-Karabakh. At the same time, the final number of victims is still unknown, as the process of exchanging bodies with Azerbaijan continues.
Armenia’s forensic medical examination confirmed the death of 2,317 military personnel in Nagorno-Karabakh. Alina Nikoghosyan, press secretary for the Armenian Ministry of Health, wrote about this on her Facebook page.
“To date, our forensic medical service has examined the bodies of 2,317 military deaths, including unidentified ones,” he said.
At the same time, he stressed that the final death toll is still unknown, as the process of exchange of bodies between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues.
In 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on an armistice and a ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region. Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, declared that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. There were reports of soldiers and civilians killed and injured.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
Agreements on an armistice were reached in Nagorno-Karabakh on several occasions, but each time they were violated. On October 9, during talks in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh from 12 noon on 10 October… However, after the start of the truce, both parties they accused each other of raping him.
Representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh “authorities” Vahram Poghosyan November 9 reported that the army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic no longer controls the key city of Shusha, and the Azerbaijani troops were on the outskirts of Stepanakert, the capital of Karabakh.
On the night of November 10, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a declaration to end the war in Karabakh. According to the agreements, 1960 Russian peacekeepers, 90 armored personnel carriers, 380 military and special vehicles will be deployed along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Prime Minister of Armenia said that this decision was extremely difficult for him, but that there was no alternative. Aliyev stressed that Pashinyan was “forced” to sign a document “more beneficial” for Baku. Following the signing of agreements to resolve the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, representatives of the Armenian opposition demanded Pashinyan’s resignation.
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