Karabakh wants accountability for Azerbaijan's deadly ceasefire violation

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Foreign Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, October 10 urged the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair states to take active steps to hold Azerbaijan accountable for deadly ceasefire violations, one day after a civilian was killed by an Azerbaijani sniper while working in the field.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh strongly condemns such aggressive behavior and provocative actions of Azerbaijan aimed at creating an atmosphere of fear among the peaceful population of the Republic of Artsakh and emigration of Armenians from the country. Azerbaijan also pursues far-reaching goals - that is to disrupt the implementation of the peacekeeping mission of the Russian Federation and to question the effectiveness of the peacekeepers’ activities," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"This and all the previous incidents, which resulted in casualties among civilians or damage to their property, are manifestations of Azerbaijan’s coordinated anti-Armenian policy and another proof that the Azerbaijani authorities’ peaceful calls on the people of Artsakh and claims for peaceful coexistence are nothing but an attempt to mislead the civilized world and weaken the vigilance of the Armenian parties."

The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) is investigating the murder of Aram Tepnunts (b.1966) by the Azerbaijani military with the involvement of representatives of both sides, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.