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UPDATED: Azerbaijan Launches Massive Attack on Armenia; Russia Mediates Ceasefire

by Asbarez Staff
November 16, 2021
in Armenia, Artsakh, Featured Main, Latest, Top Stories
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UPDATED: Azerbaijan Launches Massive Attack on Armenia; Russia Mediates Ceasefire

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Azerbaijani forces launched a massive attack on Armenia’s eastern border in the Syunik Province on Tuesday in an attempt to breach Armenia’s sovereign territory. Later on Tuesday, Armenia’s Defense Ministry announced that a ceasefire went into effect through the mediation of Russia.

The Defense Ministry said that the ceasefire went into effect at 6:30 p.m. local time, adding that the situation was relatively stabilized.

While earlier unconfirmed reports placed the number of fatal casualties at 15, the defense ministry late on Tuesday confirmed only one death.

“At this moment there are verified data about one victim, private Meruzhan Harutiunyan, a contract soldier born in 1991. The number of wounded soldiers is also being verified. A total of 12 Armenian servicemen were taken prisoner,” the ministry said.

“As a result of fighting which started when Azerbaijani armed forces attacked Armenian positions, there are killed and wounded Armenian soldiers, with information on further casualties still being checked. The loss of two combat positions is also confirmed,” the defense ministry said in a statement.

It added that the countermeasures of the Armenian military inflicted heavy personnel and materiel losses upon the Azerbaijani forces. The Ministry of Defense said the intense battles still continue.

The ministry also said that 12 Armenian soldiers, including seven contract servicemen, were captured by Azerbaijan. Official Baku confirmed that they had disarmed and taken Armenian soldiers prisoner, but did not specify the number, according to azatutyun.am.

“The enemy continues using artillery, armored vehicles and different caliber firearms. As a result of the retaliatory actions of the Armenian side, the adversary has suffered large losses of personnel, about a dozen of armored vehicles have been destroyed,” Armenia’s Defense Ministry claimed Tuesday evening.

“This attack is a continuation of the consistent policy of the Azerbaijani side to occupy the territories of the Republic of Armenia, which began on May 12, 2021 with the infiltration of the Azerbaijani armed forces into the Syunik and Gegharkunik regions,” said Armenia’s Foreign Ministry in a statement, adding that according to the United Nations Charter, Armenia has the right to “repel the use of force against its territorial integrity and sovereignty by all means.”

“We call on the international community and our international partners – Russia, CSTO, OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship and Co-Chair countries – to express a clear and targeted response to these actions of the Azerbaijani side, which undermine regional peace and security, and undertake effective steps aimed at its prevention as well as unconditional and complete withdrawal of the Azerbaijani armed forces from the territory of the Republic of Armenia,” the foreign ministry said.

Armenia’s National Security chief Armen Grigoryan told Armenia’s Public Television that Yerevan has officially appealed to Russia to protect its territorial integrity in the wake of these fresh attacks by Azerbaijan.

Armenia’s newly-appointed defense minister Suren Papikyan held a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu on Tusday night local time. Papikyan’s office reported that Shoygu expressed readiness to make every effort to end hostilities, return prisoners of war, and resolve the situation.

Papikyan reportedly emphasized to Shoygu that Azerbaijan’s incursion into the sovereign territory of Armenia is a gross violation of the provisions of the November 9, 2020 trilateral declaration, which endangers the entire negotiation process.

Grigoryan also briefed ambassadors of the United States and Iran in Yerevan, expressing Armenia’s position that Azerbaijani forces withdraw to their positions prior to May 12, when Baku ordered a breach of Armenia’s sovereign borders in the Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces.

Armenia’s Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toghanyan told the TASS news agency that the diplomatic heads of the two countries were discussing the tense situation at the border.

Leaders of the European Union and the OSCE called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to end the border clashes.

Calling for “urgent de-escalation and full ceasefire,” Charles Michel, President of the European Council, described the situation in the region as “challenging.”

“The EU is committed to work with partners to overcome tensions for a prosperous and stable South Caucasus,” Michel wrote on Twitter.

The president of the European Council also said that he had discussions with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia “in light of today’s developments.”

In a conversation with Michel, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the European leader that the international community should not remain indifferent to Azerbaijan’s encroachments on Armenia’s sovereign territory.

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde, who is the current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, expressed her full support for the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, who issued a statement over the Armenian-Azerbaijani border tensions and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.

“I share the deep concern of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs regarding reported incidents in the region, including those along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. I express my full support for their efforts and call on the sides to de-escalate immediately and take steps to resolve the outstanding issues,” Linde said in a Twitter post.

Earlier on Tuesday, during a telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and Iran, Vladimir Putin, and Ebrahim Raisi, the sides were firm on maintaining the current geopolitical order in the region.

“Any change in the geopolitical situation and the borders of the countries of the region is unacceptable,” the sides said, according to the Iranian president’s press office.

This is a developing story.

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Comments 8

  1. Garo says:
    9 months ago

    Are you receiving my comments?
    My previous comment also was not published.

    Reply
  2. Garo says:
    9 months ago

    Appeal to international partners is not enough. Armenia should retaliate with all its might, and throw the aggressors out.
    The more Armenia cedes territory, the more they will occupy, until the Horizontal corridor becomes a reality between the Turks. If that happens , the North South corridor plan will disintegrate, so will the influence of Russia and Iran, along with Armenian statehood.
    Armenians all over the world should unite and deliver the appropriate response.
    The time to talk is over. The dictum of “only with arms there is freedom” becomes very true and urgent.

    Reply
    • kira says:
      9 months ago

      Armenia has to hit and hit hard!!! This is how you smash a bully. They are taking Armenian lands since May 2021. What is wrong with this administration. Stop placating Russia since it has over 40M muzzies. Russia along with Iran will have no choice in the end but to support Armenia. If Armenia falls, then the “turkic” people plan is completed. Russia will have all the muzzies at their doorstep and Iran will lose more land to azerbokjan. Time for picking sides is nearing.

      Reply
  3. Serop says:
    9 months ago

    Peraness CHORTSAVVV….
    Unless we act with the most urgency globally, we will loose Armenia.
    Put aside your useless shoghoves after shogove, unite as one DIASPORA and act, this war will end either we loose Armenia again or as a nation we wake up and stop whinning about why no one helps us.
    WE MUST HELP OURSELVES..

    Reply
    • ProudtobeAmerican says:
      9 months ago

      I agree with you, The time to act is quickly slipping away.

      Reply
  4. Janine says:
    9 months ago

    Did Armenia even begin to prepare by having a drone defense? Why not? Why has Armenia not prepared for attack when it has been coming for so long?

    Reply
  5. Satenik says:
    9 months ago

    Give them a bloody nose and they will not dare attack Armenia again. Forget about Russia, they are the white Turks and shamelessly in bed with our enemies, as Always!

    Reply
  6. Raffi says:
    9 months ago

    Armenians blame others for their mishaps, instead of stand up and blame themselves.

    Reply

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