
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia on Sunday, October 18 condemned the one-sided and biased statement by the European External Action Service about the so-called “strikes on the city of Ganja”, Azerbaijan.
EEAS is the diplomatic service and combined foreign and defence ministry of the European Union.
"For three weeks now, Azerbaijan has been violently shelling the cities and villages of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), including its capital Stepanakert, deliberately targeting the civilian population and infrastructure, killing dozens of peaceful citizens and forcing them to leave their homeland. In addition to this, Azerbaijan has already targeted and inflicted casualties on the civilian population and infrastructures in the territory of the Republic of Armenia. The current large-scale aggression was preceded by Azerbaijani provocative disinformation and smearing campaigns, just like the most recent one, the so-called “Armenian strikes on Ganja,” the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"For decades, Azerbaijan has been infusing its population with hatred and Armenophobia, the gravest expression of which can be found in footage of humiliating, torturing and subsequent brutal killings of Artsakh prisoners of war, proudly showcased in Azerbaijani social media."
The Foreign Ministry said that while disseminating unfounded allegations, Azerbaijan continues to refuse to maintain ceasefires mediated by the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries and categorically rejects any possibility of ceasefire verification mechanisms in...
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