Ombudsman presents Azerbaijan’s illegal incursions into Armenia’s territory during US visit

During the meetings in the United States, Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan presented facts about the illegal incursions of Azerbaijani armed forces into Armenia’s territory and their violations of rights of Armenian residents.

The Ombudsman also emphasized the necessity of the creation of a security zone as a guarantee to human rights.

The facts of violations of rights of Artsakh-Armenians, which are based on the reports of the Ombudsman of Artsakh, were also presented.

Tatoyan arrived in the US at the invitation of the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region. He already had a number of meetings with different representatives of the Diaspora, spiritual leaders and US officials.

During all those meetings Ombudsman Tatoyan presented the latest, the November 16th Azerbaijani incursion into Armenia’s sovereign territory in Syunik, which was accompanied by Azerbaijani forces’ attacks directly near the civilian settlements. The Ombudsman also presen...