Artsakh’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the fifth anniversary of the 2016 April War commemorated on April 2. The full text of the statement is provided below.
"In April 2016, in violation of the 1994 Agreement on the complete cessation of fire and hostilities, Azerbaijan, employing its entire offensive military arsenal, launched a large-scale aggression against the Republic of Artsakh, targeting the positions of the Defense Army, the civilian infrastructures and border settlements.
During the April War, Azerbaijan committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity, in particular, brutal killings, tortures and inhuman treatment of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians, which were recorded and documented.
The fact that the international community did not condemn Azerbaijan for its war crimes even more intensified the militant aspirations of that country in the consequen...
