Minsk Group Co-chairs, international community should condemn Azerbaijan provocations – MFA Artsakh

The Foreign Ministry of Artsakh has issued a statement on the occasion of the Azerbaijani provocative actions in the directions of Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd of the Hadrut region and Mets Shen and Hin Shen of the Shushi region. As ARMEN PRESS was informed from the press service of the MFAS Artsakh, the statements runs as follows,

‘’On December 11, 2020, the Azerbaijani armed forces undertook offensive actions in the direction of the villages of Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd of the Hadrut region, as a result of which six military personnel of the Defence Army received gunshot wounds of varying severity. The provocative actions of the Azerbaijani side continued on December 13 in the direction of the villages of Mets Shen and Hin Shen of the Shushi region.

The Russian peacekeeping forces deployed in the Republic of Artsakh were immediately informed about the facts of violation of the ceasefire by the Azerbaijani side. As a result of the intervention of the Russian peacekeepers, hostilities were stopped, and additional observation posts of the peacekeeping forces were set up to monitor the situation around the clock and control the observance of the ceasefire.

The provocative actions of the Azerbaijani side on December 11-13 were a flagrant violation of the trilateral statement on ceasefire of November 9, 2020. Azerbaijan's failure to comply with its international obligations, its extremely dismissive attitude towards the agreed format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship, the art...