Yerevan.
Since Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President Samvel Shahramanyan signed a
decree on September 28, to dissolve the republic officially by January 1, 2024,
in effect, no Armenians remain in Artsakh anymore.
Deputy
Defence Minister Arman Sargsyan said that the servicemen of the already
dissolved Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army could continue their service in the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
Artsakh
President Samvel Shahramanyan met with the citizens who were displaced as a
result of the recent military operations, left homeless and sheltered near the
permanent location of Russian peacekeepers in Ivanyan.
The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh have agreed to a
Russian-brokered ceasefire, which went into effect at 1 p.m. local time on
Wednesday. The agreement includes the complete disarming of the Artsakh Defense
Army and the protection of Armenians will fall under the jurisdiction of
Russian peacekeepers stationed in Artsakh, says “asbarez”.
According to the information collected by the Office of the Artsakh Human Rights Defender, as of 21:30, at least 200 people have died, more than 400 wounded as a result of Azerbaijan’s large-scale aggression.
In a
powerful letter sent this week to President Biden, the spiritual leaders of
American Christians of Armenian heritage have urged him to take “immediate
action to prevent a second Armenian Genocide from unfolding against the
Christian Armenians of Artsakh at the hands of Azerbaijan.”